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Beauty and the Beast(Disney Song)
"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures’ 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The film's theme song, the Broadway-inspired ballad was first recorded by British-American actress Angela Lansbury in her role as the voice of the character Mrs. Potts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters Belle and the Beast, specifically how the couple has learned to accept their differences and in turn change each other for the better. Additionally, the song's lyrics imply that the feeling of love is as timeless and ageless as a "tale as old as time". "Beauty and the Beast" was subsequently recorded as a pop duet by Canadian singer Celine Dion and American singer Peabo Bryson, and released as the only single from the film's soundtrack on 25 November 1991.
Lansbury was initially hesitant to record "Beauty and the Beast" because she felt that it was not suitable for her aging singing voice, but ultimately completed the song in one take. In order to promote the film, Disney decided to release "Beauty and the Beast" as a single, and first recruited solely Dion to record a radio-friendly version of it. However, the studio was concerned that the then-relatively obscure singer would not attract a large enough audience in the United States on her own, so they hired the more prominent Bryson to be her duet partner. At first Dion was also hesitant to record "Beauty and the Beast" because she had just recently been fired from recording the theme song of the animated film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991). First heard during the film's end credits, the single was produced by Walter Afanasieff who also arranged it with Robbie Buchanan, and included on Dion's self-titled album. The single was accompanied by a music video. Directed by Dominic Orlando, it combined footage of the singers recording the song at The Power Station with excerpts from the film.
Both versions of "Beauty and the Beast" were very successful, garnering both a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as Grammy Awards for Best Song Written for Visual Media and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The single was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Lansbury's performance has been universally lauded by both film and music critics. While the Dion-Bryson version received mixed reviews from critics who felt that it was inferior to Lansbury's original, the single became a commercial success, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the better-known of the two renditions. In addition to returning Disney songs to the pop charts after a thirty-year absence, the success of "Beauty and the Beast" also launched Dion's career and established her as a bankable recording artist. After "Beauty and the Beast" became the first Disney song to undergo a complete pop transformation, several contemporary artists were inspired to release their own radio-friendly renditions of Disney songs throughout the decade. Considered to be among Disney's best and most popular songs, "Beauty and the Beast" has since been covered by numerous artists. In 2004, the American Film Institute officially recognized "Beauty and the Beast" as one of the greatest songs in film history, ranking it 62nd.
The 2017 Disney live-action feature film version of Beauty and the Beast, features a remake of the 1991 original song "Beauty and the Beast" recorded as a duet by Ariana Grande and John Legend. Grande and Legend's updated version of the "Beauty and the Beast" title song is faithful to the original, Grammy-winning duet, performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson for the 1991 Disney classic. The new 2017 updated version of the classic Disney theme song showcases the vocal ranges of Grande and Legend.
Emma Thompson — aka Mrs. Potts — sings a 2017 theatrical version of "Beauty and the Beast", which was performed by Angela Lansbury in the original 1991 animated film release.
On March 5, 2017, Disney debuted the music video for Ariana Grande and John Legend's interpretation of the new "Beauty and the Beast" song on Disney's Freeform (TV channel), and it's since attained over 2 million Vevo views. The music video gives us a taste of the opulence and fantasy of the fairy tale world itself. The music video features Grande and Legend, dressed in lavish formal attire, as they harmonize against the backdrop of the Beast's massive castle. The music video opens with Grande, bedecked in a dramatic red gown, gazing at herself in a mirror while perched atop the balcony of the castle, as back-up dancers, dressed as rose petals, form together and swirl away in a creative homage to the movie's obsession with the flower. Legend performs at the piano inside the castle's ballroom. Grande later sings alongside Legend. Also featured are cameos by a waltzing Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, and the delightful Chip, as well as scenes from the film, including with the anthropomorphic dinnerware. <Wikipedia>
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