The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

80 “HOME”
“Home” is the poignant ballad written by Alan Menken (music) and Tim
Rice (lyric) for the 1994 Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast. Having
agreed to become the Beast’s prisoner in order to free her sickly father,
Belle (Susan Egan) recalls her happy home and wonders if she will ever get
to return to it again. Later in the show, Mrs. Potts (Beth Fowler) reprises
the song and encourages Belle to think of the Beast’s castle as her new
home.
“Home Is” is the warm ballad in the pop mode that Ariel (voice of Jodi
Benson) sings about her underwater domain in an episode of the animated
television series The Little Mermaid (1992). In the up-tempo song, Ariel
expresses her love for her world, a place of warmth and wonders where
various sea creatures and plant life abound.
“Home Is Where the Heart Is” is the up-tempo lullaby written by Michael
and Patty Silversher for an episode of the animated television series
TaleSpin (1990). The bear Becky Cunningham (voice of Sally Struthers)
sings this affectionate ballad, promising always to hold a place in her heart
that is like home, to her young daughter Molly as she puts her to bed.
“Home on the Range” is the western-flavored title song for the 2004
animated movie, a number used as a leitmotif throughout the film to accentuate
the desert setting and satirically comment on the clichés of the
Wild West. Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyric) wrote the pastiche
number, complete with “yeehaws” punctuating the song, and it is sung
by Tim Blevins, Gregory Jbara, William Perry, Wilbur Pauley, and Peter
Samuel on the soundtrack each time the bovine characters in the story
move on to their next adventure. The number is sometimes listed as “You
Ain’t Home on the Range.”
“Honor to Us All” is the tuneful character song from the animated film
Mulan (1998) that establishes the traditions of China and introduces the
title character. Two Chinese women (voices of Beth Fowler and Marnie
Nixon) sing the Oriental-flavored number as they prepare the maiden
Mulan (singing voice of Lea Salonga) for presentation at the matchmaker’s,
hoping to get her a good husband and maintain the family heritage. Mulan
reprises the song as a prayer to her ancestors, hoping she will not disappoint
them. Matthew Wilder (music) and David Zippel (lyric) wrote the revealing
number that has a trace of an Asian sound to it.