Auliʻi Cravalho – How Far I’ll Go (Moana, 2016).Elton John – Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King, 1994).Nathan Lane/Ernie Sabella/Jason Weaver/Joseph Williams – Hakuna Matata (The Lion King, 1994).Carmen Twillie / Lebo M – Circle Of Life (The Lion King, 1994).“Even I’m amazed how many of the lyrics just tumbled out of my head as if I’d heard them only yesterday!”
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“There’s just something about them that bonds them close to our hearts, so it was a real pleasure to be part of the panel selecting the very best catchier-than-catchy animated movie earworms from the past half a century. “Songs from these movies are heard over and over again, not just in the cinema or on TV, but in the car, on the bus, wherever we are! Hopefully, you’ll find your favourites in our shortlist and also discover some new ones too!”Īli Plumb said: “I might want to say that Lawrence Of Arabia or Pulp Fiction or Citizen Kane might be the film I’ve watched most in my life, but for all of us, it’s most likely to be a Christmas movie or animated film! “We’ve all been reminiscing about the best magical, musical, movie moments, but had to make some extremely tough decisions about which should make the shortlist. “There is nothing more joyful than being able to recite every single lyric to your favourite songs from those films, which is why I’m delighted to be involved alongside my fellow radio movie critics. Rhianna Dhillon said: “As we all did, I grew up with animated movies and their songs are woven into countless happy memories I have as a child. Now it’s over to the brilliant Radio 2 listeners to choose their favourite!” “It was also great to revisit a few I’d forgotten about. Some of the biggest songs of the last few years have been from animations and so many are just part of the fabric of pop culture. King said: “Choosing this shortlist was tough, but so much fun too.
Animated faves: BBC Radio 2 listeners to vote for best song.įrom all the incredible songs in the animated movies of the past 50 years, they have selected a shortlist of the 50 songs they believe are the ultimate songs, and now it’s up to listeners to decide which one will be crowned the nation’s favourite. The shortlist has been created by BBC Pop Radio’s resident movie critics – Radio 2’s James King – who appears weekly on Jo Whiley’s evening show and regularly on The Zoe Ball Breakfast show, Rhianna Dhillon – movie critic on Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music Breakfast show, and Radio 1’s Ali Plumb. “The songs from animated movies are the anthems at the heart of so many of our listeners’ lives, and we can’t wait to see which one they crown their winner in a three hour August bank holiday family special!” Laura Busson, Commissioning Executive for Radio 2, said: “We know how much our audience love to get involved in Radio 2’s output, so it’s time for another brilliant listener vote. OJ will be celebrating these family favourite songs and finding out what makes them so loved, as he is joined by guests who’ve written and sung some of these classic tracks and hears from listeners who voted. The results will be revealed by OJ Borg in a countdown show on Radio 2 from 2-5pm on August Bank Holiday (Monday 29 August), and available for 30 days on BBC Sounds. The vote opens at bbc.co.uk/animated from 7am on Monday 18 July and closes at 12pm on Friday 8 August. But just what is the greatest of all the animated movie songs from the last 50 years?” Radio 2 listener vote “You realise you know every single word, and it brings back the childhood innocence, that joy of belting them out on car journeys with family and friends. “These are the songs we loved when we were kids and, when we are grown up, we start to get our own children into them. “We’ve all loved watching animated films through our lives, and enjoyed the songs that have been in them”, Borg said. The shortlist of 50 favourite songs has now gone live as presenter OJ Borg opened the vote on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. BBC Radio 2 has launched a listener vote to discover the Ultimate Animated Movie Song from the past 50 years.