1991 The Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack was released. When the single "Beauty and the Beast" was written, it was composed with the potential of having "half a life outside the movie." Alan Menken revealed that this was the first time one of his compositions had been rearranged and "turned into ear candy"
Because Disney could not afford to hire a "big singer", they drafted Canadian singer Celine Dion, who was relatively new to the music industry at the time, to record "Beauty and the Beast". However, the studio feared that she would not draw much media attention because of her relative obscurity in the United States, so they hired American singer Peabo Bryson, who was a more well-known recording artist at the time, to perform alongside her.
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