Soundtrack - Hercules

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  • Original Release Date: May 27, 1997

  • Recording type: Studio
  • Recording mode: Stereo
  • Personnel includes: Michael Kosarin, Jeremy Lubbock (conductor); Charlton Heston (spoken vocals); Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, Susan Egan, Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Vaneese Thomas, Michael Bolton (vocals).
  • Producers: Alan Menken, Walter Afanasieff, Michael Bolton.
  • Engineers: John Richards, Frank Wolf, Dana Jon Chappelle, John Kurlander.
  • Original score written by Alan Menken.

    Track listing
    1. "Long Ago..." - Charlton Heston
    2. The Gospel Truth/Main Title - Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas
    3. The Gospel Truth II - Roz Ryan
    4. The Gospel Truth III - Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas
    5. "Go the Distance" - Roger Bart
    6. The Jellicle Ball (Score)
    7. "Go the Distance (Reprise)" - Roger Bart
    8. "One Last Hope" - Danny DeVito
    9. "Zero to Hero" - Tawatha Agee, Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas
    10. "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" - Susan Egan, Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas
    11. "A Star Is Born" - Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas
    12. "Go the Distance / The Jellicle Ball" (Single Version) - Michael Bolton
    13. "Memory" - Betty Buckley
    14. The Big Olive (Score)
    15. The Prophecy (Score)
    16. Destruction of the Agora (Score)
    17. Phil's Island (Score)
    18. Rodeo (Score)
    19. Speak of the Devil (Score)
    20. The Hydra Battle (Score)
    21. Meg's Garden (Score)
    22. Hercules' Villa (Score)
    23. All Time Chump (Score)
    24. Cutting the Thread (Score)
    25. A True Hero/A Star Is Born (End Title) - Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas

    Fun Facts:

  • For the Spanish version of the film, "Go the Distance" was redone by Ricky Martin and released as a single under the title "No Importa La Distancia" and was also very successful, both inside and outside the United States.
  • "Go the Distance" lost the Academy Award and Golden Globe against "My heart will go on" from Titanic.


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