Pocahontas (soundtrack)

Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	May 30, 1995
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	55:08
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology
The Lion King (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Singles from Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
"Colors of the Wind" Released: May 30, 1995

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Filmtracks	[2]

Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1995 Disney animated film, Pocahontas. It contains songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, conducted by David Friedman, and performed by Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Jim Cummings and David Ogden Stiers among others, and singles by Jon Secada and Shanice, and Vanessa Williams, along with the film's score composed by Alan Menken. It was released by Walt Disney Records on May 23, 1995 on CD and audio cassette.

The film's soundtrack is probably best known for the song that serves as the film's anthem, "Colors of the Wind", which went on to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award. As a single, "Colors of the Wind" went on to reach #4 on the U.S. pop charts in 1995, and was one of Williams' biggest hits.

The soundtrack also won the Academy Award for Best Musical or Comedy Score, sold 2.3 million copies in the remaining two months of 1995 alone, and went on to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

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 five demo recordings.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. 

Side 1
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"The Virginia Company"	Chorus	1:30
2.	"Ship at Sea (Score)"	Alan Menken	2:34
3.	"The Virginia Company (Reprise)"	Mel Gibson and Chorus	0:35
4.	"Steady as the Beating Drum (Main Title)"	Chorus	1:46
5.	"Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise)"	Jim Cummings	0:45
6.	"Just Around the Riverbend"	Judy Kuhn	2:27
7.	"Grandmother Willow (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:27
8.	"Listen With Your Heart I"	Linda Hunt, Bobbie Page	1:12
9.	"Mine, Mine, Mine"	David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson, and Chorus	3:05
10.	"Listen with Your Heart II"	Linda Hunt, Bobbie Page	2:46
11.	"Colors of the Wind"	Judy Kuhn	3:34
12.	"Savages (Part 1)"	David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus	1:43
13.	"Savages (Part 2)"	Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus	2:15
14.	"I’ll Never See Him Again (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:55

All songs written and composed by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. 

Side 2
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
15.	"Pocahontas (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:22
16.	"Council Meeting (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:11
17.	"Percy's Bath (Score)"	Alan Menken	0:51
18.	"River's Edge (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:27
19.	"Skirmish (Score)"	Alan Menken	2:02
20.	"Getting Acquainted (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:30
21.	"Ratcliffe's Plan (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:47
22.	"Picking Corn (Score)"	Alan Menken	0:55
23.	"The Warriors Arrive (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:23
24.	"John Smith Sneaks Out (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:14
25.	"Execution (Score)"	Alan Menken	1:34
26.	"Farewell (Score)"	Alan Menken	4:47
27.	"Colors of the Wind (End Title)"	Vanessa Williams	4:17
28.	"If I Never Knew You (End Title)"	Jon Secada & Shanice	4:13

Charts

Album

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Billboard 200	1

Singles

Chart (1995)	Peak position	Single	Artist
Billboard Hot 100	4	"Colors of the Wind"	Vanessa L. Williams
Hot R&B / Hip Hop Singles & Tracks	53
Australia Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart	21
UK Singles Chart	51	"If I Never Knew You"	Jon Secada and Shanice

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Filmtracks review
3. http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12040603 "Pocahontas"
4. "Walt Disney Records Announce The Final Four Releases In The Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Series: "Lady And The Tramp", "Pocahontas", "The Aristocats", And "Disneyland"" (Press release). Burbank, California: PRNewswire. August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.