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“PSALM 8” 163
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade), becoming different characters while
spouting the ridiculous praises of the young prince. Later in the movie,
the evil wizard Jafar (Jonathan Freeman) reprises the number with an
altered lyric, gloating over his revenge on Aladdin. Alan Menken (music)
and Howard Ashman (lyric) wrote the daffy song, which is both musically
and lyrically busy and gleeful. Kaitlin Hopkins recorded the number with
backup vocals by Meredith Inglesby, Andy Karl, Tyler Maynard, and Keewa
Nurullah.
“A Professional Pirate” is the dandy sea chantey sung by Long John Silver
(Tim Curry) and his henchmen in the movie spoof Muppet Treasure Island
(1996). Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote the Gilbert-and-Sullivan-like
number, which the one-legged Silver sings to the cabin boy Jim Hawkins
(Kevin Bishop), trying to get him to join his pirate gang. The pirates claim
they could have been lawyers, politicians, and other legitimate professionals,
but they are convinced that being a pirate is best of all.
“Psalm 8” is the gentle ballad about understanding faith through God’s
mercy, heard in the Broadway concert King David (1997). Tim Rice
adapted the biblical psalm into a lyric, Alan Menken composed the placid
melody, and it was sung by the young David (Marcus Lovett).