Call of the Guard (Opening Theme)

Call of the Guard is the opening theme song for the Disney Junior animated television series The Lion Guard.
Although the instrumental is half, the song is performed by The Lion Guard Chorus in the Swahili language, but added with an African-oriented beat.
There are two versions of the song, one for Season 1, and a slightly modified version for Season 2 and Season 3. Starting in Never Judge a Hyena by Its Spots to Fire from the Sky, the song always ends with Kion reading the title of the episode. Starting in The Harmattan to Return to the Pride Lands, Mufasa reads the episode's title.
right|200px|Season 1 Version (Click here)
thumb|right|200px|Season 2 Version (Click here)
right|200px|Season 3 Version (Click here)
thumb|right|200px|Season 3-Version #2 (Click here)
==Sequence==
The sequence begins with a view of the Pride Lands and showing Kion, leader of the Lion Guard on top of Pride Rock and Ono flying above him. Fuli is speeding past a lake and Besthe, in the lake, tosses a large stone. Bunga grabs an egg and balances on the stone towards a bird's nest, giving the egg back to its mother. Rafiki paints and colors Kion's mane, on a cave wall, transitioning to him smiling. The birds are flying up in the air and Bunga is swinging on a vine, splashing while Timon and Pumbaa witness. Kion's group of friends stand and meet a few African animals. The birds fly across the sunset. The intro transitions from the African treetops to the Lair of the Lion Guard where the Guard rushes out into action. Beshte knocks away Janja and his crew, protecting Pim the hyrax from them, before the entire Lion Guard group on a rock platform, ending the intro with Kion using the Roar of the Elders.
In Season 2, from Let Sleeping Crocs Lie to Fire From the Sky, the intro is mostly the same up to the transition from Rafiki's painting of Kion to Kion smiling. There is then a sequence of the the Outlanders in the volcano as they summon the spirit of Scar. There is then new animation of the Lion Guard battling Scar's hyenas in the Outlands, with Beshte knocking them away in the same manner as he did in the previous intro, ending with Kion roaring with his Lion Guard.
In the first half of Season 3, from The Harmattan to Friends to the End, the sequence begins with an older Lion Guard, with their new recruit Anga as well as Makini leaving the Pride Lands following their great battle with Scar and his army. Ono, now the Lion Guard's smartest, is shown using his memory to recall Rafiki's map of the Moja Kwa Moja Stones seen in the premiere episode to aid the Lion Guard in finding the restorative Tree of Life. The Guard is shown passing through landmarks that they encounter on their journey as shown in several episodes. The intro sequence ends with the Lion Guard standing bravely over a rock formation as they move forward on their journey.
From the second half of Season 3, from The Tree of Life to Return to the Pride Lands the sequence is relatively the same until the end where the Guard is shown meeting the Night Pride and arriving at the Tree of Life, ending their journey.
At the end, the series' logo was appeared.
==Lyrics==
:Ngoma wa kumbe, kumbe
:Ngoma ma tuimbe, tuimbe
:Ma makumve!
:Kweli kweli, Ma makumve!
:Kweli, kweli
:Ngoma wa kumbe, kumbe
:Ngoma ma tuimbe, tuimbe
:Tutazame -zame -zame
:Tutazame -zame -zame
:Na farana!
:Bayahiki dana!
:Bayahiki dana!
:Tutsiyama njama
:Sonya wana mbandi bayahiki dana awa simba
:ma tutawa saidia
:Wanyama, ote wanyama!
:Tutawese farana simba
:Tutawese farana simba
:Tutawese kwene,
:Lethu wese, Ingonyama!
:Tutawese farana simba
:Tutawese farana simba
:Tutawese kwene,
:'gonyama, Ingonyama!
:Bayahiki dana!
:Na simba kulindana!﻿
==Trivia==
*The opening's sequence was animated in Canada by the same studio (Mercury) that also worked on fellow Disney Junior series, Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
*A longer version was released exclusively on The Lion Guard Soundtrack. This extended track is over four times as long as the opening title to the television series.
*An earlier version of this opening included Mufasa, Simba and Nala, in the final-cut version, they do not appear.
*According to Christopher Willis, the song is all about coming together, guarding the legend of the past and the hopes for the future.Behind the Scenes
==References==
fr:Call of the Guard
Category:Media
Category:Music
Category:The Lion Guard Soundtrack
Category:Season One Songs
Category:Season Two Songs
Category:Songs sung by The Lion Guard Chorus
Category:Season Three Songs