Soloists
« Circle of Life »
« Can You Feel the Love Tonight »
The Lion King (1994)
« Circle of Life »
Abaza (2009) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \
Albanian (2002) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Arabic (Egyptian) 1994 : Nina Juul (نينا يول) Arabic (Egyptian) 2003 : Jala Al-Hadidy / جالا الحديدي Arabic TV (MSA) (2013) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر Arabic (MSA) (2022) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر Armenian (2016) : ? Bulgarian (2003) : Stefka Onikyan / Стефка Оникян Cantonese : "Yolinda Yan" Jan Co-Sin / 甄楚倩 Crimean Tatar (20??) : ? Croatian (2003) : Jadranka Krištof Czech : Jitka Zelenková Danish : Lise Dandanell Dutch : B.B. Queen English : Carmen Twillie Estonian (2012) : Silvi Vrait Finnish : Anneli Saaristo French : Debbie Davis German : Jocelyn B. Smith Greek : Viví Kítsou / Βιβή Κίτσου Hebrew : Ruti Holtzman / רותי הולצמן Hindi (2003) : ? Hungarian : Szulák Andrea Icelandic : Berglind Björk Jónasdóttir Indonesian (2001) : ? Italian : Ivana Spagna Japanese : Miyazono Yukari / 宮園ゆかり Kabardian (2014) : ? Karachay-Balkar (2005) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Kazakh (2022) : ? Korean : Lee Hyeon-jeo / 이현저 Malay (201?) : ? Mandarin (Taiwan) : Chén Shì-Juān / 陳世娟 Mandarin (China) (20??) : ? Māori (2022) : ? Marathi (2015) : ? Nogai (2012) : N/A* Norwegian : Marianne Antonsen Persian (????) [Glory studio] : / INSTRUMENTAL VERSION \ Polish 1994 : Joanna Dark Polish 2003 : Beata Bednarz Portuguese (Brazil) : Eliana Estevão (?) Portuguese : Ana Paulino Romanian (2011) : Andreea Poruțiu Russian (2003) : Anna Vavilova / Анна Вавилова Serbian (2012) : Aleksandra Radović / Александра Радовић Slovak : Jitka Zelenková Slovene (2011) : Diana Lečnik Spanish (Latin America) : Táta Vega Spanish (Castilian) : Táta Vega Swedish : Meta Roos Talysh (2019) : ?. Tamil (1995) : ? Tamil TV (????) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Telugu (1995) : ? Thai : Saisuni Sukkrit / สายสุนีย์ สุขกฤต Turkish : Zuhal Olcay Ukrainian (2011) : Natalia Yefymenko / Наталя Єфименко Zulu : Mara Louw |
« Can You Feel the Love Tonight »
Abaza (2009) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \
Albanian (2002) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Arabic (Egyptian) : Nina Juul (نينا يول) Arabic TV (MSA) (2013) : Amira Al-Naser / أميرة الناصر Arabic (MSA) (2022) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر Armenian (2016) : ? Bulgarian (2003) : Maria Nikolaeva / Мария Николаева Cantonese : "Isabella Shen" Sam Fung / 沈鳳 Crimean Tatar (20??) : ? Croatian (2003) : Mima Karaula Czech : ? Danish : Lise Dandanell Dutch : B.B. Queen English : Kristle Murden Estonian (2012) : Kaire Vilgats Finnish : Anneli Saaristo French : Mimi Félixine German : Jocelyn B. Smith Greek : ? Hebrew : ? Hindi (2003) : Marianne D'Cruz Aiman (?) Hungarian : Janza Kata Icelandic : Berglind Björk Jónasdóttir Indonesian (2001) : ? Italian : ? Japanese : ? Kabardian (2014) : ? Karachay-Balkar (2005) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Kazakh (2022) : ? Korean : Lee Hyeon-jeo / 이현저 Malay (201?) : ? Mandarin (Taiwan) : ? Mandarin (China) (20??) : ? Māori (2022) : ? Marathi (2015) : ? Nogai (2012) : N/A* Norwegian : ? Persian (????) [Glory studio] : / INSTRUMENTAL VERSION \ Polish : Katarzyna Skrzynecka Portuguese (Brazil) : Kika Tristão Portuguese : Paula Lemos Romanian (2011) : ? Russian (2003) : Marina Malysheva / Марина Малышева Serbian (2012) : Ivana Selakov / Ивана Селаков Slovak : Jana Kociánová Slovene (2011) : Sandra Klemm Spanish (Latin America) : Claudia Pizá Spanish (Castilian) : Manolita Domínguez Swedish : Meta Roos Talysh (2019) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Tamil (1995) : ? Tamil TV (????) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \ Telugu (1995) : ? Thai : Waruni Bunrang / วารุณี บุญหรั่ง Turkish : Tuğba Önal Ukrainian (2011) : Natalia Hura / Наталя Гура Zulu : ? |
ANECDOTES
- In the Arabic dubbing, Nina Juul is actually Danish, but can sing brilliantly in Arabic. She was the wife of a friend of Samir Habib (سمير حبيب), the studio owner. Even though her rendition of "Circle of Life" was redubbed in 2003, her performance as the soloist in "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" was kept.
- In the Arabic TV dubbing, Gihan Al-Naser (جيهان الناصر) and Amira Al-Naser (أميرة الناصر), the two soloists, are sisters.
- Jitka Zelenková sang the song "Circle of Life" in both Czech and Slovak versions.
- B.B. Queen (real name, Inge Severijnse), the Dutch soloist singer in both songs, also provided the voice of Sarafina.
- Jocelyn B. Smith, the German soloist, is an American singer, who moved to Germany in 1984. She received the golden record as an award for her performance in the movie.
Source : Official website
- *In the Nogai dubbing, the songs were completely replaced by local pop songs.
- In the Talysh dubbing, only the song "Circle of Life" was dubbed. The other songs were left in English with Talysh subtitles - except for "Circle of Life (Reprise)" which was presented with the Polish version and Talysh subtitles.
- This is the only Disney movie to be dubbed into Zulu language, as a tribute to the culture which inspired the movie. Most of the cast weren't professional actors and singers, they were local people in the community that were cast by Disney USA team who went to South Africa to find the Zulu voices.
- China accepts only a few foreign films per year. Therefore, The Lion King got dubbed for TV some years later.
- The Albanian and Persian dubbings aren't officially Disney's, they were made by independent studios.
- In the Arabic dubbing, Nina Juul is actually Danish, but can sing brilliantly in Arabic. She was the wife of a friend of Samir Habib (سمير حبيب), the studio owner. Even though her rendition of "Circle of Life" was redubbed in 2003, her performance as the soloist in "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" was kept.
- In the Arabic TV dubbing, Gihan Al-Naser (جيهان الناصر) and Amira Al-Naser (أميرة الناصر), the two soloists, are sisters.
- Jitka Zelenková sang the song "Circle of Life" in both Czech and Slovak versions.
- B.B. Queen (real name, Inge Severijnse), the Dutch soloist singer in both songs, also provided the voice of Sarafina.
- Jocelyn B. Smith, the German soloist, is an American singer, who moved to Germany in 1984. She received the golden record as an award for her performance in the movie.
Source : Official website
- *In the Nogai dubbing, the songs were completely replaced by local pop songs.
- In the Talysh dubbing, only the song "Circle of Life" was dubbed. The other songs were left in English with Talysh subtitles - except for "Circle of Life (Reprise)" which was presented with the Polish version and Talysh subtitles.
- This is the only Disney movie to be dubbed into Zulu language, as a tribute to the culture which inspired the movie. Most of the cast weren't professional actors and singers, they were local people in the community that were cast by Disney USA team who went to South Africa to find the Zulu voices.
- China accepts only a few foreign films per year. Therefore, The Lion King got dubbed for TV some years later.
- The Albanian and Persian dubbings aren't officially Disney's, they were made by independent studios.
« Circle of Life »
The Lion King (2019)
Albanian (2020) : / ORIGINAL VERSION \
Arabic (Egyptian) (2022) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر
Arabic (MSA) (2022) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر
Bulgarian : Ivelina Balcheva / Ивелина Балчева
Cantonese : Lam Gaa-Wat / 林家蔚
Croatian : "Vanna" Ivana Vrdoljak
Czech : Marcela Březinová
Danish : Marie Carmen Koppel
Dutch : Shirma Rouse
English : Lindiwe Mkhize
Estonian : ?
Finnish : Anna Hanski
Flemish : Sarah Devos
French : China Moses
French (Quebec) : China Moses [European French dubbing]
Georgian (2021?) : ?
German : Gladys Mwachiti
Greek : Nína Mazáni / Νίνα Μαζάνη
Hebrew : Hila Ma'aravi / הילה מערבי
Hindi : Sunayana Sarkar / सुनयना सरकार
Hungarian : Peller Anna
Icelandic : Andrea Gylfadóttir
Indonesian (2020) : Tety Najib
Italian : Cheryl Porter
Japanese : Sugai Miwa / 菅井美和
Kannada (2023) : ?
Kazakh : Marjan Arapbaeva / Маржан Арапбаева
Korean : Do Seung-eun / 도승은
Latvian : ?
Lithuanian : ?
Mandarin (Taiwan) : Lǐ Zhī-Yí / 李芝儀
Mandarin (China) : "Deanna" Dīng Shuǎng / 丁爽
Norwegian : Reidun Sæther
Polish : Monika Urlik
Portuguese (Brazil) : Graça Cunha
Portuguese : Débora Gonçalves
Romanian : Julie Mayaya
Russian : Dar'ya Antonyuk / Дарья Антонюк
Serbian : Tanja Banjanin / Тања Бањанин
Slovak : Andrea Zimányiová
Slovene : ?
Spanish (Latin America) : Grizz Piña
Spanish (Castilian) : María Ayo
Swedish : Laila Adèle
Tamil : Shakthisree Gopalan
Telugu : Shakthisree Gopalan / శక్తిశ్రీ గోపాలన్
Thai : Wiphaphon Sakunthianthong / วิภาพร สกุลเทียนทอง
Turkish : İzgi Gülfem Torunlar
Ukrainian : Olha Neka / Ольга Нека
Vietnamese : Hồ Hoàng Ngọc
Arabic (Egyptian) (2022) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر
Arabic (MSA) (2022) : Gihan Al-Naser / جيهان الناصر
Bulgarian : Ivelina Balcheva / Ивелина Балчева
Cantonese : Lam Gaa-Wat / 林家蔚
Croatian : "Vanna" Ivana Vrdoljak
Czech : Marcela Březinová
Danish : Marie Carmen Koppel
Dutch : Shirma Rouse
English : Lindiwe Mkhize
Estonian : ?
Finnish : Anna Hanski
Flemish : Sarah Devos
French : China Moses
French (Quebec) : China Moses [European French dubbing]
Georgian (2021?) : ?
German : Gladys Mwachiti
Greek : Nína Mazáni / Νίνα Μαζάνη
Hebrew : Hila Ma'aravi / הילה מערבי
Hindi : Sunayana Sarkar / सुनयना सरकार
Hungarian : Peller Anna
Icelandic : Andrea Gylfadóttir
Indonesian (2020) : Tety Najib
Italian : Cheryl Porter
Japanese : Sugai Miwa / 菅井美和
Kannada (2023) : ?
Kazakh : Marjan Arapbaeva / Маржан Арапбаева
Korean : Do Seung-eun / 도승은
Latvian : ?
Lithuanian : ?
Mandarin (Taiwan) : Lǐ Zhī-Yí / 李芝儀
Mandarin (China) : "Deanna" Dīng Shuǎng / 丁爽
Norwegian : Reidun Sæther
Polish : Monika Urlik
Portuguese (Brazil) : Graça Cunha
Portuguese : Débora Gonçalves
Romanian : Julie Mayaya
Russian : Dar'ya Antonyuk / Дарья Антонюк
Serbian : Tanja Banjanin / Тања Бањанин
Slovak : Andrea Zimányiová
Slovene : ?
Spanish (Latin America) : Grizz Piña
Spanish (Castilian) : María Ayo
Swedish : Laila Adèle
Tamil : Shakthisree Gopalan
Telugu : Shakthisree Gopalan / శక్తిశ్రీ గోపాలన్
Thai : Wiphaphon Sakunthianthong / วิภาพร สกุลเทียนทอง
Turkish : İzgi Gülfem Torunlar
Ukrainian : Olha Neka / Ольга Нека
Vietnamese : Hồ Hoàng Ngọc
ANECDOTES
- In this remake, there is no Soloist singer for the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", as the chorus parts are sung by Simba and Nala.
- In this remake, there is no Soloist singer for the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", as the chorus parts are sung by Simba and Nala.
Last update - April 2, 2023