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What Am I Going To Do? - Sunrise At Pride Rock
Score Info Box 1
Attribution information
Composer

Hans Zimmer

Mixer

Jay Rifkin

Release information
Track

3

Length

3:02

Albums

The Lion King (Complete Score)

Appearances

The Lion King

Samples
Versions

Anonymous Audio File Icon Clip ArtWhat Am I Going To Do.ogg 

When we die, our bodies become the grass. And the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.
Mufasa to Simba[src]

"What Am I Going To Do? - Sunrise At Pride Rock" is a musical piece composed by Hans Zimmer for The Lion King. It was unofficially released as part of The Lion King (Complete Score).

Use[]

In the soundtracks[]

"What Am I Going To Do? - Sunrise At Pride Rock" was unofficially released as part of the complete film score.

On June 24, 2014, The Legacy Collection: The Lion King was released, with "What Am I Going To Do? - Sunrise At Pride Rock" having been remixed and released under the title "We Are All Connected".

In the film[]

"What Am I Going To Do? - Sunrise At Pride Rock" is the second score heard in the film. It starts playing when the rainstorm instigates and carries through the scene where Rafiki paints Simba. It continues on throughout Mufasa's lesson about the Circle of Life, and ends as Zazu arrives to deliver the morning report.

In other media[]

In the stage musical, the score is heard in the same sequence of events as its film counterpart, though it has been slightly altered. Officially, the music is split into two parts, "Pridelands" and "Rafiki Paints Simba".[1]

Behind the scenes[]

  • The score is named for Mufasa's line of dialogue, "What am I going to do with him?"[2]
  • The first thirty seconds of the score can be heard in the beginning of "This Land".
  • The film omits a section, instead opting to use an insert of a flute rendition of the "Busa Simba" theme. "We Are All Connected" includes this insert.
  • The piece is actually comprised of two separate cues joined together. This is evidenced by the use of the second part of the track later in the film, when Timon and Pumbaa wake up Simba.
  • The score's cues in the film are "1M3 'What Am I Going To Do'" and "2M3 'Sunrise At Pride Rock'".

References[]

  1. The lion king conductors score Page 001
  2. Revealed in Disney's The Lion King (1994). Written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, and directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.


The Lion King (Complete Score)
Scar's Dinner    What Am I Going To Do? - Sunrise At Pride Rock    Hyenas In The Prideland - Our Little Secret    Elephant Graveyard    Father's Footsteps    The Trap    Stampede    Mufasa's Dead    As Good As Dead (Part 1)    As Good As Dead (Part 2)    Scar & Zazu - What Did You Say?    Under The Stars - Rafiki    Nala Attacks    Nala & Simba    Mufasa's Ghost    Homeward Bound    Simba & Nala Move In - King Of The Priderock
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