Beauty and the Beast (soundtrack)

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Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released November 1, 1991 (1991 Original Release)
December 18, 2001 (2001 Special Edition Reissue)
Length 50:12 (1991 Original Release)
1:04:43 (2001 Special Edition Reissue)
Label Walt Disney Records
Producer Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Professional reviews

Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of Disney's 1991 Academy Award-winning animated feature Beauty and the Beast. The original score and songs were composed by Alan Menken with lyrics written by Howard Ashman.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television. It was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Film Score (lost to the score of the film Strictly Ballroom).

In 2001, the soundtrack was re-released as a "Special Edition" to coincide with the IMAX re-issue of the film. The new release featured the film version of Transformation, which had been replaced with an early unused version in some early pressings, the newly animated song Human Again, the original instrumental intended for the Transformation scene, (titled Death of the Beast [Early Version] here) and demos for Be Our Guest and the title track.

[edit] Tracklisting (1991 Original Release)

  1. Prologue (2:26)
  2. Belle (5:09)
    * Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song
  3. Belle (Reprise) (1:05)
  4. Gaston (3:40)
  5. Gaston (Reprise) (2:04)
  6. Be Our Guest (3:44)
    * Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song
  7. Something There (2:19)
  8. The Mob Song (3:30)
  9. Beauty and the Beast (2:46)
    * Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song
  10. To the Fair (1:58)
  11. West Wing (3:42)
  12. The Beast Lets Belle Go (2:22)
  13. Battle on the Tower (5:29)
  14. Transformation (5:47)
  15. Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson) (4:04)
    * Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song

[edit] Tracklisting (2001 Special Edition)

Front of the slipcover of the 2001 Special Edition
Front of the slipcover of the 2001 Special Edition
Front of the booklet of the 2001 Special Edition
Front of the booklet of the 2001 Special Edition
  1. Prologue (2:26)
  2. Belle (5:09)
  3. Belle (Reprise) (1:05)
  4. Gaston (3:40)
  5. Gaston (Reprise) (2:04)
  6. Be Our Guest (3:44)
  7. Something There (2:19)
  8. Human Again (4:54)
    * New song integrated into the film for the 2001 Special Edition IMAX re-issue and 2002 DVD release
  9. The Mob Song (3:30)
  10. Beauty and the Beast (2:46)
  11. To the Fair (1:58)
  12. West Wing (3:42)
  13. The Beast Lets Belle Go (2:22)
  14. Battle on the Tower (5:29)
  15. Transformation (5:47)
  16. Be Our Guest [Demo] (3:29)
    * Previously Unreleased
  17. Beauty and the Beast [Work Tape & Demo] (3:58)
    * Previously Unreleased
  18. Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson) (4:04)
  19. Death of the Beast [Early Version] (1:29)
    * Previously Unreleased - Integrated into the film's end credits for the 2001 Special Edition IMAX re-issue and 2002 DVD release.