Elton John winning an Oscar® for "The Lion King"

Elton John and Tim Rice winning the Oscar® for Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from "The Lion King" at the 67th Annual Academy Awards® in 1995. Presented by Sylvester Stallone.

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[chandloski]

I love Stallone's face when he's like "From the Lion King, from the Lion King, from the Lion King..."

[tomcat2285]

we need another Disney Renaissance 

[diegoradoblasio]

@tomcat2285 we`re having it

[simpsonsrock1818]

hans zimmer made, in my opinion, the best disney score (no offense to alan menken and his gorgeous scores for the hunchback of notre dame and beauty and the beast). kudos to tim rice for recognizing him

[mhoverthere]

@webeffect Zimmer did use bits of the songs in the score, there's the chorus of Can You Feel The Love Tonight when Zazu talks to Simba and Nala about getting married, then the start of I Just Can't Wait To Be King when Simba disagrees. Later, there's the Be Prepared outro as the hyenas turn on Scar, and a choral version of Circle of Life at the end.

He didn't use more probably because the songs' upbeat melodies were at odds with the sad/bleak scenes that make up a lot of the movie.

[keihardgek]

Lol, at 0:57. Elton is like lol, i've got all the attention :D

[walkthroughs]

i cant believe ' i just cant wait to be king' is not in it!!!

[walkthroughs]

@FutureAbe Fuck U

[walkthroughs]

i cant believe 'i just cant wait to be king' is not in it

[FutureAbe]

Shut the fuck up, Sylvester Stallone.

Loser.

[Eduardo10390]

@reptongeek There is no other film that year that had the great soundtrack that Lion King did, despite what you might think. Those three songs were the best ones made all year in 1994, and it's not the Academy's fault no one else made a soundtrack anywhere near as good as Elton John

[Eduardo10390]

@reptongeek oh, god.