The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

158 “PERFECTLY PERFECT”
(music and lyric) and Sting (lyric) wrote the pulsating song about the pampered
life that Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) leads, and the number turns
into a floor show in which the Emperor joins in the singing and dancing.
Theme Song Guy reprises the song briefly when the Emperor returns to
the palace near the end of the film.
“Perfectly Perfect” is the lighthearted exposition song by Alan Zachary
and Michael Weiner that is used at the beginning of the animated video
sequel Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) to allow the audience to
catch up on what has happened to the major characters since the wedding
of Cinderella and the prince. On their first wedding anniversary, Cinderella
(singing voice of Tami Tappan Damiano) and the prince (Christopher
Daniel Barnes) celebrate in song as they frolic about the castle. At the
Tremaine château, the Stepmother (Susan Blakeslee) and the stepsisters
Anastasia (Lesli Margherita) and Drizella (Russi Taylor) complain in song
about how a life of housework is not suited to them. Then, in the forest, the
Fairy Godmother (also Taylor) sings the number as she prepares for an anniversary
party for the couple with the help of the mice Jaq (Rob Paulsen)
and Gus (Corey Burton).
“The Phony King of England” is the hillbilly ballad mocking the evil
Prince John in the animated movie Robin Hood (1973). Johnny Mercer
wrote the rustic song, which is sung by Little John (voice of Phil Harris) and
other followers of Robin Hood as they celebrate their outwitting the upstart
King John once again. The number turns into a merry hoedown dance, and
then the song is heard circulating throughout Nottingham, much to the
displeasure of the “phony” king.
“The Pied Piper” is the operetta-like title song for the 1933 Silly Symphony
animated film short based on the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Leigh Harline wrote the flowing theme song, sung by a chorus on the
soundtrack, which relates how the Pied Piper rids the townspeople of rats.
When the mayor refuses to pay, the piper uses the same magic to enchant
all the children and lead them away as well. All the characters in the film
sing their lines in operatic style; the music is a variation of the theme song
and the lyrics a paraphrase of the famous Robert Browning poem.
“Pink Elephants on Parade” is the very unusual march song by Oliver
Wallace, Ned Washington, and Frank Churchill that is used in a famous
dream sequence in the animated movie Dumbo (1941). When some alco-