BEAUTY AND THE BEAST



Composer: Alan Menken
Lyricists: Howard Ashman; Tim Rice (additional lyrics for stage)

Film Opened: November 13, 1991
Musical Opened: April 18, 1994, Palace Theatre, N.Y.C.; closed on September 5, 1999; reopened on November 16, 1999, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 5461 (combined runs)


Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the soundtrack and the subsequent original Broadway cast album are noted below.


Aria (written for the 2017 film version (L: Tim Rice):

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Audra McDonald with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
2. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Alan Menken) (demo)


A Change In Me (L: Tim Rice) (added to the Broadway production):

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Sony/BMG 82876 71704 2 (K.C. Concepcion)
2. So Far, CD/JAY CDJAY1359 (Susan Egan)
3. A Change In Me, CD/No label (Caleigh Link)
4. Disney's On The Record, CD/Walt Disney 61249-7 (Ashley Brown with orchestra conducted by Marco Paguia)
5. Broadway Bound, CD/No label 10608 (Jordan Sheets)
6. Letting Go, CD/Rita Harvey (Rita Harvey) (unverified)
7. 4 Friends: Who Are Very Vocal About It, CD/Ducy Lee (4 Friends) (unverified)
8. Believe, CD/No label (Sandy Bainum) (unverified)
9. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Stage Stars 514 (karaoke)


Days In The Sun (written for the 2017 film version (L: Tim Rice):

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Adam Mitchell, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Audra McDonald, and Clive Rowe  with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
2. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Alan Menken) (demo)



Evermore (written for the 2017 film version (L: Tim Rice):

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Dan Stevens with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
2. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Josh Groban with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
3. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Alan Menken) (demo)
4. Together Again. CD/Decca B0027817-02 (Michael Ball and Alfie Boe with the Czech National Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingham)
5. Spotlight, CD/JOJ Music JOJMCD1 (John Owen-Jones)



How Does A Moment Last Forever (Montmartre) (written for the 2017 film version (L: Tim Rice):

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Emma Watson  with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
2. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Celine Dion with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
3. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Alan Menken) (demo)



How Does A Moment Last Forever  (Music Box) (written for the 2017 film version (L: Tim Rice):

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Kevin Kline with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)
2. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (Alan Menken) (demo)



Overture (written for the 2017 film version:

1. Beauty And The Beast, CD/Walt Disney D002524802 (orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin)


Wolf Attack (inst.):

1. The Music Behind The Magic, CD/Walt Disney 60014-7 (Orchestra conducted by David Friedman) (unreleased master)