00:00The Lion King is already a genre of music rooted in African rhythms and then obviously
00:07Lebo M's voice is synonymous with Lion King.
00:10That's the first voice you hear in the 1994 original, it's the first voice you hear in
00:18this film.
00:21I read the script and I just saw so many different things that I'd done in my previous work.
00:26The relationship between the brothers, the family dynamics, I was like oh I have to do
00:33this.
00:34What about you my friend?
00:35What was your approach to writing the songs for Mufasa?
00:37It's very rare when you read a script and go a song goes here, a song goes here, a song
00:42goes here.
00:45Most of the inspirations for the lyrics are there in that script.
00:55I always wanted a brother, that was the line that made me lean in.
01:03We were thinking there might be a song there and it was called like Brother Trouble.
01:06Yes, it was called Brother Trouble.
01:08And you were like no, no, no, it's I always wanted a brother, this song is about him wanting
01:12a brother.
01:13I was like oh damn, that's great.
01:16What was the most difficult song to write?
01:18Melele was a really tough song.
01:19Really?
01:20I'm surprised to hear that.
01:21Melele swells and soars, sort of like soaring is difficult.
01:33That's the thing that Disney does so well, so it was daunting.
01:36That's my favorite song in the film by the way.
01:40I'm so glad.
01:41Which is crazy.
01:42The legacy of Lion King is so intimidating.
01:49It's also like Elton John, Lebo M, Beyonce, that's a good hang.
01:55Like I want to be in that hang.
01:56Exactly.
02:19What's your favorite part of the movie?
02:20I think it's the ending.
02:21The ending?
02:22Yeah.
02:23Yeah.
02:24Yeah.
02:25Yeah.
02:26Yeah.
02:27Yeah.
02:28Yeah.
02:29Yeah.
02:30Yeah.
02:31Yeah.
02:32Yeah.
02:33Yeah.
02:34Yeah.
02:35Yeah.
02:36Yeah.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Yeah.
02:39Yeah.
02:40Yeah.
02:41Yeah.
02:42Yeah.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Yeah.
02:45Yeah.
02:46Yeah.
02:47Yeah.
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