20 Reasons Why Everybody Loves The Lion King

By Laura Hurley /

19. The Songs

Despite the outstanding quality of the score of The Lion King, the songs performed by the characters throughout are so catchy and fun that it€™s not even annoying when the choruses get stuck in our heads for the foreseeable future. Particularly unforgettable are €œI Just Can€™t Wait To Be King€ and €œCan You Feel The Love Tonight?€ (which won composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1994), and there€™s an inappropriately fun bounce to Scar€™s dastardly €œBe Prepared,€ but anybody who has seen the movie more than once and claims to have never tried to sing along with the Zulu vocals of the opening €œCircle Of Life€ is either fibbing or seriously missing out.