Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for the French family adventure 'Mia et te Lion Blanc' ('Mia and the White Lion') on March 15th, 2019.

The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar ('The Concert,' 'A Bag of Marbles,' 'Belle & Sebastian,' '1,000 Times Good Night,' 'The Source,' et al) and in a wonderful move, it also includes a Kids United version of the song, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

1. "Moving to South Africa"
2. "The Legend of the White Lion"
3. "A Miracle for Christmas"
4. "Mia’s Song" (featuring Gunnar Ellwanger)
5. "The Legend of the White Lion II"
6. "Playing with Charlie"
7. "Discovering the Wild Life" (featuring Insingizi)
8. "Charlie Misses Mia"
9. "The Legend of the White Lion III"
10. "Mia And Charlie" (featuring Insingizi)
11. "Searching for Charlie"
12. "Mick Is Wounded"
13. "We’re Gonna Sell Charlie"
14. "Lion’s Slaughtering" (featuring Insingizi)
15. "Runaway I"
16. "The Trap"
17. "Runaway II"
18. "Dirk the Poacher"
19. "A Lion in the Mall"
20. "Charlie’s Freedom" (featuring Isabel Sörling)
21. "Hunted"
22. "The Sanctuary" (featuring Insingizi)
23. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (featuring Kids United)

From the freeflowing, soaringly breezy opening of "Moving to South Africa," to the more stern, wondrously curious "The Legend of the White Lion," to the pensively hopeful "A Miracle for Christmas," to the beautifully sung "Mia’s Song" (by Gunnar Ellwanger), everything about this beautiful, stirring soundtrack makes it my clear favorite released in the past decade.

A lovely inclusion on this album is the work of Insingizi for their music is filled with hope, optimism and faith. Included here are four tracks that all feature such stirring compositions, the stand out for me being "Lion’s Slaughtering" (the longest track at over four minutes).

On "Charlie’s Freedom," the Swedish voice improviser, composer and musician, Isabel Sörling takes the lead and the way she navigates through the track brings forth its emotive weariness just perfectly.

'Mia and the White Lion' is directed by Gilles de Maistre and stars Daniah De Villiers, Mélanie Laurent, Langley Kirkwood and Ryan Mac Lennan.

The movie follows a young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

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