Question: The Lion King, released in which year, is an American animated epic musical film, its original songs were written by which composer, and original scores were written by Hans Zimmer?

Context articles: Jay Rifkin
Lebo M.
Nick Glennie-Smith
The Lion King (soundtrack)
The Prince of Egypt
James Dooley (composer)
Benjamin Wallfisch
The Lion King
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Hans Zimmer

Rifkin co-founded the company Media Ventures with Hans Zimmer, a childhood friend.
 As CEO of the company from 1988, Rifkin partnered with Zimmer to produce and to compose.
 Media Ventures is a diverse entertainment group that includes music, new media, film and television.
 The partnership earned them numerous awards and nominations, including Academy Award nominations, for the film scores of "Driving Miss Daisy", "Rain Man" and "The Lion King".
 After the success of "The Lion King", Rifkin conceived and produced the platinum-selling follow-up album "Rhythm of the Pride Lands".
Lebohang “Lebo M.” Morake (born 20 May 1964) is a South African producer and composer most famous for arranging and performing music for "The Lion King" movies and stage productions.
 He was recommended to Disney by Hans Zimmer, the score composer of "The Lion King", and was later hired to form and conduct the African choir that sang for the movies.
 His voice is the first voice heard in the beginning of the film, singing the now famous chant (often considered synonymous with the film's image in popular culture) over the opening sequence.
 He also contributed to the sequel to the film's soundtrack, "Rhythm of the Pride Lands", and the film's direct-to-video sequel ".
Nick Glennie-Smith (born 3 October 1951) is an English film score composer whose most prominent work is in collaboration with Hans Zimmer on the scores to the 1994 animated film The Lion King and 1996 action film "The Rock", the 2006 historical movie "Children of Glory" and the 1993 drama "Point of No Return".
 Glennie-Smith has also written the scores for the films "Home Alone 3", "The Man in the Iron Mask", "We Were Soldiers", "Secretariat", and the score for the Disney animated film "", "Lauras Stern", "Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel" and "A Sound of Thunder".
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1994 Disney animated film, "The Lion King".
 It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score composed by Hans Zimmer.
 Elton John has a dual role of performer for several tracks.
 Additional performers include Carmen Twillie, Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Sally Dworsky.
 The album was released on May 30, 1994 on CD and audio cassette.
 The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: the U.S., the U.K. and South Africa.
 It is the best-selling soundtrack album to an animated film in the United States with over 7 million copies sold, with 4,934,000 copies sold in 1994.
The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated epic musical film and the first traditional animated film produced and released by DreamWorks.
 The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt.
 Directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, the film features songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer.
 The voice cast consists of Val Kilmer in a dual role, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.
James Michael "Jim" Dooley (born August 22, 1976 in New York City, New York) is an American film score composer.
 Dooley studied music at New York University, majoring in music composition.
 After finishing the university he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied music with prolific film score composers Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and Leonard Rosenman.
 In 1999, he started working for Hans Zimmer as his chief technical assistant.
 He works in Santa Monica, in Hans Zimmer's film music studio Remote Control Productions (formerly "Media Ventures").
 He composed, arranged, and orchestrated music for films like "" and "The Da Vinci Code".
 He also composed music for "inFAMOUS 2", the Epic Mickey series and worked with Celldweller and Tarja Turunen.
 He released his debut album, "Veiled Nation", in 2013.
Benjamin Wallfisch (born August 7, 1979) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist.
 Since the mid-2000s, he has composed and contributed to music for over 60 feature films.
 His compositions include original scores for "A Cure For Wellness", "Hidden Figures", "Lights Out", "Desert Dancer", and "It".
 In 2017, he was jointly nominated with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer for Best Original Score at the 74th Golden Globe Awards for his work on "Hidden Figures".
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
 It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film, and the fifth animated film produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance.
 "The Lion King" was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton.
 Its original songs were written by composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice, and original scores were written by Hans Zimmer.
 The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings.
 The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video romantic musical film and a sequel to Disney's 1994 animated feature film, "The Lion King".
 The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
 According to Rooney, the final draft gradually became a variation of "Romeo and Juliet".
Hans Florian Zimmer (] ; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and record producer.
 Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films.
 His works include "The Lion King", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1995, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "The Thin Red Line", "Gladiator", "The Last Samurai", "The Dark Knight Trilogy", "Inception", "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk".