(playing both contrabass and electric bass), 1 drum player, 1 guitar, 2 mallets/percussion players, 2 percussion players (both of them at the sides of the stage) and 3 keyboard synthesizers. David Metzger reduced the orchestration to 17 players for the West End premiere of the show; integrating 2 of the French Horns, a cello, a violin, the clarinets, and one of the mallet players into the keyboard parts. Most of the current productions employ a smaller ensemble of 10 musicians (flutes, French horn, 2 keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, marimba, 2 percussionists), and fill out the rest with the electronic music system KeyComp. Awards and nominations Original Broadway production Original London production Original France production Original Australian Production References External links The Lion King Musical Lyrics 1997 musicals Broadway musicals Musicals by Elton John Musicals by Tim Rice Musical Shanghai Disneyland West End musicals Musicals based on animated films Musicals based on works by Linda Woolverton Walt Disney Theatrical Helpmann Award-winning musicals Laurence Olivier Award-winning musicals Plays and musicals based on Hamlet Plays set in Africa Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award-winning musicals