The segment is from the fourth movement and is a lesser known portion of the famous " Ode to Joy". The album version of the song includes a prelude featuring the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus performing a portion of Beethoven's ninth symphony.
Featured instruments are noted as piano, synthesizer, keyboard, drums, and percussion.
Jackson wrote and produced "Will You Be There" – with co-producing credits going to Bruce Swedien – and orchestrated the rhythm and vocal arrangements. The song is written in the key of D Major. Greenberg who made the suggestion of including "Will You Be There", around the same time he was recruiting talent for the film's soundtrack which was then released in collaboration with Jackson's label Epic and his own MJJ Music. Although Jackson didn't have the time to write a new song despite seeing a preview, it was Jerry L. Īccording to Free Willy director Simon Wincer in his conversation with Slash Film, the idea of affording a Michael Jackson song came when the budget for the music increased following the film's positive reception at an advance screening. Jackson revealed in Living with Michael Jackson that "Will You Be There" was one of several songs he wrote in addition to " Heal the World" while at the Giving Tree, located on his Neverland Ranch property. Outside of the United States, "Will You Be There" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. "Will You Be There" became yet another successful single from Dangerous, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 1,000,000 copies and earning a platinum certification. With the album version clocking in at seven minutes and forty-one seconds, it is the longest song in Michael Jackson's solo discography.
The song gained recognition for its appearance on the soundtrack to the film Free Willy (1993), under the title "Will You Be There (Theme from Free Willy)", of which it is the main theme, and was also included in the album All Time Greatest Movie Songs and video game Michael Jackson: The Experience. The song is the eighth single from the 1991 album Dangerous. The kit has since returned for sale in 2014 on except it now contains information on freeing orcas and dolphins worldwide instead of news about Keiko." Will You Be There" is a song by Michael Jackson which was released as a single on June 28, 1993. Making him the second oldest orca to have lived in captivity. Soon after rehabilitation, Keiko was freed in the same area in Norway where he was assumed to first be captured and eventually lived to be 29 years old. The kit only cost $24.99, and many people all over the world had donated. In addition, there is information on the "Free Willy Keiko Adoption Kit" which came with a Free Willy poster, stickers, a newsletter on how Keiko was being rehabilitated, and a replica of Jesse's whale necklace. Bell, and Keiko's former trainer Karla Corral. It also included appearances from Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg and the Donners as well as interviews with former Oregon Coast Aquarium president Phyllis A. The VHS release included a infomercial before the movie that talks about receiving donations needed to relocate the star orca, Keiko, back to the ocean.