The Best Disney Movie Soundtracks
One of the many reasons that movie fans love Disney films is their catchy and creative soundtracks. The top Disney movie soundtracks not only feature the best hit songs from film, but they've also been written by Grammy-award winning musicians and sung by legendary performers in countless concert halls worldwide. This list of the greatest Disney musical soundtracks includes everything from Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins to The Jungle Book. If you're looking for more Disney songs lists, check out the best recent Disney songs, best Disney love songs or the best songs by Disney villains.
What films will you find on this best Disney movie soundtracks list? The Lion King has to be near the top. Elton John and Tim Rice won an Academy Award for their composition “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” Composer Hans Zimmer also won an Oscar for his work on the film in regards to the score. Moana is another great Disney movie with an amazing soundtrack, with original songs composed by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Disney films have even topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, first in 1993 with "A Whole New Worldæ and then in 2022 with the Encanto smash "We Don't Talk About Bruno". The score of Fantasia consisted of music written by the likes of Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. Other good films featured on this top Disney movie soundtracks list include Frozen, Cinderella and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Which Disney movie has your favorite soundtrack? Give the best films a thumbs up and get in on the conversation in the comments section.
- 11994
- Actors: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Moira Kelly
- Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
1. Circle of Life
2. I Just Can't Wait to Be King
3. Be Prepared
4. Hakuna Matata
5. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
6. This Land
7. ...To Die For
8. Under the Stars
9. King of Pride Rock
10. Circle of Life
11. I Just Can't Wait to Be King
12. Can You Feel the Love Tonight - 21992
- Actors: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
1. Arabian Nights
2. Legend of the Lamp
3. One Jump Ahead
4. Street Urchins
5. One Jump Ahead (Reprise)
6. Friend Like Me
7. To Be Free
8. Prince Ali
9. A Whole New World
10. Jafar's Hour
11. Prince Ali (Reprise)
12. The Ends of the Earth
13. The Kiss
14. On a Dark Night
15. Jasmine Runs Away
16. Marketplace
17. The Cave of Wonders
18. Aladdin's Word
19. The Battle
20. Happy End in Agrabah
21. A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) - 3
- Actors: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers
- Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
1. Prologue
2. Belle ([A])
3. Belle (Reprise)
4. Gaston
5. Gaston
6. Be Our Guest
7. Something There
8. The Mob Song
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. To the Fair
11. West Wing
12. The Beast Lets Belle Go
13. Battle on the Tower
14. Transformation
15. Beauty and the Beast - 42016
- Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Auli'i Cravalho, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement
- Directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements
1. Tulou Tagaloa
2. An Innocent Warrior
3. Where You Are
4. How Far I'll Go
5. We Know the Way
6. How Far I'll Go (Reprise)
7. You're Welcome
8. Shiny
9. Logo Te Pate
10. I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)
11. Know Who You Are
12. We Know the Way (Finale)
13. How Far I'll Go
14. You're Welcome
15. Prologue
16. He Was You
17. Village Crazy Lady
18. Cavern
19. The Ocean Chose You
20. The Hook
21. Tala's Deathbed
22. Battle of Wills
23. Kakamora
24. It's Called Wayfinding
25. Climbing
26. Tamatoa's Lair
27. Great Escape
28. If I Were the Ocean
29. Te Ka Attacks
30. Maui Leaves
31. Heartache
32. Tala Returns
33. Sails to Te Fiti
34. Shiny Heart
35. Te Fiti Restored
36. Hand of a God
37. Voyager Tagaloa
38. Toe Feiloa'i
39. Navigating Home
40. The Return to Voyaging - 5
- Actors: Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Rene Auberjonois, Hamilton Camp
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
1. Fathoms Below
2. Main Titles
3. Fanfare
4. Daughters of Triton
5. Part of Your World
6. Under the Sea
7. Part of Your World
8. Poor Unfortunate Souls
9. Les Poissons
10. Kiss the Girl
11. Fireworks
12. Jig
13. The Storm
14. Destruction of the Grotto
15. Flotsam and Jetsam
16. Tour of the Kingdom
17. Bedtime
18. Wedding Announcement
19. Eric to the Rescue
20. Happy Ending - 61999
- Actors: Tony Goldwyn, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver, Rosie O'Donnell, Wayne Knight
- Directed by: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
1. Two Worlds
2. You'll Be in My Heart
3. Son of Man
4. Trashin' the Camp
5. Strangers Like Me
6. Two Worlds (Reprise)
7. Trashin' the Camp
8. You'll Be in My Heart
9. Two Worlds
10. A Wondrous Place
11. Moves Like an Ape, Looks Like a Man
12. The Gorillas
13. One Family
14. Two Worlds (Finale
