Shangri-La (1946 song) Shangri-La (1946 song) "Shangri-La" is a popular song written by bandleader Matty Malneck and Robert Maxwell in 1946 with lyrics by Carl Sigman. The term comes from "Shangri-La" as the hidden valley of delight in James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon". The term "Shangri-La," especially in the 1930s and 1940s, was slang for heaven or paradise, and the song is about the joy of being in love. Composer Maxwell's instrumental version (saxophone/organ lead with brass and rhythm), which featured his harp solo, which is heard in the introduction as well as in the coda section of the song, charted in
Lost in Paradise (song) he requested the band record the song for "Evanescence". Lee credits Raskulinecz for the idea of the full band joining in mid-way through the song. Lee went to Toronto's Liberty Studios on August 22, 2011, to preview five mastered songs from "Evanescence" to a selected crowd of thirty people, including "Lost in Paradise". During an interview with Fuse in May 2012, the band revealed that it would be released as the album's third overall single. Wind-Up Records released the digital single on May 25, 2012. "Lost in Paradise" is a symphonic rock, piano and power ballad, inspired by Lee's love