This is such a great soundtrack (to such a great movie, too). I usually buy Disney’s soundtracks in used CDs stores because the originals are kind of hard to find, but for some weird reason amazon.ca suddenly had one in store and I jumped on it! Pocahontas is something of my ultimate Disney movie – I watched it a hundred times as a child.

The score is possibly Alan Menken’s best, which is really saying so much, I’m almost afraid to say it! It blends Native American rhythms with European ones beautifully. It’s full of tones we’re not used to and beautiful melodies. Farewell always makes me cry (really!).

The songs also are great. Howard Ashman’s were big shoes to fill but I really like Stephen Schwartz’s lyrics and I think they make a great team (they probably think so too, since they also did Enchanted together). I love every single song, even the lesser known like Mine, mine, mine (especially John’s part) and Savages with its beautiful mix of voices.