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The Lion King - Media
Over the past 20 years it starts to get a little confusing to keep the
overview of all the different TLK media that's out there. On this
page I try to summarize what's out there at the moment and if
appropriate with an addition page containing further informations.
Please also note, that this is only a summary of the different media
from the original The Lion King movie, not of its sequels. For them
please have a look at the different movie categories. Also, this site
is work in progress. I'm at the moment inventory my media collection
and when that's finished, I will regenerate this webpage with more
information.
Compact Disks
Blu-Rays
DVDs
VHS
Laserdiscs
Games
Compact Discs
Since 1994 a lot of different soundtracks versions, singles and special
editions appeared. The following table tries the insane task to collect
all these version.
Soundtracks
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The Lion King
- Release: June 1994
- Language: English
- Duration: 46 min.
- Tracks: 12
- Comment: The classical and original soundtrack
from The Lion King with its epic music transporting the audience directly into the heart of Africa...
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Der König der Löwen (German)
- Release: November 1994
- Language: German
- Duration: 42 min.
- Tracks: 11
- Comment: The German version of the classical and original soundtrack
from The Lion King, which contains all singing songs in German and another score "Hyenas" that is not
in the original English version.
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The Lion King (Special Edition)
- Release: September 30, 2003
- Language: English
- Duration: 50 min.
- Tracks: 14
- Comment: The Special Edition was a re-release of the soundtrack from The Lion King for the DVD release and
have the same songs as the original OST. In addition there are two new songs. The first one is the morning
report and the other one a remixed version of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".
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Best of The Lion King
- Release: September 6, 2011
- Language: English
- Duration: 50 min.
- Tracks: 12
- Comment: A compilation of the 'best' Lion King songs from all three movies.
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Singles
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Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Single)
- Release: May 1994
- Language: English
- Duration: 15 min.
- Tracks: 4
- Writers: Elton John and Tim Rice
- Producer: Chris Thomas
- Comment: The Single from Elton John already released before The Lion King was at the theatre.
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Circle of Life (Single)
- Release: August 1994
- Language: English
- Duration: 15 min.
- Tracks: 4
- Writers: Elton John and Tim Rice
- Producer: Hans Zimmer, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin and Chris Thomas
- Comment: The Single from Elton John already released before The Lion King was at the theatre.
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"Inspired by" or Collections
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Rhythm of the Pride Lands
- Release: February 28, 1995
- Language: English
- Duration: 42 min.
- Tracks: 11
- Comment: Inspired from The Lion King soundtrack, Lebo M. and Jay Rifkin created this
soundtrack sequel, which becomes very successful.
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Return to Pride Rock
- Release: September 8, 1998
- Language: English
- Duration: 46 min.
- Tracks: 12
- Comment: This is a compilation of songs inspired by Simba's Pride, although it is not
named in this way.
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The Lion King Collection
- Release: April 1999
- Language: English
- Duration: 73 min.
- Tracks: 19
- Comment: The collection of songs from "The Lion King" and "Simba's Pride" in
one CD.
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Others
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The Lion King Sing-Along
- Release: 1994
- Language: English
- Duration: 18 min.
- Tracks: 10
- Comment: The original sing-along or Karaoke version of The Lion King with both vocal and
instrumental songs.
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The Lion King Karaoke Series
- Release: September 2003
- Language: English
- Duration: 51 min.
- Tracks: 16
- Comment: This karaoke CD contains 8 songs with vocals and the same songs as
instrumental only.
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The Legend of The Lion King
- Release: 2004
- Language: English
- Duration: 40 min.
- Tracks: 18
- Comment: A compilation of songs, from "The Legend of The Lion King", which were performed in Disneyland
Paris from 2004 to 2009.
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Blu-Ray Discs
The long awaited High-Definition release of The Lion King starts in August 2011 on
Blu-Ray Discs as well in Blu-Ray 3D. Moreover, there is quite a lot of new bonus
material, never seen before deleted scenes and many more.
Boxes and Trilogies
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Le Roi Lion La Trilogie
- Release: August 24, 2011
- Language: English 7.1 (DTS-HD MA), French 7.1 (DTS-HD HR)
- Duration: 88 min.
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Video Aspect: 1.78:1
- Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4)
- Region Code: A, B, C
- Discs: 3
- Comment: This was one of the firsts released version of The Lion King in french,
even one month before the release in the US. Contains all three movies: TLK, Simba's Pride and
The Lion King 3.
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The Lion King 8-Disc Combo
- Release: October 4, 2011
- Language: English 7.1 (DTS-HD MA), French and Spanish (5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix)
- Duration: 88 min.
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Video Aspect: 1.78:1
- Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4)
- Region Code: A, B, C
- Discs: 8
- Comment: A must-have for every Lion King fan is this complete 8-Disc box with all movies in HD and the first
in 3D, plus digital copies and a drum in african style.
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Single Blu-Ray Discs
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The Lion King Diamond Edition
- Release: October 4, 2011
- Language: English 7.1 (DTS-HD MA), French and Spanish (5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix)
- Duration: 88 min.
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Video Aspect: 1.78:1
- Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4)
- Region Code: A, B, C
- Discs: 2
- Comment: The standard Blu-Ray from The Lion King with 2 Discs, containg the movie on one 2D Blu-Ray and
one DVD plus the digital copy.
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3D Blu-Ray Discs
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Le Roi Lion 3D (French)
- Release: August 24, 2011
- Language: English 7.1 (DTS-HD MA), French 7.1 (DTS-HD HR)
- Duration: 88 min.
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Video Aspect: 1.78:1
- Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4)
- Region Code: A, B, C
- Discs: 3
- Comment: One of the first 3D Blu-Ray Disc you could acquire was the French version. Contains the same movie as it
was in the cinema a digital copy and the 2D Blu-Ray Disc.
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DVD
The DVD release of The Lion King was awaited for really quite a long
time, caused by the lack of a digital media. Only the Laserdisc (see
below for more information) was close in quality, but didn't offer a
comparable picture. With the DVD release in 2003, The Lion King was
also released in IMAX theaters and because of this release and therefore
the cleanup of the movie greatly benefit to the DVD release. In fact
it is one of the best releases of an classically animated movie on
DVD. With this release an additional scene was created, called "The
Morning Report" and lots of bonus material, which could only be found
on the Laserdisc before.
Boxes and Trilogies
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The Lion King (Collector's Gift Set)
- Release: October 7, 2003
- Language: English 5.1 (DTS Enhanced Home Theater
Mix ), French 5.1 (DTS)
- Duration: 90 min.
- Video Aspect: 1.66:1
- Region Code: 1
- Discs: 2
- Comment: The ultimate gift for every Lion King fan
includes a nice box with lithographs and of course
the movie in the 2 Disc Platinum edition (see below).
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The Lion King (Triology)
- Release: October 7, 2003
- Language: English 5.1 (DTS Enhanced Home Theater
Mix ), French 5.1 (DTS)
- Duration: 90 min.
- Video Aspect: 1.66:1
- Region Code: 1
- Discs: 5
- Comment: A collection of all three movies in a single box
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König der Löwen (Triology)
- Release: October 23, 2003
- Language: German 5.1 (DTS Enhanced Home Theater
Mix ), English 5.1 (DTS)
- Duration: 90 min.
- Video Aspect: 1.66:1
- Region Code: 1
- Discs: 5
- Comment: A collection of all three movies in a single box
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Single DVD sets
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The Lion King (Platinum Edition)
- Release: October 7, 2003
- Language: English 5.1 (DTS Enhanced Home Theater
Mix ), French 5.1 (DTS)
- Duration: 90 min.
- Video Aspect: 1.66:1
- Region Code: 1
- Discs: 2
- Comment: The ultimate gift for every Lion King fan
includes a nice box with lithographs and of course
the movie in the 2 Disc Platinum edition (see below).
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König der Löwen (Triology)
- Release: October 23, 2003
- Language: German 5.1 (DTS Enhanced Home Theater
Mix ), English 5.1 (DTS)
- Duration: 90 min.
- Video Aspect: 1.66:1
- Region Code: 1
- Discs: 5
- Comment: A collection of all three movies in a single box.
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Laserdiscs
When The Lion King was released on video in 1994, there were no digital
or degenerating home video media other than a so-called Laserdisc (LD),
which is basically a large CD but as 12 inch disc. The video and audio
is stored on this disc usually on both sides. Don't get blinded by its
optical nature of the disc, the video at least is still an analogue
composite signal. The audio track at least can be two channel PCM, or
even a digital surround DTS track.
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The Lion King (CLV)
- Release: 1995
- Language: English
- Audio tracks: Analogue and 2.0 PCM Stereo
- Discs: 1
- Format: CLV
- Comment: The first Laserdisc release of The
Lion King. See the detailed description of the deluxe edition for information about
the content. Although this is CLV Disc only containing the movie.
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Der König der Löwen (CLV)
- Release: 1995
- Language: German
- Audio tracks: Analogue and 2.0 PCM Stereo
- Discs: 1
- Format: CLV
- Comment: The German version of The Lion King Laserdisc
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The Lion King Deluxe Edition
(CAV)
- Release: 1995
- Language: English
- Audio Tracks: Analogue, 2.0 PCM Stereo, AC3 (384
kbit), Audio Commentary
- Discs: 4
- Format: CAV
- Comment: Back in 1994 this was the
ultimative box, because it contained a lot of
Bonus material, including a 30 minutes Making
of, lots of Concept pictures and short
video clips about different production steps,
interviews with the artits and commentaries....
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Games
Since the release of The Lion King in 1994, also a lot of different computer games
were released. Mostly Jump and Run, but also puzzles and for educational use. The
Lion King games were almost released for every platform (at least from the past)
like PC (DOS, Windows), Mac and video game consoles, like NES, SNES, Sega and
so on.
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The Lion King
- Release: December 8, 1994
- Language: English
- Genre: Jump & Run
- Platforms: PC (DOS, Windows), NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear
- Developers: Virgin Interactive
- Comment: The absolute classical and first Disney Game released about the
Lion King...
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