Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack)

Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)[1]
Recorded 2015–2016
Genre Film soundtrack
Length 53:31
2:11:26 (Deluxe Edition)
Label Walt Disney
Producer
  • Alan Menken
  • Matt Sullivan
  • Mitchell Leib
Singles from Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Beauty and the Beast"
    Released: February 2, 2017
  2. "Evermore"
    Released: March 3, 2017[2]

Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast. In the film, Belle is taken prisoner by a fearsome Beast in his enchanted castle and learns to look beyond his appearance while evading a narcissistic hunter who seeks to take Belle for himself.

The album, largely based on material from Disney's previous animated version, features songs and instrumental score composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and three new songs composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The songs feature vocal performances by the film's ensemble cast including Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nathan Mack, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson.

Track listing

All music composed by Alan Menken. Songs originally written for the 1991 version by Menken and Howard Ashman. Lyrics for original songs are written by Tim Rice.

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Overture" (Score)Alan Menken3:05
2."Main Title: Prologue Pt. 1"Hattie Morahan (narration)0:42
3."Aria"Audra McDonald1:02
4."Main Title: Prologue Pt. 2"Hattie Morahan (narration)2:21
5."Belle"Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Ensemble5:33
6."How Does a Moment Last Forever (Music Box)"Kevin Kline1:03
7."Belle (Reprise)"Emma Watson1:15
8."Gaston"Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Ensemble4:25
9."Be Our Guest"Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Ian McKellen4:48
10."Days in the Sun"Adam Mitchell, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Clive Rowe2:40
11."Something There"Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Emma Thompson, Nathan Mack, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw2:54
12."How Does a Moment Last Forever (Montmartre)"Emma Watson1:55
13."Beauty and the Beast"Emma Thompson3:19
14."Evermore"Dan Stevens3:14
15."The Mob Song"Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Ensemble, Emma Thompson, Ian McKellen, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Mack, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ewan McGregor, Gerard Horan, Haydn Gwynne2:28
16."Beauty and the Beast (Finale)"Audra McDonald, Emma Thompson, Ensemble2:14
17."How Does a Moment Last Forever"Celine Dion3:37
18."Beauty and the Beast"Ariana Grande & John Legend3:47
19."Evermore"Josh Groban3:09
Total length:53:31

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 units, 48,000 of which are traditional album sales.[3] It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of July 2017.[4]

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 7
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 32
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11] 44
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 23
Irish Albums (IRMA)[13] 8
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[14]
(Spanish version)		 11
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 12
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[17] 46
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 6
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[19] 34
South Korean Albums International (Gaon)[20] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] 60
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 8
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[24] 1
US Billboard 200[25] 3
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[26] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Silver 60,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ Coggan, Devan (January 19, 2017). "Celine Dion to perform new song for live-action Beauty and the Beast". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Evermore from beauty and the beast single".
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (March 19, 2017). "Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, 'Beauty and the Beast' Debuts at No. 3". Billboard.
  4. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (July 4, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' & Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' Lead Nielsen Music's Mid-Year 2017 Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack – Die Schöne und das Biest %5B2017%5D" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack – Beauty and the Beast %5B2017%5D" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack – Beauty and the Beast %5B2017%5D" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ "On The Charts...This Week". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 12, 2017". Hitlisten. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack – Beauty and the Beast %5B2017%5D" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Elokuvamusiikkia: Beauty And The Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Irish Albums Chart: 21 April 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Top Album - Semanal (del 24 de Marzo al 30 de Marzo)" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  16. ↑ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 13, 2017". VG-lista. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  19. ↑ "2017년 10주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  20. ↑ "2017년 12주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Top 100 Albumes — Semana 11: del 10.03.2017 al 16.03.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack – Beauty and the Beast %5B2017%5D". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, 'Beauty and the Beast' Debuts at No. 3". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Soundtrack Albums: The Week of April 1, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  27. ↑ "British album certifications – Motion Picture Cast Recording – Beauty and the Beast". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Beauty and the Beast in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
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