A Whole New World A Whole New World "A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film "Aladdin", with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, "A Whole New World" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love for each other while riding on a magic carpet. The song garnered an
Glenn Slater Blood". He has also composed the lyrics and co-wrote the book for the major Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Love Never Dies", which is a sequel to Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical "The Phantom of the Opera". The show premiered in the West End in March 2010. Adding to his career as a lyricist, Slater wrote the lyrics for the songs in Disney's 50th animated feature "Tangled". In 2015 he worked again with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Broadway musical "School of Rock" and continued his working relationship with Alan Menken writing lyrics for the songs of "Galavant" on ABC. Slater attended