Wow. Just... wow.

Remember _The Lion King_? That movie I sometimes obsess about? Yeah, that one.

Well, it seems Disney produced a second soundtrack, but never released it. No, not "Rhythm of the Pridelands". This was a soundtrack featuring pretty much the entire score of the movie, with no dialogue or rearrangements. Some enterprising soul leaked it, and it has been posted to the Internet.

Check it out.

Us old and grey Lion King fans are always happy to see new material become available; I never imagined something THIS cool would suddenly appear, though. Especially since I'm a fan of Hans Zimmer, and loved his work in _Gladiator_ as well.

Get it while you can; I doubt it'll be posted for long given mac.com's stance on "piracy". But then this isn't really piracy, is it? Afterall, Disney never released it, so they're not actually losing any money from this....

It's nice to be able to hear the score as it was in the movie with no dialogue or sound effects. The "official" soundtrack rearranged pretty much the whole score, and made it into a mere shadow of its former glory. Especially awesome are the tracks "Plotting" and "Under the Stars / Simba Alive".

Enjoy!