the movie stars tom hulce, demi moore, tony jay, kevin kline, paul kandel, jason alexander, charles kimbrough, david ogden stiers and mary wickes in her final movie role. produced during a period known as the disney renaissance, the movie is considered to be one of disney's darkest animated movie because its narrative explores such mature themes as infanticide, lust, damnation, genocide, and sin, despite the changes made from the original source material in order to ensure a g rating received by the mpaa. the musical score was written by alan menken, with songs written by menken and lyricist stephen schwartz, who had previously collaborated on "pocahontas".