Isn That Ladysmith Black Mambazo I Hear?
No, though it’s not a bad guess. Ladysmith is a South African a cappella musical group who does music inspired by mining songs born there. They are quite famous now, having done the accompaniment to Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and “The Rhythm of the Saints” albums. However, they are not the group we hear on the TLK soundtrack. The African vocals in TLK are created by Lebo Morake, the lyricist who has assisted Hans Zimmer in his African-themed movie scores, such as “The Power of One.” He is the one who sings the improvisations we hear at the beginning of CoL, as well as at the very end and in various other parts of the score. He leads a chorus made up in large part of African vocalists who lend to the spirit of the music with their familiarity with the Zulu language. 3. What’s This I Hear About a Second TLK CD? A “sequel” soundtrack to TLK was released in the US on February 28, 1995: Rhythm of the Pride Lands. It consists of almost all new songs inspired by TLK, including a couple of other
