<Li> "Friends Never Say Goodbye" Released: 2000 </Li> <P> The Road to El Dorado is an album released by singer Elton John to accompany the DreamWorks animated motion picture The Road to El Dorado . The songs were composed mainly by John with lyricist Tim Rice, with score contributions by Hans Zimmer and John Powell . John, Rice and Zimmer had previously collaborated on the soundtrack to Disney's The Lion King, another animated movie . Zimmer had also previously composed the music score to The Prince of Egypt . </P> <P> In some instances (such as "The Trail We Blaze"), the songs have been altered musically and vocally from the way they appeared in the film . A "Cast & Crew Special Edition" recording of the soundtrack exists, but was never released to the public . It includes the theatrical versions of the songs, including "It's Tough to be a God" recorded by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, and several of the score tracks by Hans Zimmer . </P> <P> Backstreet Boys provided backing vocals on "Friends Never Say Goodbye", but were uncredited due to record label problems . The group is "thanked" by John following the credits in the CD booklet . Eagles members Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit are credited as background vocalists on the song "Without Question". </P>

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