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Lebo M
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Lebo M (born 11 July 1964),known as Lebo M, is a South African producer and composer, known for his songwriting and vocal work on the soundtracks to films such as The Lion King, The Power of One and Outbreak and numerous stage productions. He was recommended to Disney by Hans Zimmer, the composer of both adaptations of The Lion King, and formed and conducted the African choir that sang for the films
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I don't feel unwelcome, I don't feel intimidated, I don't feel like I don't belong. But I know if I didn't do what I do I wouldn't be in that setting,"
I was born into apartheid. That means, I don't know what it is like to be in a 'multiracial environment' until I got to America
As I was leaving the studio I saw the image (Mufasa), heard the cords and progressions and I was really into this thing. So I said, ‘turn the mic back on.’ And then I said what I normally would or quite frankly what any South African normally would (in the presence of a king) except I vocalized it. The psychology and the emotion of it is ‘All hail the King’ and all bow down in the presence of the royal family.”
We want to talk to you about this project called The Lion King. The demo was absolutely amazing and of course we know you work with Hans Zimmer (composer and Academy Award winner for Best Original Score for The Lion King in 1995)
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