Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | May 30, 1995 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 55:08 | |||
Label | Walt Disney | |||
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Singles from Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | ||||
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Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1995 Disney animated film, Pocahontas. It was released by Walt Disney Records on May 23, 1995 on CD and audio cassette. The soundtrack contains songs from the film, including each instrumental song, written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, and conducted by David Friedman. The main songs were performed by artists: Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Jim Cummings, David Ogden Stiers, and Bobbi Page. The soundtrack features two hit singles; "Colors of the Wind" performed by Vanessa Williams, and the film's love theme song "If I Never Knew You" performed by Jon Secada and Shanice.
On August 7, 2015, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the film, a new edition of the soundtrack was released as part of the Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection series. The new edition includes the film's complete original soundtrack in chronological order, along with six demo recordings in a two-disc set. There are 28 tracks on disc one, and 8 tracks on disc two. This release includes the song “If I Never Knew You”, performed by Judy Kuhn and Mel Gibson in the film. The original song performed by the characters was cut from the film, and not included on the original soundtrack. The song was put back into the movie when it was re-released for the 10th anniversary of the film, and finally featured on the new edition of the soundtrack.