Circle of Life (The Lion King, 1994)

~ Recording by Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieThe Lion KingElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1994-05-31
Walt Disney Records60858-2, 60858-7
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion KingElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1994-05-31
Walt Disney RecordsD2 60858
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieThe Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (BMG club edition)Elton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1994-05-31
Walt Disney Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)60858-2, 60858-7, D 103533
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieThe Lion KingElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • FR1994-06-23
Walt Disney RecordsWDR 36013-2
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion KingElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE1994-07-01
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)522 690-2
1.2Circle of Life (cast version)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MCircle of LifeElton JohnSingle + Soundtrack
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)856 219-2, EJSCD 35
1.2Circle of Life (cast version)3:58Carmen Twillie and Lebo MCircle of LifeElton JohnSingle + Soundtrack
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)856 218-2
1.1Circle of Life4:01Elton JohnThe Lion King (Complete Score)Elton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • -1994
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieThe Lion KingElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney RecordsWDR 477177-2
1.1Circle of Life4:00Carmen TwillieThe Lion King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records477177 2
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records60858-0
1.1Circle of Life4:03Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion King: Sing-AlongElton JohnAlbum
Pickwick Records (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)DSM CD 477
1.14Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie, African vocals: Lebo M.The Very Best of Disney 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pickwick Records (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)DISCD 480
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King, 1994)3:59Elton JohnClassic Disney, Volume I: 60 Years of Musical MagicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-03-28
Walt Disney Records60865-2, 60865-7
1.2Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieClassic Disney, Volume I: 60 Years of Musical MagicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-03-28
Walt Disney Records60865-0
2.16Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie & Lebo M.The Very Best of Disney: 39 Original SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1995-11-27
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)529 765-2
2.3The Circle of Life4:02Elton JohnAbsolutely DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Walt Disney RecordsDISACD 7001
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King, 1994)3:59Elton JohnClassic Disney, Volume I: 60 Years of Musical MagicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
edel (just "edel" logo), Walt Disney Records0108652DNY
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King, 1994)3:59Elton JohnClassic Disney, Volume I: 60 Years of Musical MagicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records60685-7
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King, 1994)3:59Elton JohnClassic Disney, Volume I: 60 Years of Musical Magic (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)60865-7, D108692
2.19Circle of Life4:00Elton JohnThe Greatest Hits of Walt DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney RecordsWDR 36034-2
2.16Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie & Lebo M.The Very Best of Disney: 39 Original SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)529 408-2
1.5Circle of Life (from "The Lion King")4:01Carmen Twillie and Lebo MWalt Disney Records Presents Classics 1: 20 Original American SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1995
Walt Disney Records7 393834 000173
3.15Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnBest of DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records
1.20Circle of Life3:58Carmen Twillie & Lebo MThe Disney ExperienceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney RecordsWD 608202
1.6Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie African Vocals by Lebo MDisney's Jungle Boogie: 14 Favorite Songs From Jungle Book, the Lion King, Jungle Cubs, Timon & PumbaaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-02-09
Walt Disney Records860644
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie with Lebo M.Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical MagicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney RecordsD89956
1.2Circle of Life (cast version)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MCircle of LifeElton JohnSingle + Soundtrack
1.7Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnDisney's Greatest, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-02-27
Walt Disney Records860693
2.1Circle of Life (The Lion King)4:00Carmen Twillie & Lebo MDisney ForeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney RecordsCP2K-2415 (WALT502369 2)
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion King: Special Edition SoundtrackElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2003-09-30
Walt Disney Records60124-7
1.1Circle of Life3:58Carmen Twillie and Lebo MThe Lion King: Special EditionElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2003-10-27
Walt Disney Records5050466-6897-2-6
2.13サークル・オブ・ライフ［ライオン・キング］4:00Carmen Twillie & Lebo Mマイ・ファースト・ディズニー オリジナル・サウンドトラック・ベストVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP2003-11-27
Walt Disney RecordsAVCW-12353
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion King: Special Edition SoundtrackElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records8601247
1.10Circle of Life4:00Carmen Twillie and Lebo MThe Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata ～Songs from Timon & Pumbaa’s Hilarious Adventure and More～Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP2004-03-24
Walt Disney RecordsAVCW-12371
2.4Circle of Life4:00Elton JohnDisney Magic (Asian edition?)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-28
1.1Circle of Life4:00Elton JohnUltimate DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-15
Walt Disney Records5050467582125, WSMCD195
2.19Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnThe Greatest Hits of Walt DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Circle of Life4:00Carmen Twillie with Lebo MThe Lion King: Special EditionElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2006-02-06
Walt Disney Records, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0946 353221 2 5, 353 2212
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie & Lebo MThe Lion King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2006-05-30
Walt Disney Records
2.2Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieDriving With DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-07-10
Virgin TV
2.9The Lion King / Circle Of Life3:58[Disney]Disney: The Music Behind The MagicTed KryczkoAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2006-11-07
Walt Disney RecordsD000000102
1.3Circle of Life (Lion King)3:59Carmen TwillieThe Best Disney Album in the World …Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-11-27
1.10Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie & Lebo MThe Disney Collection, Volume 1 (favourite original soundtrack recordings)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records0946 3 51026 2 8
1.1Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnUltimate DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-10-22
  • GB2007-10-22
Walt Disney Records50999 5 10815 2 2, 50999 5 10816 2 1, 50999 5 10818 2 9, 50999 5 10820 2 4, 510 8152
2.20The Lion King: Circle of Life4:00Carmen Twillie & Lebo M101 Songs From the MusicalsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-12-01
EMI TV, Walt Disney Records50999 2 36478 2 4, VTDCDX 931
1.1Circle of Life4:00Carmen Twillie & Lebo M.The Magic Of DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records
1.1Circle of Life3:58Carmen TwillieThe Magic of DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2009-11-23
Walt Disney RecordsVTDCD 969
1.10Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MDisney Soundtracks CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records5099994993929
1.1Circle of Life (from “The Lion King”/soundtrack)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MThe Lion King (special edition)Elton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records
1.4Circle of Life3:58Carmen Twillie & Lebo MLo mejor del rey leónVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2011-08-12
Walt Disney Records[none]
1.1Circle of Life3:59The Lion KingDisney: Best of The Lion KingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • -2011-09-06
Walt Disney RecordsD001377902
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MNow That’s What I Call Disney!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-11-21
Walt Disney Records50999 6 78546 2 2, VTDCD 1036
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MNow That’s What I Call Disney!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-11-19
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Walt Disney Records50999 0 17524 2 7, VTDCDX 1052
1.1Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnUltimate DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2013-10-21
Walt Disney Records00050087299538
1.6Circle of Life3:58Carmen TwillieDisney Classics Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-11-11
Walt Disney Records
2.6Circle of Life3:58Lebo M & Carmen TwillieDisney ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2013-11-12
  • US2013-11-12
Walt Disney Records
1.6Circle of Life3:58Carmen TwillieDisney Classics Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BR2013-11-30
Walt Disney Records050087303310
1.1Circle of Life / Nants’ ingonyama3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MThe Legacy Collection: The Lion King (24-Bit/44.1kHz)Elton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2014-06-24
Walt Disney Records
1.1Circle of Life / Nants’ ingonyama3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MThe Legacy Collection: The Lion KingElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2014-06-24
  • -2016-06-24
Walt Disney RecordsD002036192
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie & Lebo MThe Legacy Collection: The Lion KingElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2014-07-22
Walt Disney RecordsD0020693C5
1.1Circle of Life / Nants’ ingonyama3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MThe Legacy Collection: The Lion KingElton John, Tim Rice & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2014-09-09
Walt Disney Records0050087315078
1.3Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MNow That’s What I Call Disney!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-11-07
Walt Disney Records
1.3Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MNow That’s What I Call Disney!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-11-10
NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead), Walt Disney RecordsCDNNNOW20
1.1Circle of Life (From "The Lion King")3:58Carmen Twillie & Lebo MICON: Disney (Vol. 1)Various Artists
Walt Disney Records
1.16Circle of Life3:58Carmen Twillie, Lebo MClassic DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Universal Music Catalogue (aka UMC), Walt Disney RecordsUMCLA040
1.4Circle of Life (The Lion King)3:59Carmen Twillie and Lebo MNow That’s What I Call Disney!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney RecordsCDNNNOW60
1.4Circle of Life3:58Carmen Twillie & Lebo MAbsolute Disney: Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018-03-30
Walt Disney RecordsD002818302
2.5サークル・オブ・ライフ (『ライオン・キング』より)3:58カーメン・トゥイリー, レボ・MSongs from Imagination 〜Disney Music Collection Celebrating Mickey MouseVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2018-11-14
Walt Disney Records
2.5Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie, African vocals performed by Lebo MDisney Sing Your Heart OutVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-11-19
Walt Disney Records8740478
1.4Circle of Life3:58Carmen Twillie & African vocals: Lebo MUltimate DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records8739241
1.15Circle of Life - From “The Lion King"/ Soundtrack3:58Carmen Twillie & Lebo M.Disney Summer SongsDisneyAlbum + Compilation
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations)
1.3Circle of Life‐Nants’ Ingonyama (From “The Lion King”)4:02Lebo MNow That’s What I Call DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2021-10-01
CDNNNOW117
1.2Circle of Life (The Lion King, 1994)3:59Elton JohnClassic Disney, Volume I: 60 Years of Musical MagicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney RecordsD15087
3.16Circle of Life?:??[Disney]Disney's 75 Years of Music and MemoriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records
1.13Circle of Life3:59Carmen Twillie & Lebo MMastermix Classic Cuts, Volume 114: At the MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC114
1.3Circle of Life‐Nants’ Ingonyama (From “The Lion King”)4:02Lebo MNow That’s What I Call DisneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieThe Lion KingElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
The Walt Disney Company - Portugal, Lda.727301
Promotion
1.1Circle of Life4:00Elton JohnLion King and FriendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday (newspaper), Walt Disney RecordsDMMOS01
Bootleg
1.13The Lion King: Circle of Life4:04Hans ZimmerThe Hans Zimmer / Mark Mancina CollaborationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnThe Lion King: Complete ScoreElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
2.1Circle of Life (film version)3:59Elton JohnThe Lion King: Complete ScoreElton John & Hans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
1.4Circle of Life3:59Carmen TwillieOST Project 2009 ~ Они делали историюVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2-ch.ru
1.1Circle of Life3:59Elton JohnThe Lion King: Expanded ScoreHans ZimmerAlbum + Soundtrack
Pseudo-Release
2.5Circle of Life - From “The Lion King”3:58Carmen Twillie & Lebo M.Songs from Imagination -Disney Music Collection Celebrating Mickey Mouse- (English text)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.17Circle Of Life3:59Carmen TwillieDisney Ultimate Buddy CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Walt Disney Records8734779

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Jay Rifkin
producer:Hans Zimmer (German score composer)
editor:Adam Smalley
additional vocals:Lebo M. (producer/composer Lebohang Morake)
choir vocals:Committed Artists Choir & Friends
lead vocals and solo vocals:Carmen Twillie
conductor:Nick Glennie‐Smith
arranger:Hans Zimmer (German score composer)
orchestrator:Bruce Fowler (American trombonist and composer)
Nick Glennie‐Smith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (rights holders and distribution) (in 1994)
recorded at:BOP Studios (South African recording studios and facilities) in Mmabatho, North West, South Africa
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/5A93cfO3z1UgUaXQaSkfBh [info]
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/Carmen-Twillie/Circle-of-Life/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/267873 [info]
recording of:Circle of Life (The Lion King)

Related works

Circle of Life (The Lion King)

lyricist:Tim Rice
composer:Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:Warner/Chappell Artemis Music Limited
Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (a division of Disney Music Publishing) (in 1994)
referred to in medleys:Phantom of the Total Eclipse of the Memory (order: 6)
later translated versions:Ciclo sem fim (The Lion King 1994 film soundtrack, Brazilian Portuguese version)
Ciclo sem fim (The Lion King 1994 film soundtrack, Portuguese version)
De Levenscyclus
Der ewige Kreis
El ciclo de la vida (Circle of Life) (El rey león)
Elämän tie
En värld full av liv
Krąg życia
L’histoire de la vie (Le Roi Lion)
Livets sirkel
サークル・オブ・ライフ (ライオン・キング)
サークル・オブ・ライフ (ライオン・キング; 浅利慶太 translation)
part of:The Lion King (1994 film soundtrack)
The Lion King (stage musical)
The Lion King (Live in Prague) (order: 1)
The Lion King (2019 film soundtrack) (order: 2)
parts:Nants' Ingonyama