The song 'High Adventure', written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, has an interesting history. Originally, it was a proposed song to be featured in the Disney Animated Film 'Aladdin' that included the original plot where there was no Abu, but three additional 'street rats'. It was eventually cut due to there being excess content in the movie. Instead, they released it on the soundtrack as a 'bonus track', along with other songs that had been cut at some point.
Several years later, after Howard Ashman's passing, they revised 'Aladdin' for Broadway and decided to let the original songs have their moment, including Proud of Your Boy, High Adventure, and variations of Jafar's feature villain song.
There are several Disney fans who can't stand listening to the Disney Broadway albums, because of the difference of vocals. Personally, I love listening to both, but there is obviously a significant audio difference between the two variations. A list of other songs not released include the following:
“Arabian Nights” (Instrumental) [1:20]
Legend of the Lamp (without narration) [1:17]
Jafar Plots [0:31]
Aladdin on the Run [0:31]
One Jump Ahead (Instrumental) [2:22]
One Jump Ahead Reprise (Instrumental) [1:01]
Princess Jasmine / The Sultan Gives Away His Ring [3:22]
Aladdin and Jasmine / The Guards Arrive [3:55]
Jasmine Confronts Jafar / Jafar in Disguise [2:37]
The Cave of Wonders (Full Version) (About 1 minute and 28 seconds of music wasn’t included on the commercial CD releases) [6:23]
Aladdin Unconscious / The Genie [1:27]
Friend Like Me (Instrumental) [2:25]
Leaving the Cave of Wonders / The Sultan Upbraids Jafar / Iago's Idea [2:55]
Aladdin’s First Wish / Creating Prince Ali [2:02]
Prince Ali (Instrumental) [2:49]
The Sultan's Magic Carpet Ride [0:55]
On the Balcony [4:05]
A Whole New World (Full Version) [2:45] (The version heard in the film includes about 15 seconds of score before the song starts)
Aladdin Almost Drowns [1:58]
Jasmine Chooses a Suitor / Jafar Knows Aladdin’s Secret / Aladdin's Dilemma [1:05]
Prince Ali Reprise (Instrumental) [1:05]
Jafar as Sultan / Aladdin Returns... Again [2:18]
"Friend Like Me Reprise (Plays at the beginning of the end credits) [0:40]
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