Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The music accompanying Disney’s animated retelling of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp is lively yet meticulously put together, incorporating traditional Arabic music ideals into set pieces and tracks like the scheming “One Jump Ahead”, which features Brad Kane as the titular pauper. Lea Salonga’s Princess Jasmine offers up a wide-eyed innocence that plays off Kane’s knowing presence on the sparkling “A Whole New World”; Regina Belle and Peabo Bryson’s radio-ready rework of that ballad retains its wonder while adding lush synths.