 Williams would, in turn, reprise the role in the 1996 direct-to-video sequel "Aladdin and the King of Thieves".The third—after "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast"—and final Disney film score the duo would work on, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman began writing the Academy Award winning score together, with Tim Rice taking over as lyricist after Ashman died of AIDS-related complications part way through the production of "Aladdin" in early 1991.Although fourteen songs were written for "Aladdin", only seven are featured in the movie, three by Ashman, and four by Rice.