The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

50 “EVER EVER AFTER”
biblical tale. As the Ark of the Covenant is brought into the city of Jerusalem,
the crowd sings this Middle Eastern–flavored number. Alan Menken
wrote the vibrant music and Tim Rice penned the lyric, which is inspired by
Psalm 24. The song is also listed as “The Ark Brought into Jerusalem.”
“Ever Ever After” is the unlikely rock song that concludes the modern
fairy tale movie Enchanted (2007). Alan Menken (music) and Stephen
Schwartz (lyric) wrote the pop number about everyone believing that fairytale
endings are possible, and it is sung on the soundtrack by Carrie Underwood
at the end of the film in which each of the characters is seen enjoying
just such a happy ending. The number was recorded by Jordan Pruitt.
“Every Little Piece” is the dandy list song by Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha
sung by the two villains in the movie musical Pete’s Dragon (1977). The
charlatan salesman Dr. Terminus (Jim Dale) and his sidekick, Hoagy (Red
Buttons), have discovered the dragon Elliott and plot to capture him and
sell his body parts as miracle cures. The two crooks sing of each anatomical
part and the remedy it will bring, the list growing faster and more furious
as the song progresses.
“Every Story Is a Love Story” is the pop-rock song that opens the Broadway
musical Aida (2000) and transports the audience to the days of ancient
Egypt. In the Egyptian wing of a modern museum, the statue of the princess
Amneris (Sherie Rene Scott) comes to life and sings of the many kinds of
love stories over the centuries. When she begins to tell a story of two lovers
in the land of pharaohs, the museum disappears and the story begins. Elton
John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) wrote the haunting number, which is reprised
at the end of the musical when the scene shifts back to the museum.
“Everybody Has a Laughing Place” is the bouncy comic number written
by Allie Wrubel (music) and Ray Gilbert (lyric) for the innovative musical
film Song of the South (1946), which successfully mixed animation and live
action. During one of the animated Uncle Remus tales, Brer Rabbit (voice of
Johnny Lee), captured by Brer Fox and Brer Bear and about to be cooked,
happily sings about his secret laughing place. The ploy works; Rabbit’s captors
let him free to show them the special place, only to discover a beehive
that attacks the two and indeed provides Brer Rabbit with plenty to laugh
about. Burl Ives’s recording of the song was a popular children’s record.
“Everyday” is the pop love song about losing your direction and needing
to find yourself in order to find your way back to the one you love, as