The Lion King Soundtrack - To die For 

At 2:01, I can still hear Mufasa's scream and Simba yelling, "NO!" FEELS OVERLOAD

"Oh Simba, it's to DIE for." - One of the best villains in cartoon history.

Literally the power of MUSIC. This piece makes you feel uneasy, hairs on your skin go up, butterflies kick into your stomach, and you can't help almost crying when the choir comes in. Truly an underrated piece of music. Well done Composer, well done indeed.

1:10 when the women start singing is the best part of the song, they sound like angels.....the key they hit is amazing.

"Hey uncle Scar! Will I like the surprise?" "Oh Simba, it's to DIE for!"

While this is the most epic piece of music ever written for a film, 1:11-1:30 always gives me chills

3:11 The major to minor transission really captures the moment Simba loses all hope. You can feel it only by listening to this. Hans Zimmer is a musical genius.

listened to this while out on my morning run.... needless to say I was motivated because I didn't want to get trampled by stampeding Wildebeest.

I love how 0:14 sonically illustrates the feeling of electric, bone chilling fear that leaves you unable to breathe. This paired with the quick zoom up to Simba's face was so memorable. That scene will always stick with me.

"Long live the King!" - The most sarcastically sinister line I heard during my childhood.

2:20 is one of the most beautiful transitions... I think I can speak for us all here that it immediately brings up so much emotion. We don't even need the visual component.

In my opinion, this scene has one of the best scores in movie history. The scoring of the entire movie is amazing, but this scene is just absolutely incredible. The score for this scene has so much power and emotion behind it, and this snow was written so well for this scene that you can hear every detail of what is happening on screen.

3:20 this part is just amazing

In 1994 I was 10 years old when The Lion King came out I remember crying my eyes out on this scene when Mufasa died, but I couldn't help but be Captivated by this Phenomenal yet Haunting music, it was the Greatest music I ever heard, I beg my mother to get the sound track and today I am still Captivated by the power of this music! Hans Zimmer is the Greatest composer of my generation !!!!!

'Dad? Dad come on.. you gotta get up... Dad.. we gotta go home...' I am not crying at all.. noo T_T

I saw Hans Zimmer live on Friday (10th Oct). It was incredible. Though I wish he'd played this. I get goose bumps all over my body listening to this.

My mother saw this movie with her father and little brother when this movie came out back in 1994. She told me that this scene hit her in the soul. It didn’t help that two years later in 1996, grandpa suddenly died of a heart attack. Mom hadn’t even met dad yet and my uncle was only 12. To witness such a soul crushing scene like Mufasa’s death and then have to live it yourself without warning.....

Am I the only one who hears "GO, GO, GO, GO, GO" at 0:27? (This piece always makes me want to cry though. One of my earliest 'encounters' with death on screen as a child.)

1:38 aaaand my body tempeture droped by 3 degrees.

I just find it so amazing that even without the visual we can picture this stampede happening, just with the power of music.

"Long. Live. The King." Scar is easily one of the best Disney Villains I swear he is.

This is like going to the exams... Before, during and after!

I heard, "Dad? Dad, c'mon.. you gotta get up!" Then I started bawling.

Hans Zimmer being a genius even before i realized it as a kid, i remember later as a grown up realizing the same guy that did so many beautiful scores i enjoyed also did The Lion King. it was like woahhh..

I always cry at 2:27.

1:11 remember this part so much!

30 year later, and this scene part (and music) is still heartbreaking and powerful. Mufasa is not only as a king but also like a noble Paladin, risking his life to save and protect his son's life, sadly unaware of Scar's betrayal which leads to his demise. While not the first character in a Disney film to die, this was actually the very first movie that not only have one good character die, but you got to see Mufasa's dead body. Heartbreaking and tearful when Simba cries and mourn of the loss of his father, believing it was his own fault. That was very hardcore of Disney.

God damn it Scar

This must be the most powerfull and dramatic piece of the entire soundtrack

2:00 noooooo!!!

This soundtrack is probably one of the greatest ever made. Back when Disney weren't all animated, back when music was made by people, not computers.

One of my favorite parts of this is definitely at 0:07. Those notes begin the stampede as you see the wildebeest coming down the canyon and it is really powerful every time..

This scene was honestly the most terrifying thing I'd seen. I was probably cringing in my seat when the choir at 1:12 started up. I was pretty little and hadn't seen many character deaths, so it was a big impact. I thought the choir was the hyenas chanting and singing about Mufasa dying, and even though I liked them when they were being funny (especially Shenzi), when they were scary, they really scared me. I watched this movie recently with a bunch of my friends, and one of them left because she didn't want to see Mufasa die. I always thought the whole scene was scary and sad, but I'd never been so impacted by something that I couldn't watch. It kinda stuck with me how much something can impact a person.

When you can't get Alan Menken to write the score, you get an equally talented musician. And Hans Zimmer was the perfect choice. I particularly love the part at 1:11 but the whole thing is brilliant.

It is creepy how with this music I can feel everything, I just need my ears for that. Thank you Maestro Zimmer

Is it me or is this one of the most underrated music in this movie?(for some reason when people talk about lion king - this theme never comes up)

this is the best movie ever made in history

1:11 - To have your Spirit Melt

the theme to retail employees on black friday

I love putting my headphones on and blasting this song. Hans Zimmer really outdid himself.

Most brilliant cartoon of all time... that can melt down your heart

I could see it in my mind, as I listened to this. I knew the exact moment when Mufasa fell, and that's when the tears started rolling.

Chilhood memories... Every time I listened this part,I'm crying a lot!....

"your father is on the way ...hold on"

My favo movie always! i'm now 29, never forget this move and music. Best moment in my childhood Lion King.

This is just so touching! I can't help myself getting goose-bumps and crying. Such a tragic scene in the movie! For me Lion King will always be the very best Disney movie of all time. It is full of different emotions...wonderful!

1:10 my fav part

Oh my God, this song traumatized me. Sort of!

im a grown man, and i am in fucking tears. best movie -animated or not- of all time

This makes me cry, i can feel the music all over my body. What a magnificent piece of art 🙌🏻.

When I saw this movie in 3D, there was... a lot of emotion. When I saw the original cut in the theatres as a kid, I didn't cry at all. Two major points I had to hold back my tears as an adult. Mufasa's death being one of them.

Even now, at age 19, I still can watch Lion King, it's just too awesome! :')

By far the most powerful song in the whole soundtrack, I cried when this part happened when I watched it in 3D.

Goosebumps in the first 20 seconds.

„Hey uncle scar, will I like the surprise?” „Simba, it’s to *die* for.” Goosebumps!

lastnight i had a dream that me and a bunch of people was in a cave and then we felt it was getting too hot and we look around, 1:40 - 1:46 was playing. then we see lava rushing towards us like a dam bursted, when it was coming towards us, then the music at 1:47 - 1:56 played.... it was such a sight and epic the way it happened.

The part at 1:30 sounds like the perfect chaos

This song is so full of emotion it's soooooo good. Love it! Kudos to Hans Zimmer

Insane how good this entire soundtrack is

I DID IT! I listened to the music without crying! ...Although I cry like an onion ninja striked when I watch the actual video.

1:46 never fails to give me goosebumps my god.

You know, people say all kinds of things about this movie like "Best Disney movie!", "Best animated movie!", "Best '90s movie!", "Most nostalgic movie!", "Best songs ever!", etc. And rightfully so! But one thing that I pretty much never hear and REALLY needs to be said is BEST CINEMATIC SCORE EVER!!! I have never seen a movie with as unforgettable a score as The Lion King, and it's because of this movie that I consider Hans Zimmer the best cinematic composer ever!

Hans Zimmer has gotten a total of two academy awards for his work. The first was for the Lion King. The second was for Dune.

There are Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" frames inside 😍

I can feel so much emotion in this track, it's almost too much to bear

No matter how many times I watch this movie or listen to the soundtrack it gets me every time :(( (I was just a kid when I watched it for the first time) Such an epic emotional and strong soundtrack for an amazing and legendary movie!

Definitely one of the best scores of all time. So much emotion and thought was put into it. I watched this move practically every single day when I was 3 years old till I was 10. I can see every single part of the movie in my head that goes along to this particular song. It's depressing that some people may not truely understand moving music like this. If music can make you FEEL emotions, you know it is amazing.

If I get the opportunity to say my last words after doing something heroic, I want 2:20-3:20 to play in the background.

This made me get a little teary- eyed. :(

Best Disney song of all time. No doubt

CRY EVERY TIME. no matter music or that scene.

This song gives me chills every time! ;-;

i want this played at my funeral 3:19 onwards

How many people were watching the movie in their heads as the music played and 'saw' Scar kill Mufasa all over again. I'm swear, I felt chills when the music dropped off.

*adds to playlist entitled: 'Epic Lion King' *

1:11-1:30 k I've been listening to this same part for at least an hour and I heard the beautiful African choir singing/chanting. (not sure which) and in my hearing, it sounds like this: yo ne yo nah (or yah) x4 yah yahyayayayah.. *sings a long 'ohhh' note*

Happy 20th anniversary of this movie coming out :)

This is an all around great soundtrack

This and "Sanctuary" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame are the best movie soundtracks for me

This is Hans Zimmer's best

3:18 Waaaaaaaaa!! TT~TT

Lion King is by far the best animated Disney movie, the soundtrack is outstanding, and Hans Zimmer is pretty much the best composer out there :)

2:20 you know that kind of music that makes your heart well up? this is one of those...

Am i the only one who cries literally every fucking time they hear 3:19 playing

The other day, I watched the lion king, when I saw the wildebeest stampeded I felt upset because during that scene, Mufasa died because he got ran over by the wildebeest, I felt like crying. This brings back a lot of childhood memories. In Bambi, Bambi lost his mother when he was young.

I wonder how many people realize that the entire soundtrack is a tribute to Mozart. 1:11-1:30 the theme of "Lacrimosa" of Mozart. The theme after 2:46 comes from Ave Verum Corpus of Mozart. The main theme is a variation of a theme of Ave Verum Corpus.

Even when the music starts to play you already know shits about to go down for real

Cryed when my cat died beacause she fell from a high place and landed right on the concreate snd positioned like mufasa.

It's kind of cool that this was the only Disney movie that Alan Menken never did the scores. NOBODY BEATS FUCKING HANS ZIMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The music is very powerful and shows that just because The Lion King is a movie for children, it is not a movie to look down on. And the title of this song "To Die For" struck me odd at first as I thought it'd be simply called "Stampede" or something but that's also very powerful. A father loved his son so much he literally died for him. Nowadays people try so hard to be dark and striking in "adult movies" but the desperate attempts don't even come close to the emotion felt in Mufasa's death.

Hands down, the best piece of music in the whole movie in my opinion! It's hard to believe that this whole entire scene only lasts for about 3 minutes! It feels like 20 minutes! The anticipation of not knowing what is going to happen at all is implemented amazingly well!

Doesn't this make you feel like you're in a tsunami, running from the wave and then witnessing many dead bodies?

i still cry my heart out 10 seconds into it

I could never ever stay to watch this part.....When I was just a kid I used to leave the room and wait till my older sister told me it was over with, which still made me cry.

Goosebumps? I started shaking.

I hope James Earl Jones, is still alive. I'm so worried about him. :'(

best music ever .....

One of my earliest memories EVER was seeing Lion King in theatres. I was only 3. It's such an emotionally powerful movie that one inevitably remembers it, despite a super young age.

2:06 "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Black Friday in a nutshell.