Tarzan (1999 soundtrack)

Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1999 Disney animated feature film, Tarzan. The songs on the soundtrack were composed by Phil Collins, and the instrumental score by Mark Mancina. The song "You'll Be in My Heart" won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, while the soundtrack album won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. For his contribution to the soundtrack, Collins received an American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

May 18, 1999

1998–1999

Conway Recording Studios and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
The Village Recorder, Signet Sound Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Mancina Music, Inc. (West Los Angeles, California)
Sony Scoring Stage (Culver City, California)
Todd-AO Scoring Stage (Studio City, California)
Sony Music Studios (New York City)

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Walt Disney

Phil Collins
Mark Mancina
Rob Cavallo

Tarzan was the first Disney soundtrack to be recorded in multiple languages for different markets with Phil Collins also recording French, German, Italian and Spanish versions of the soundtrack, and he was assisted by composer Éric Serra to record and produce the French versions of the songs.

Commercial performance[edit]

The Tarzan soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on May 18, 1999. The soundtrack peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 during the week of July 10, 1999, coinciding with the film's theatrical run. The album was a major comeback for Phil Collins, and put him back in the public eye. In the U.S. it reached double platinum status, becoming his best selling album of new material in a decade.

A promotion was held at the Disney Store. Customers who bought the soundtrack received a free and exclusive single of "You'll Be in My Heart". The soundtrack itself was labeled limited edition, including a holographic cover and an individual collector's number.

The album has sold 2,586,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2014.^[8]

– vocals (1, 2, 3, 5-9, 14), all instruments except where noted (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14), arrangements (1, 3-6, 9, 14), noises (4)

Phil Collins

Marc Mann – synthesizer programming (7)

– acoustic piano (8), keyboards (8)

Jamie Muhoberac

– programming (8)

Kim Bullard

– programming (8)

Carmen Rizzo

– guitars (5)

Michael Landau

– acoustic guitar (8)

Rob Cavallo

– guitars (8)

Mark Goldenberg

– guitars (8)

Tim Pierce

– guitars (8, 9)

Michael Thompson

– electric bass (3, 5)

Nathan East

– electric bass (8)

John Pierce

– percussion (1, 6, 8, 9, 14)

Luis Conte

Will Donovan – additional percussion (8)

– trombone (4)

Bruce Fowler

Walt Fowler – trumpet (4)

– tuba (4)

Tommy Johnson

Joann Turovsky – (2)

harp

– arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6, 14)

Mark Mancina

– string arrangements (8)

David Campbell

– vocals (2)

Glenn Close

and cast – vocals (4)

Rosie O'Donnell

– vocals (7)

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Song Tracks (1-9 & 14)

Score Tracks (10-13)

Phil Collins – producer (1, 3-7, 9, 14)

Mark Mancina – producer (1, 2, 6, 10-14)

– co-producer (10-13)

Chris Ward

Frank Wolf – recording (1-7, 9, 14), mixing (1-7, 9, 14)

Steve Kempster – recording (10-13), mixing (10-13)

Gil Morales – additional engineer

Andy Bass, Greg Denenn, Tom Hardisty, Jimmy Hoyson, Andy Manganello, David Marquette, Sue McLean, Jay Selvester, Christine Sirois, Tulio Torenello, Rich Weingart and Mike Zainer – recording assistants

Rich Toenes – technical support

Ed Ghaffari – music editing

Robb Boyd – music editing assistant

Daniel Gaber – music editing assistant

Tom MacDougall – production manager

Andrew Page – music production supervisor

Tracks 1-7 & 9-14

Track 8

Other Credits