Hakuna Matata
Composer:
Elton John
Genre:
Decade: 1990s
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
This is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. In 1994 the Walt Disney Animation Studios animated movie The Lion King brought the phrase international recognition, featuring it prominently in the plot and devoting a song to it. A meerkat and a warthog, named Timon and Pumbaa respectively, teach the main character, a lion cub named Simba, that he should forget his troubled past and live in the present. The song, like the rest of the soundtrack, was written by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), who found the term in a Swahili phrase book.[2] It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1995 Academy Awards, and was later ranked the 99th best song in movie history by the American Film Institute on a list of 100.
by: Russell Ambrose