by DGFone » October 4th, 2013, 6:43 am
I think they did it for a number of reasons: After the opening "Circle of Life", it ends with the single loud drum beat that ques the popping in of the title card. As we all should be aware, The Lion King is a movie that has a "book finish", as in, the ending is made to imitate the beginning. Just as the Circle of Life was used to bring us to the beginning of the movie with the title card, the end of the movie also featured the Circle of Life, so with the same loud drum beat, we get the title card again: a classic example of a book ending.
If you want, you can consider the title cards to be the "covers" of the book that is The Lion King.