The Lion King

The Lion King  

{Open, Black screen}

{Start nature sound effects}

{cue Castle screen}

{fade to black}

[THE CIRCLE OF LIFE]

[ MS: Male Singer

BS: Background Singer

FS: Female Singer (lead) ]

{Sunrise on African savannah, in time with

opening chant to The Circle of Life}

MS: DA!

Sa-ven-ya!

Ba-ba-ti ti-la-ba

BS: Se-toom, wen-ya-a-na-o

(wen-ya-ma!)

MS: DA!

Sa-ven-ya!

Ba-bi-ta Gee-te-bo-bo

BS: Se-toom, wen-ya-a-na-o

MS: Wen-en-ya-ma

Ha-ga-ba

BS: Wen-en-ya-ma

MS: Se-ya-kok-o-va

BS: Hemwinyana Hemwibanabanah

(repeats 5)

Hemwinyana Hemwibanabanah (se-to-kwa!)

Hemwinyana Hemwibanabanah (asana)

(repeats 1)

{The Circle of life ground forms in the BS's and holds its

pattern for eight bars. It is a non chordal BS part. The

progressions are in the medium ranges of the strings.

Various pans and camera views of African animals. All

moving. Coinciding with the FS pickup in the eighth bar,

we first view the Giraffes, panning to a long shot of all

the animals in their procession}

[The Circle of life text]

FS: From the day we arrive on the planet

And blinking, step into the sun

There's more to see than can ever be seen

More to do than can ever be done

{Camera is panning and jumping to elephants, zebras, ants,

birds, storks, etc, etc ...}

There's far too much to take in here

More to find than can ever be found

But the sun rolling high

Through the sapphire sky

Keeps great and small on the endless round

{when the "The Circle of Life" is mentioned the long

distance pan centers on Pride rock where all the animals

are gathering. Mufasa is on Pride rock. Long camera arc

to Mufasa and Zazu.}

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

{Appearance of Rafiki, the baboon}

'Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

{Rafiki and Mufasa embrace.}

In the Circle

The Circle of life

{Decrescendo in BS. FS drops out. Pan flute takes simple

lead.}

{Mufasa leads Rafiki over to Sarabi who is holding Simba}

{Rafiki puts the juice and sand he collects on Simba's

brow. A ceremonial crown. He then picks Simba up and

ascends to the point of Pride rock. Mufasa and Sarabi

follow. With a crescendo in the music and a restatement

of the Refrain, Rafiki holds Simba up for the crowd to

view. The clouds part and a sumbeam highlights Rafiki and

Simba on Pride Rock.}

FS: (It's) The Circle of life

{The crowd starts howling, stamping, etc, etc ... }

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through out faith and love

{The crowd bows down in rolling wave}

'Till we find our place

In the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of life

{Bass hit (fff) and immediate switch to black screen with

title "The Lion King" in blood/magenta red caps.}

[Mouse / Challenge Scene]

{Cue mouse sounds}

{Visual fade into mouse in cave}

{Mouse comes out and starts preening in the light. Begin

sniffing. Becomes frightened. Suddenly a large lion paw

swoops down and catches him.}

{The music rises with a dissonant, slow, reed theme. Fade

in slowly and up full during speech}

{Camera switch to Scar holding the squeaking and

struggling mouse in his paw. He talks to it while playing

with it}

Scar: Life's not fair; is it? You see I... Well, I shall

never be king. (exhale light) And you shall never

see the light of another day. (closed mouth laughter.

starts to places mouse on his extended tongue)

Adieu.

Zazu : (Interrupting) Didn't your mother ever tell you not

to play with your food?

Scar: (light sigh) What do you want?

Zazu: I'm here to announce that King Mufasa is on his way.

So you'd better have a good excuse for missing the

ceremony this morning.

{To a flute flutter in the background, the mouse runs

away from Scar}

Scar: Oh now look Zazu, you made me lose my lunch.

Zazu: Hah! You'll lose more than that when the king gets

through with you. He's as mad as a Hippo with a

Hernia.

Scar: Ohhh...I quiver with FEAR!

{On "FEAR" Scar crouches down and is baring his teeth at

Zazu.}

Zazu: (very concerned) Now Scar, don't look at me that

way...HELP!!!!

{Scar quickly pounces on the bird.}

Mufasa: (almost immediately and off-camera) Scar! ...

Drop him.

Scar: (mouth closed) Mmm-Mmm-Hmmm?

Zazu: (Speaking from Scar's mouth) Impeccable timing your

majesty.

{Scar spits the Bird out, covered with saliva}

Zazu: (slimed) errrah.

Scar: (sarcastically overjoyed) Why! if it isn't my big

brother descending from on high to mingle with the

commoners.

Mufasa: Sarabi and I didn't see you at the presentation of

Simba.

Scar: (feigning astonishment) That was today? Oh, I feel

simply awful.

{He turns and start scraping his claws on the rock wall

forming the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard, setting

Zazu's teeth [sic] on edge}

Scar: (admiring his claws) Must have slipped my mind.

Zazu: Yes, well, as slippery as your mind is, as the

king's brother, you should have been first in line!

{Scar clicks his teeth at Zazu who had flown near his

face. Zazu takes cover behind Mufasa's foreleg. Scar

bends down to speak to him.}

Scar: Well, I was first in line...until the little

hairball was born.