Mini Project 1

James Kim
Carmen Twillie, Lebo M. - Circle of Life (Lion King)
Instrumentals/Vocals Mood Tempo Lyrics

The peaceful and victorious voice of
vocalist with harmonic messages
continuing from the beginning of the
song deliver such magnificent feeling;
making audience to taste the feeling of
being a protagonist in a jungle. Those
atmosphere is strongly enhanced by
drum based instruments while
background harmony leads the music.
A shouting message The tempo increases as the
in the beginning of song towards to the end.
the song indicates However, it does not exceed
that the music will mid-speed tempo to
include braveness, concentrate on the purpose
but somehow of the music. It can be
peaceful for entire referred to 60bpm which is
moments. quite average speed for
doo-wop based music.
The entire lyrics focus on the cycle of
life—all the moments of stepping to
another locations are journey while
there’s certain things to respect in order
to maintain the system. The sentence
“There’s more to see than can ever be
seen” indicates the excitement of new
journey reflected by characters in the
song.

Continuously repeated sound of background harmony to

decorate the main vocal’s voice brings the mood of
Doo-Wop music even though few instruments were used
to amplify the concept of braveness. The song never
loses the harmonic base since vocals and sub-vocals
takes more than 80 percents of the atmosphere.

“Circle of Life” - Carmen Twillie, Lebo M.

Music of an animation movie
- Circle of life - Lion king (1994)