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made effective recordings of the dreamy ballad. There was a memorable
jazz version made in 2000 by Earl Rose, a hip-hop version by T-Squad in
2007, and a lovely rendition by Kerry Butler in 2008.
“See the Funny Little Bunnies” is the peppy Easter song Frank Churchill
and Leigh Harline wrote for the Silly Symphony film short Funny Little Bunnies
(1934). At the end of the rainbow, the Easter bunnies gather to prepare
painted eggs and are helped by birds and other animals as they make plaid,
striped, polka-dotted, and other designs on the eggs. A studio chorus sings
the merry theme song on the soundtrack while all the activity is going on.
“Seize the Day” is the hymnlike march sung by David Jacobs (David Moscow)
and the other newsboys when they go on strike and dance in the streets
of 1899 New York City in the film Newsies (1992). Alan Menken (music) and
Jack Feldman (lyric) wrote the stirring number that has a compelling Irishjig
flavor to it. Debbie Shapiro Gravitte recorded the song in 1994.
“Seven Moons of Beta-Lyrae” is the bizarre love song written in an alien
language for The Moon Pilot (1962), the first Disney feature dealing with
space. The French-accented space creature Lyrae (Dany Saval) helps the
American astronaut Captain Richmond Talbot (Tom Tryon) in his country’s
first attempt to orbit the moon, and she sings this perky little ditty in the
language of her homeland, the star Beta-Lyrae. Richard M. and Robert B.
Sherman wrote the nonsense lyric to accompany their melodious music. As
the film ends, Talbot joins Lyrae in singing the number, which is sometimes
listed as “The Moon Pilot Song.”
“Shadowland” is the hauntingly beautiful ballad written by Hans Zimmer
(music), Lebo M (music and lyric), and Mark Mancina (lyric) for the
1997 Broadway version of The Lion King. When drought plagues the Pride
Lands, the lionesses weep and chant about the home of their ancestors.
The lioness Nala (Heather Headley) decides she must journey to another
place and look for a better land for the pride. The number uses music
from Zimmer’s soundtrack score for the 1994 film and the lyric uses both
English and African phrases to give the song a beguiling tribal flavor. Michael
Crawford recorded an effective medley of The Lion King songs that
included “Shadowland.”
“The Shaggy D. A.” is the up-tempo title song that Shane Tatum and Richard
McKinley wrote for the 1976 movie sequel to the popular The Shaggy Dog