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DAY 30: UNDER THE SEA
To start the songs, here we have what can pretty much describe all of Howard’s songs: big, colorful (in every meaning) & all-around fun to listen to. “Under the Sea” is set near the beginning of the second-half, where Sebastian’s trying to convince Ariel to forget the human world & have her know how more fantastic the underwater world is. What starts as a one-person ballad spirals into a group number filled with sea creatures of every size & species. It’s very bouncy, the lyrics are filled with Howard’s creative wordplay, the colors shown run the spectrum & Samuel E. Wright’s performance is spectacular. This played at the presentation reel, opens the Hollywood Studios show, the Broadway version isn’t half-bad & Raven Symone’s cover is one of the few "faithful" covers from the Disney Mania album series. For the drawing, you wouldn’t believe how long it took, mostly with the complex staging and coloring each individual bubble. But in all, this is one of Disney’s most colorful (literally) & most fun songs.
“Under the Sea” (c) Disney and Howard Ashman
Little Mermaid (c) Disney
