Den CGI-animerade nyversionen av den tecknade Disney-klassikern blev som väntat en stor succé världen över när den släpptes i somras, men det är inte alla som känner sig nöjda med hur den blev. Elton John, som ju var med och musiksatte den numera odödliga soundtracket till 1994-filmen, har i en intervju med engelska GQ uttryckt hur besviken han var över musikhanteringen i den nya filmen:
"The new version of The Lion King was a huge disappointment to me, because I believe they messed the music up. Music was so much a part of the original and the music in the current film didn't have the same impact. The magic and joy were lost."
Den 72-årige artisten jämförde också det svala mottagandet av det nya soundtracket med det bästsäljande mottagandet för 25 år sedan:
"The soundtrack hasn't had nearly the same impact in the charts that it had 25 years ago, when it was the bestselling album of the year. The new soundtrack fell out of the charts so quickly, despite the massive box-office success," John said. "I wish I'd been invited to the party more, but the creative vision for the film and its music was different this time around, and I wasn't really welcomed or treated with the same level of respect. That makes me extremely sad. I'm so happy that the right spirit for the music lives on with the Lion King stage musical."
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