| The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice | |
| Type: | Box set |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Cover: | The Music Behind the Magic.jpg |
| Released: | November 22, 1994 |
| Recorded: | 1987–1992 |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Label: | Walt Disney |
| Producer: | The Little Mermaid: Alan Menken Howard Ashman Robert Kraft Beauty and the Beast: Alan Menken Howard Ashman Walter Afanasieff Aladdin: Alan Menken Tim Rice Walter Afanasieff Aladdin (The Original Score): Alan Menken Howard Ashman |
The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Released on November 22, 1994[1] on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues.[2]
All 3 film soundtracks were later re-released with the complete score under the label "" with The Little Mermaid in 2014, Beauty and the Beast in 2018, and Aladdin in 2022.