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We Are One (Disney song)

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"We Are One"
Singleby Tom Snow, Marty Panzer, Jack Feldman
Released1998
GenrePop
Songwriter(s)Marty Panzer,Thomas Snow,andJack Feldman

"We Are One"is a song in Disney's 1998 direct-to-video film,The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Production

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The song was written and composed byMarty Panzer,Thomas Snow,andJack Feldman.It is sung by both Simba (Cam Clarke) andKiara(Charity Sanoy), and was later performed by the five timeGrammy AwardwinnerAngelique Kidjoon the albumReturn to Pride Rock;this version is half English and halfFon.

Context

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Within the context of the film, the song is used to explain how theCircle of Lifeworks in a way that Kiara (and children in the audience) would understand. It starts by explaining how life is hard to understand and ends by explaining how life works. This song also resembles the part of the first film whenMufasatellsSimbaabout the "Great Kings of the Past".

Later in the film, when Kiara and Kovu's love are causing tensions to rise between the two prides, Kiara tells her father: "A wise king once told me" We are one ". I didn't understand him then...now I do... Them? Us! Look at them they are us! What differences do you see?". This teaches children the film's underlying message that "love and acceptance know no boundaries", rendering We Are One to be the film's main musical motif that carries the piece.[1]

Reception

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The New York Timeswriter Caryn James thought the "subtle and graceful" tune was "attuned to the film's hopeful theme of regeneration".[2]Despite believing that The Lion King 2 not having the same "impact" or "pizazz" of its predecessor,Black Family Todaythought Kidjo's version of this song was strong enough to last beyond the context of the film it was written for.[3]Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africafelt Kidgo's rendition is "the song to watch" form the film's soundtrack.[4]

The song was nominated for anAnnie Awardfor Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production along with "My Lullaby".[5]

References

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  1. ^"Pride of Disney // 'Lion King II' is delightful".1998-10-28. Archived fromthe originalon 2017-04-19.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  2. ^James, Caryn (1998-10-23)."VIDEO REVIEW; A 'Lion King' With Girls as Stars".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2017-04-18.
  3. ^Black Family Today.Family Journal Publications. 1998-01-01.
  4. ^Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa.African Drum Publications. 1999-04-01.
  5. ^"Annie Awards:: 27th Annie Awards".annieawards.org.Retrieved2017-04-18.
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