Home on the Range
| Home > A > Alan Menken > Discography > Home on the Range |
Composer/producer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, etc.) has already lassoed eight Oscars in his run as a Disney hit-deliverer, and here he rustles up several good reasons for the Academy to offer him one more. Of the eight non-score songs on offer, three are knock-your-spurs-off dazzlers: k.d. lang pours her perfect pitch all over "Little Patch of Heaven," Bonnie Raitt breaks hearts with the fragile piano ballad "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again," and Tim McGraw tips a twangy hat to friendship on "Wherever the Trail May Lead." The Beu Sisters' version of "Anytime You Need a Friend," also performed as a final track by Menken, satisfies musical sweet teeth--it's the sort of song that's practically mandatory on a Disney record these days--but its slightness doesn't detract from the at times rootin'-tootin', at times pure-prairie-pretty mood. Listeners of all ages, saddle up. --Tammy La Gorce
Tracks
| 1 | (You Ain't) Home on the Range - Chorus |
| 2 | Little Patch of Heaven - Tim McGraw |
| 3 | Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo - The Beu Sisters |
| 4 | Will the Sun Ever Shine Again |
| 5 | (You Ain't) Home on the Range (Echo Mine Reprise) |
| 6 | Wherever the Trail May Lead |
| 7 | Anytime You Need a Friend |
| 8 | Cows in Town/Saloon Song [Score] |
| 9 | On the Farm [Score] |
| 10 | Bad News [Score] |
| 11 | Storm and the Aftermath [Score] - Alan Menken |
| 12 | Cows to the Rescue [Score] - k.d. lang |
| 13 | Buck [Score] - Randy Quaid |
| 14 | My Farm Is Saved/Little Patch of Heaven (Finale) [Score] - Bonnie Raitt |
| 15 | Anytime You Need a Friend - Chorus |
