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Morisette meets Will Smith, shares duet with Disney composer Alan Menken

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<p>After being chosen to sing the local version of &quot;<em>A Whole New World</em>&quot; alongside Darren Espanto for the live-action version of<em> Aladdin</em>, Walt Disney Studios Philippines flew Morissette Amon to Japan to grant one of her wishes: to meet Will Smith and share a duet with the legendary and Oscar-winning Disney composer Alan Menken. </p><p>Morisette, whose childhood dream was to become a Disney princess, was so excited to meet the popular Hollywood actor, who played Genie in the film. She was also ecstatic to meet the man behind some of Disney&#x27;s timeless classics. </p><p>&quot;A lot of kids in the Philippines grew up to your music - including myself. And it&#x27;s such an honor to be meeting you,&quot; Morissette told Alan. </p><p>Will personally requested for Morissette, whom he described as having a lovely voice, to sing &quot;<em>A Whole New World</em>&quot; with the song writer. </p><p>Watch their song number below:</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwaltdisneystudiosph%2Fvideos%2F452503612182337%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></div><p>During their meeting, the 69-year-old composer revealed to the Pinay singer that Lea Salonga, who served as the original singing voice of Princess Jasmine, told him alot about her. </p><p>Sadly, Darren Espanto wasn&#x27;t able to join her on the trip. </p><p>See Morissette and Darren Espanto&#x27;s version of &quot;<em>A Whole New World</em>&quot; in the video below:</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="625" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RVKzpIzmTb4" width="1111"></iframe></div><p>Popular Disney songs composed by Alan include “<em>Part of Your World</em>&quot; from <em>The Little Mermaid,</em> “<em>Colors of the Wind</em>” from Pocahontas and &quot;<em>Beauty and the Beast</em>&quot; from the film of the same name, among others.</p>

Morisette met Hollywood actor Will Smith, who plays Genie in Aladdin, as well as Alan Menken, the man behind some of Disney's timeless hits.