Tag: The Lion King

• The Lion King

  It’s hard for me to watch The Lion King objectively as an adult when it’s so deeply ingrained into my being, having been released when I was 7 years old and subjected to countless subsequent rewatches in our family VCR—not to mention inspiring my own adult creative endeavors. But rewatching it now—with my 4-year-old son…

  Mar 1, 2023

  # Disney, film, movies, review, The Lion King

• Top 10 songs from Disney musicals

  A friend of mine recently posted: “Let’s stir up some controversy: What are your thoughts on The Lion King?” I replied that a certain song on that soundtrack was a top-5 Disney song, and it wasn’t “Circle of Life” or “Hakuna Matata”. That inspired me to consider how I would actually rank the best Disney…

  Jul 14, 2020

  # Alan Menken, Coco, Disney, film, lists, movies, music, musicals, Newsies, songwriting, The Lion King, The Muppets, The Princess and the Frog

• The Simba Life Quarterly

  “Either run from it or learn from it.” This has been the motto and mission of The Simba Life as I’ve used it since its birth in 2006. My inspiration for the name came from The Lion King, but I’ve long desired to wrestle the Simba name and its connotations away from Disney’s grasp and forge for…

  Feb 26, 2014

  # Disney, life, The Lion King, The Simba Life, writing