The Disney Hercules Original London Cast Recording is being released digitally, on CD, and on vinyl in the coming months. Disney Theatrical Group and Disney Music Group/Walt Disney Records will release the original London cast recording of Hercules digitally on October 10th, on CD on November 21st, and vinyl on December 5th.
The new album will include songs from the 1997 Walt Disney Animation Studios film of the same name that were written by Alan Menken and David Zippel. This includes Go the Distance, Zero to Hero, and I Won’t Say I’m In Love. There will also be new original songs that were written for the stage adaptation.
Alan Menken said in a statement, “This Hercules cast album represents the culmination of a journey that started way back in the mid-’90s in the world of Disney animation. The unique opportunities that came from composing a score filled with stylish pop and gospel influences, combined with David Zippel’s brilliant, sophisticated lyrics, never failed to delight me. I believe audiences connected, both then and now, with that sense of joy we had in our writing process.
“One of my favorite aspects of adapting my own pre-existing material for a stage production is being able to give voice to characters who never sang before, like Hades. Including Hades’ new song, David and I have written seven new songs that bring even more heart and soul into the story.”
Zippel added, “What a joy it has been for Alan and me to reconnect with Hercules, The Muses, Meg, Hades, the Mount Olympus gang, our brilliant music department, and the extraordinary singing actors who bring these characters and our songs to life. We have loved the chance to write new songs and deepen Hercules’ emotional journey, and we cannot be more excited to share this album with, what the ancient Greeks called, the known world.”
Hercules Tracklist:
1. Prologue – Ensemble, Narrator
2. Gospel Truth I (Mount Olympus) – Muses, Ensemble
3 Gospel Truth II (Underworld) – Muses, Ensemble
4 Despina’s Lullaby – Despina, Muses
5. Gospel Truth III (Herc was Mortal) – Muses
6. Today’s Gonna Be My Day – Hercules
7. Go the Distance – Hercules
8. Go the Distance Reprise – Hercules, Muses
9. One Last Hope – Phil, Hercules
10. Forget About It – Meg, Hercules
11. Gospel Truth IV (So Not Dead) – Muses
12. Getting Even – Hades, Bob, Charles, Ensemble
13. Zero to Hero – Hercules, Muses, Phil, Ensemble
14. A Muse Bouche — Muses
15. I’m Back! – Phil, Ensemble
16. Getting Even Reprise – Bob, Charles
17. Phil Goes the Distance/Doomed to Be Human – Phil, Hercules
18. I Won’t Say (I’m in Love) – Meg, Muses
19. I Won’t Say (I’m in Love) Reprise – Hercules, Meg
20. Great Bolts of Thunder – Muses, Zeus, Hades, Ensemble
21. To Be Human – Hercules
22. Gospel Truth V (That’s Our Tale) – Muses, Ensemble
23. A Star is Born – Muses, Company
24. BONUS TRACK: To Be Human (Original Alan Menken Demo) – Alan Menken
The album has the vocal talents of the London cast for Hercules. This includes Luke Brady as Hercules, plus Candace Furbert as Thalia, Sharlene Hector as Clio, Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene, Malinda Parris as Calliope, Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore, Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg, Trevor Dion Nicholas as Phil, Stephen Carlile as Hades, and Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett in the roles of Bob and Charles. The record and CD versions of Hercules can currently be pre-ordered here.
What do you think of the Hercules soundtrack being released in the coming months? Are you going to add it to your collection? What are you most looking forward to with it? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
