The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

114 “LE FESTIN”
“Le Festin” is the lyrical and memorable French ditty about celebrating
life by appreciating food, written for the animated film Ratatouille (2007).
During a montage that shows the young chef Linguini becoming famous
and Gusteau’s Restaurant making a comeback, the chanteuse Camille
sings the sidewalk café–style song in French on the soundtrack. Michael
Giacchino wrote the music and an English lyric, which was translated into
French by Boualem Lamhene.
“Le Jour D’Amour” is the festive dance song by Randy Petersen and
Kevin Quinn that opens the animated video sequel The Hunchback of
Notre Dame II (2002). While Paris is celebrating the Festival of Love and
the citizens, led by the harlequinesque Clopin (voice of Paul Kandel), sing
of the romantic holiday, the hunchback Quasimodo (Tom Hulce) watches
the proceedings from the bell tower and longs for a romance of his own.
His singing of the medieval-flavored number receives musical commentary
by the resident gargoyles Victor (Charles Kimbrough), Hugo (Jason Alexander),
and Laverne (Jane Withers).
“Leaving Home (Find My Way)” is the sad lament Phil Collins wrote for
the animated video sequel Tarzan II (2005). The boy Tarzan, feeling that
he does not fit in with the gorilla tribe, sets off on his own to try to discover
where he is wanted. Collins sings the heartfelt number on the soundtrack
and later adapted it into the song “I Need to Know” for the 2006 Broadway
version of Tarzan.
“The Legend of Lobo” is the western-flavored title song written by
Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman for the 1962 movie about a brave wolf
named Lobo. The narrative ballad, which tells the story of the king of the
hunters, is sung over the opening credits of the movie by Rex Allen and the
Sons of the Pioneers. The number is reprised throughout the film as Allen
narrates and comments on the different adventures of Lobo.
“The Legend of the Sword in the Stone” is the narrative ballad that
is sung over the prologue of the animated movie The Sword in the Stone
(1963). Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman wrote the troubadour-like
number, which explains how a magical sword appeared in a stone one day,
the inscription stating that whoever could pull the sword out of the stone
would be the rightful king of England.