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"Part of Your World" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman from the 1989 Disney animated feature film, ''The Little Mermaid''. Originally recorded by American actress and singer Jodi Benson in her film role as Ariel, "Part of Your World" is a Broadway-style ballad in which the film's heroine, a mermaid, expresses her desire to become human. "Part of Your World" was written at the behest of Ashman, who felt that it was necessary for Ariel to have a song in which she shares with the audience her hopes and dreams, similar to a traditional Broadway musical. The song has been mostly positively received by critics, who praised Ashman and Menken's songwriting abilities as well as Benson's vocal performance. Despite being the film's theme song and critically lauded, "Part of Your World" did not receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, while ''The Little Mermaids "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl" did. ==Background== Believing that, in a musical, it is necessary for the heroine (Ariel) to at some point sing about her goals and what she hopes to achieve in life, Ashman wrote the lyrics for "Part of Your World", which he referred to as the film's "I Want" song.〔 After reviewing Ashman's lyrics, co-directors Ron Clements and John Musker suggested some rewrites, as Ashman had included terms that would be unfamiliar to someone who gets their "information (the human world ) from a seagull."〔 Ashman complied, replacing some of his previous lyrics with more off-beat terminology.〔 While recording "Part of Your World", Jodi Benson requested that the studio's lights be dimmed to give her the feeling of being underwater.〔 Ashman stood at Benson's side, giving her suggestions to benefit her performance. During production of ''The Little Mermaid'', "Part of Your World" was nearly cut from the film when it seemingly tested poorly with an audience of school children, who became rowdy during the scene. This caused Jeffrey Katzenberg to feel that the song slowed down the film and needed to be cut, an idea that was resisted by Ashman, Musker, Clements, and Keane.〔 Both Musker and Clements cited the similar situation of the popular song "Over the Rainbow" nearly being cut from MGM's ''The Wizard of Oz'' when appealing to Katzenberg.〔 Ashman and Keane pushed for the song to remain until the film was in a more finalized state.〔〔 During a second test screening, the scene, now colorized and further developed, tested well with a separate child audience, and the musical number was kept.〔 According to Menken, "Part of Your World" was one of the songs applauded at a public screening of ''The Little Mermaid''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Part of Your World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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