Release date: March 17, 2017



Music
The film will be composed by 8-time Oscar winner Alan Menken, who composed the soundtrack to the 1991 animated film, and will feature the film's original music.

The film will also feature new music composed by Menken and Tim Rice.

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About Beauty and the Beast (1991 Animated Film)

• The first animated picture nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
• The film was one of the first animated films to use computer animation, notably during the film's iconic ballroom dance scene. Critics regard this scene as a groundbreaking, iconic, classic, landmark scene in the history of animation.
• The film won the Golden Globe for Best Film - Musical or Comedy. It was the first animated film to win this award.
• In 2002 the US Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry because it is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
• The film was the first Disney animated film adapted for Broadway, where it earned 9 Tony Award nominations (winning for Best Costume Design). The musical has since grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide.
• The American Film Institute ranked the film #7 on its list of the Top Ten Animated Films.
• The American Film Institute ranked Beauty and the Beast #22 on their list of the 25 Greatest Musical Films. It is the only animated picture on the list.
• The American Film Institute ranked the film #34 on its list of best romantic American films.

About Beauty and the Beast (1991 Soundtrack)

• The first (and, to date, only) animated film soundtrack nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys.
• "Beauty & the Beast" won the Grammy Awards for Best Song Written Specifically For Film or Television, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance. It also received nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
• Beauty & the Beast was the first film in history to have three different songs ("Beauty & the Beast," "Belle," and "Be Our Guest") nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars.
• Howard Ashman, the lyricist behind all of Beauty & the Beast's songs died of AIDS before the project was completed. The song's Oscar Award was dedicated to him, and was accepted by his partner.
• The pop version of "Beauty & the Beast," recorded by Celiné Dion and Peabo Bryson, started the tradition of having popular artists perform "pop versions" of Disney themes. Peabo Bryson was included in the recording because, at the time, Disney worried that Celiné Dion was too unknown to attract an audience.
• The Celiné Dion and Peabo Bryson version of "Beauty & the Beast" peaked at #9 on the Hot 100, marking Disney's first chart appearance in 30 years and establishing Dion as an international superstar.
• The American Film Institute ranked "Beauty & the Beast" #62 on their list 100 Years... 100 Songs.

And now who's the Queen of Adult Contemporary and playing Vegas every night?

Originally posted by Obsession And now who's the Queen of Adult Contemporary and playing Vegas every night?

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Originally posted by ivi is this movie now called "be our guest"? wish we could have seen more / anything but i like the atmosphere