Michael Jackson really wanted to record and perform three songs from Disney’s 1996 animated feature “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”, but was turned down by Disney according to a new oral history of the film on its 25th anniversary.
Speaking with 15 key players involved in the Disney movie, including composer Alan Menken, SlashFilm reports Jackson’s assistant reached out to Menken to express his interest in the movie.
With pop songs from “Beauty And The Beast” and “The Lion King” topping the charts, Jackson had an interest in spinning the news narrative surrounding him at the time by getting involved with the project, based on Victor Hugo’s 1831 political story.
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