Latest Release
- 19 MAY 2023
- 15 Songs
- Aladdin (Instrumental Version) · 2019
- Disneyland (Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection) · 2001
- Magical Movie Music · 1994
- Walt Disney World Official Album · 2013
- Howard Sings Ashman · 2008
- Aladdin (Instrumental Version) · 2019
- Howard Sings Ashman · 2008
- Howard Sings Ashman · 2008
- KINGDOM HEARTS - HD 2.5 ReMIX - (Original Soundtrack) · 2023
- KINGDOM HEARTS - HD 2.5 ReMIX - (Original Soundtrack) · 2023
Essential Albums
- The music accompanying Disney’s animated retelling of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp is lively yet meticulously put together, incorporating traditional Arabic music ideals into set pieces and tracks like the scheming “One Jump Ahead”, which features Brad Kane as the titular pauper. Lea Salonga’s Princess Jasmine offers up a wide-eyed innocence that plays off Kane’s knowing presence on the sparkling “A Whole New World”; Regina Belle and Peabo Bryson’s radio-ready rework of that ballad retains its wonder while adding lush synths.
- Building on the success of The Little Mermaid, composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman reteam to tell a fantastical love story through song, complete with dancing dinnerware. “Belle” sets the scene in Broadway style, while the boastful “Gaston” is goofily great, and Angela Lansbury’s voice easily lends itself to an animated character. Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson bring their star power to the title track, providing a swoon-worthy radio single that easily stands on its own.
- Join Ariel as she discovers the world beyond the sea in Spatial Audio.
Artist Playlists
- His eccentric wit brought musicals to a new level.
Singles & EPs
Compilations
About Howard Ashman
Lyricist, playwright, and theater director Howard Ashman was most celebrated as part of the powerhouse songwriting team of Ashman and Menken with famed composer Alan Menken. The authors of such musicals as Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors (1982) and Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) and Beauty and the Beast (1991), Ashman's Oscar- and Grammy-winning legacy was cut short by his death in 1991 at the age of 40.
- HOMETOWN
- Baltimore, MD, United States
- BORN
- 17 May 1950
- GENRE
- Musicals