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Directed by Dominic Orlando, it combined footage of the singers recording the song at The Power Station with excerpts from the film.īoth 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 accompanied by a music video. 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 (1992) and Bryson's album, Through the Fire (1994). 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). However, the studio was concerned that the then-newcomer 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. Disney first recruited solely Dion to record a radio-friendly version of it in order to promote the film. '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 November 25, 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. Lansbury's rendition is heard during the famous ballroom sequence between Belle and the Beast, while a shortened chorale version plays in the closing scenes of the film, and the song's motif features frequently in other pieces of Menken's film score.

Additionally, the song's lyrics imply that the feeling of love is as timeless and ageless as a 'tale as old as time'. 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. 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. ' Beauty and the Beast' is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the Disney animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). From the album Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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