狮子王音乐剧本(3)

　　{cue lion roar in the background, calling the animals to gather to pride rock for the ceremony.}

　　[the circle of life]

　　[ ms: male singer

　　bs: background singer

　　fs: female singer (lead) ]

　　{sunrise on african grassland (lightly treed), in time with opening chant to the circle of life}

　　ms: nants ingonyama bagithi baba [here comes a lion, father]

　　bs: sithi uhm ingonyama [oh yes, it's a lion]

　　{various shots of animals raising their heads at the sunrise:rhinos, antelope, a cheetah, meerkats, storks...}

　　ms: nants ingonyama bagithi baba [here comes a lion, father]

　　bs: sithi uhhmm ingonyama [oh yes, it's a lion]

　　ingonyama

　　ms: siyo nqoba [we're going to conquer]

　　bs: ingonyama

　　ingonyama nengw' enamabala [a lion and a leopard come to this open place]

　　{repeats 5}

　　ingonyama nengw' enamabala (setokwa!)

　　ingonyama nengw' enamabala (asana)

　　{repeats 1}

　　{the circle of life ground forms in the bs's and holds its pattern for eight bars. it is a nonchordal bs part. the progressions are in the medium ranges of the strings.various pans and camera views of african animals all moving. coinciding with the fs pickup in the eighth bar, we first view the giraffes, panning to a long shot of all the animals in their procession}

　　[the circle of life text]

　　fs: from the day we arrive on the planet

　　and, blinking, step into the sun

　　there's more to see than can ever be seen

　　more to do than can ever be done

　　{camera is panning and jumping to elephants, zebras, ants, birds, storks, etc... }

　　there's far too much to take in here

　　more to find than can ever be found

　　but the sun rolling high

　　through the sapphire sky

　　keeps great and small on the endless round　　{when the 'the circle of life' is mentioned the longdistance pan centers on pride rock where all the animals are gathering. mufasa is on pride rock. long camera arc to mufasa and zazu.}

　　it's the circle of life

　　and it moves us all

　　{zazu bows to mufasa, who smiles and nods at him}

　　through despair and hope

　　through faith and love

　　{appearance of rafiki, the mandrill. he passes between ranks of animals, who bow to him; he then climbs pride rock to where mufasa is standing.}

　　till we find our place

　　on the path unwinding