The DVD contained the film in its 1.66:1 aspect ratio enhanced with 5.1 surround sound, and was accompanied with special features including two music videos, a trivia game, the theatrical trailer and a "Fun with Nature" activity booklet. Before Powhatan can strike, Pocahontas throws herself over John, telling him that she loves John and that Powhatan must see where the path of hatred has brought them, asking him to choose his own path. I said 'Well, yeah.' Following the research trip, Custalow-McGowan served as a consultant travelling to the Disney Studio three times, and while Custalow-McGowan offered her services free, Disney paid her a $500 daily consulting fee plus expenses. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken were planning to write songs for this film once they were finished working on Aladdin, but Ashman died in 1991. Gabriel, Goldberg and Pentecost insisted that the song helped define the film's "heart and soul".

On February 3, 1995, Disney began its promotional marketing campaign starting in San Diego, California launching a nationwide 18-week tour of fashion malls located within twenty-five cities where a mall exhibit named Pocahontas Animated Discovery Adventure was created to help promote the release. They agree to meet at Grandmother Willow's glade again that night. The film is recognised by American Film Institute in these lists: Additionally, they would demonstrate animation techniques and discuss the design and creation of the Pocahontas character.

"Savages " is a group song and the seventh song of Disney's 1995 animated feature film, Pocahontas, performed by both the Indians and settlers as they prepare for war. Schwartz modelled his lyrical writing for people of other ethnicities on that of Oscar Hammerstein II and Sheldon Harnick. That same month, Katzenberg held a meeting with the Feature Animation staff in which he declared Pocahontas to be a hit, while the concept for The Lion King was deemed experimental. However, Peck realised the character ought to be a maternal figure and reluctantly turned down the role. Each time the design got simpler, it got better." Four months later, Susannah Grant and Philip LaZebnik joined the writing team. Mattinson reluctantly added them to his pitch for the next morning, and during the story meeting, he exclaimed, "Everybody loved it! "Savages, Part 1" (abbreviated "Savages, Pt. Timed with Pocahontas' 400th birthday, Pocahontas had a limited release in North America on June 16, 1995, playing in only six selected theaters. Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Thomas. The character Nakoma was also created to serve as the voice of reason and the practical woman.

After the two submitted their outline to be green-lit for approval, it was returned as "the most amateurish, worthless nothing.

The American release is packaged for 2-disc DVD (one film per disc) and 3-disc Blu-ray combo pack, featuring both films on one Blu-ray in addition to the two individual DVDs. There, he was assigned to animated Redfeather until Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered for the animals to be mute. However, Schwartz stated he and Menken "believed in it very strongly. Sales of Pocahontas merchandise have been phenomenal." Mine Mine Mine lyrics: Song from Pocahontas [Ratcliffe] The gold of Cortes The jewels of Pizarro Will seem like mere trinkets By this time tomorrow The gold we find here Will dwarf them by … When we decided he couldn't talk, and, having no hands, he couldn't mime..." Grant would later draw a concept sketch of a hair-braiding raccoon, in which Glen Keane animated and claimed the directors "loved the idea and got rid of the turkey character."
By the summer of 1998, sales and rentals of the VHS release had accumulated to $200 million.

It ended up with a triple platinum certification. After John Smith is arrested thinking he killed Kocoum who tried to separate Initially assigned as a supervising animator on The Lion King, Nik Ranieri did character designs and test animation for Timon, but moved over to Pocahontas growing frustrated with an indecisive vision from the directors. He lowers his club and orders John to be set free, convincing his troops to stand down and not attack. However Ratcliffe is removed from power, and things between the settlers and natives are slightly better now.Later on he fatally shoots Kocoum, which nearly gets John executed and starts a war.The killing of Kocoum is one of Disney's few onscreen human character deaths.John Smith's only hope to survive his own shot wound is to sail back to EnglandPocahontas gets this after she finds her true path.Thomas shoots Kocoum, which leads to the Indians capturing John and planning to execute him the next morning.