This nostalgic classic Arabian Nights also known as One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales that originated during the Islamic Golden Age. This song originally gained popularity in the 1992 animated film in Disney’s Aladdin that was loosely based on one the the tales from Arabian nights.
In this video you’ll see fresh take and talented orchestral version of Arabian Nights Arranged and conducted by Lina Kuipers, with Solo by Julius de Bruin at the ODM Conservatory Utrecht in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Did you see the comment section on the video? Viewers were leaving comments like
“I’m an Arab and this song meant so much to me when I was a child and now listening to this triggers my childhood memories. It’s crazy how your voice sounds exactly like the singer from the arabic version.”
“i dont know why but this is very AMAZING! im here listen this almost every day.”
“Neat, but I cannot lie: I miss Robin Williams’ wonderful “Arabian accent” for this. The inclusion of the rhythmic change and Arabian melodic lines at the end is inspired. Nice job, all!”
Here are are few videos we found:
1992 – Arabian Nights Original
2019 – Arabian Nights
From Disney Fandom
“Arabian Nights” is the opening song from Disney‘s 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman which was performed by the Peddler (singing voice by the late Bruce Adler). Howard Ashman and Alan Menken had written several reprises, but they were ultimately cut from the final film.
An alternate version of the song utilizing lyrics from the original demo was later featured in The Return of Jafar, performed by Brian Hannan. This version was also used as the main titles theme for the Aladdin television series.Aladdin and the King of Thieves features a reprise performed by Bruce Adler as the Peddler, which was originally recorded for the first film but unused.