Act One: Prologue Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman + Tim Rice Book: Linda Woolverton Premiere:

1991 Narrator: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, A young Prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, An old beggar woman came to the castle And offered him a single Rose In return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, The Prince sneered at the gift, And turned the old woman away. But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, For Beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, The old woman's ugliness melted away To reveal a beautiful Enchantress. The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, For she had seen that there was no love in his heart And as punishment, She transformed him into a hideous beast, And placed a powerful spell on the castle And all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, The beast concealed himself inside his castle, With a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The Rose she had offered, Was truly an enchanted rose, Which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, And earn her love in return By the time the last petal fell, Then, the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast For all time.

As the years passed, He fell into despair, and lost all hope, For who could ever learn to love...a Beast? Belle Belle: Little town It's a quiet village Ev'ry day Like the one before Little town Full of little people Waking up to say: Townsfolk: Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Belle: There goes the baker with his tray, like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Ev'ry morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this poor provincial town Baker: Good Morning, Belle! Belle: Good morning, Monsieur. Baker: And where are you off to? Belle: The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story About a beanstalk and an ogre and a Baker: That's nice. Marie! The baguettes! Hurry up! Townsfolk: Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question Dazed and distracted, can't you tell? Woman: Never part of any crowd Man: 'Cause her head's up on some cloud Townsfolk: No denying she's a funny girl that Belle Man I: Bonjour! Woman I: Good day! Man I: How is your fam'ly? Woman 2: Bonjour! Man 2: Good day! Woman 2: How is your wife? Woman 3: I need six eggs! Man 3: That's too expensive! Belle: There must be more than this provincial life! Bookseller: Ah, Belle. Belle:

Good morning. I've come to return the book I chapter three! borrowed. Woman: Bookseller: Now it's no wonder that her name means Finished already? "Beauty" Her looks have got no parallel Belle: Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got Shopkeeper: anything new? But behind that fair facade I'm afraid she's rather odd Bookseller: Very diff'rent from the rest of us Not since yesterday. Townsfolk: Belle: She's nothing like the rest of us That's all right. I'll borrow . . . . this one! Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle! Bookseller: That one? But you've read it twice! LeFou: Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston! You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!

Belle: Well, it's my favorite! Far off places, daring Gaston: swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise I know. LeFou: Bookseller: No beast alive stands a chance against you. If you like it all that much, it's yours! --And no girl, for that matter. Belle: But sir! Gaston: It's true, LeFou. And I've got Bookseller: my sight set on that one. I insist. LeFou: Belle: The inventor's daughter? Well, thank you. Thank you very much! Gaston: Townsfolk: She's the one - the lucky girl Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar I'm going to marry. I wonder if she's feeling well With a dreamy, far-off look LeFou: And her nose stuck in a book But she What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle Gaston: Belle: The most beautiful girl in town. Oh, isn't this amazing? It's my fav'rite part because --- you'll see LeFou: Here's where she meets Prince Charming I know, but But she won't discover that it's him 'til

Gaston: That makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best? LeFou: But of course! I mean, you do! But I Gaston: Right from the moment when I met her, saw her I said she's gorgeous and I fell Here in town there's only she Who is beautiful as me So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle Bimbettes: Look there he goes Isn't he dreamy? Monsieur Gaston Oh he's so cute! Be still my heart I'm hardly breathing He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute! Woman 1: Bonjour! Gaston: Pardon Belle: Good day Woman 2: Mais oui! Woman 3: You call this bacon? Woman 4: What lovely grapes! Man 1: Some cheese Woman 5: Ten yards!

Man 1: one pound Gaston: 'Scuse me! Please let me through! Cheese merchant: I'll get the knife Woman 6: This bread Woman 7: Those fish Woman 6: it's stale! Woman 7: they smell! Men: Madame's mistaken. Women: Well, maybe so Townsfolk: Good morning! Oh, good morning! Belle: There must be more than this provincial life! Gaston: Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife! Townsfolk: Look there she goes The girl is strange but special A most peculiar mad'moiselle! Women: It's a pity and a sin Men: She doesn't quite fit in

Townsfolk: 'Cause she really is a funny girl A beauty but a funny girl She really is a funny girl That Belle! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Belle (Reprise) Belle: Is he gone? Oh, can you imagine? He asked me to marry him. Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless . . . "Madame Gaston!" Can't you just see it? "Madame Gaston!" His "little wife" No sir! Not me! I guarantee it I want much more than this provincial life! I want adventure in the great wide somewhere I want it more than I can tell And for once it might be grand To have someone understand I want so much more than they've got planned. No Matter What Belle: Papa, do you think I'm...odd?

In all you say or do You couldn't make it plainer You are your mother's daughter; therefore you are class Belle: So I should just accept I'm simply not like them Maurice: They are the common herd And you should take my word You are unique: creme de la creme No matter what you do I'm on your side And if my point of view Is somewhat misty-eyed There's nothing clearer in my life Than what I wish and feel for you And that's a lot... No matter what Belle: No matter what they say You make me proud I love the funny way You stand out from the crowd Maurice: It's my intention my invention Shows the world out there one day Just what we've got...

Maurice: Belle: My daughter odd? Where did you get an idea No matter what like that? Maurice: Belle: Now some may say all fathers just I don't know. It's just that, well, people talk. exaggerate Maurice: They talk about me, too. Maurice: No, we're not odd, its true No fam'ly ever saner Except one uncle who...well, maybe let that pass Belle: That ev'ry daughter's great? Maurice: You are! Belle: And ev'ry daughter tends to say her father's

tops Maurice: She pulls out all the stops To praise him Belle: And quite rightly! Maurice: No matter what the pain We've come this far I pray that you remain Exactly as you are This really is a case of father knowing best Belle: And daughter too! Maurice: You're never strange Belle: Don't ever change Both: You're all I've got No matter what. No Matter What (Reprise) Maurice: First prize is nearly mine It's quite my best invention So simple, yet complex; So massive, yet so small This triumph of design Will be my old-age pension That is, provided I can find the fair at all I must have missed a sign... I should have paid attention...Drat! (Wolf howls) That's not a nightingale, and not a mating call. Wolves! Me! Gaston:

You've been dreaming, just one dream Nearly all your life Hoping, scheming, just one theme: Will you be a wife? Will you be some he-man's property? Good news! That he-man's me! This equation, girl plus man Doesn't help just you On occasion, women can Have their uses too Mainly to extend the fam'ly tree Pumpkin, extend with me! Gaston: We'll be raising sons galore Belle: Inconceivable! Gaston: Each built six foot four! Belle: Unbelievable! Gaston: Each stuffed with ev'ry Gaston gene! Belle: I'm not hearing this! Gaston: You'll be keeping house with pride! Belle: Just incredible! Gaston: Oh so gratified Belle: So unweddable! Gaston: That you are a part of this idyllic scene. Gaston:

Picture this: A rustic hunting lodge, Certain as "Do, Re," my latest kill roasting over the fire, Belle, when you marry... my little wife massaging my feet, while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs. Gaston: We'll have six or seven! So Belle, what would it be? Is it "yes", or is it "oh, yes"? Belle: Dogs? Belle: I...I just don't deserve you! Gaston: No, Belle! Strapping boys...like me! Gaston: Who does? Belle: ME! Imagine that! Gaston: I can see that we will share All that love implies We shall be a perfect pair Rather like my thighs You are face to face with destiny! All roads lead to... The best things in life are... All's well that ends with me! Escape me? There's no way Something There There's something sweet And almost kind, But he was mean, and he was course, and unrefined. But now he's dear, and so unsure... I wonder why I didn't see it there before.

Track Listing (1991 Original Release)

In the movie track eight comes after track nine. 1. Prologue (2:26) 2. Belle (5:09)
* Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song

3. 4. 5. 6.

Belle (Reprise) (1:05) Gaston (3:40) Gaston (Reprise) (2:04) Be Our Guest (3:44)
* Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song

7. Something There (2:19) 8. The Mob Song (3:30) 9. Beauty and the Beast (Angela Lansbury) (2:46)
* Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song

10. To the Fair (1:58) 11. West Wing (3:42) 12. The Beast Lets Belle Go (2:22) 13. Battle on the Tower (5:29)(This was reused in Beauty & The Beast: Revenge of Gaston along with some other scores.) 14. Transformation (5:47) 15. Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson) (4:04)
* Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song

Tracklisting (2001 Special Edition)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Prologue (2:26) Belle (5:09) Belle (Reprise) (1:05) Gaston (3:40) Gaston (part 2) (2:04) Be Our Guest (3:44) There's Something There (2:19) Human Again (4:54)
* New song integrated into the film for the 2001 Special Edition IMAX re-issue and 2001 DVD release

9. Beauty And The Beast (2:46) 10. The Mob Song (3:30) 11. To the Fair (1:58) 12. West Wing (3:42) 13. The Beast Lets Belle Go (2:22) 14. Battle on the Tower (5:29)

15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

Transformation (5:47) Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson) (4:04) Be Our Guest [Demo] (3:29) Beauty and the Beast [Work Tape & Demo] (3:58) Death of the Beast [Early Version] (1:29)

* Previously Unreleased * Previously Unreleased * Previously Unreleased - Integrated into the film's end credits for the 2001 Special Edition IMAX reissue and 2001 DVD release.

Unreleased Songs/Score
1. Prologue (without narration) (This cue was included on the "Music Behind the Magic" CD set, but wasnt included on any of the commercial albums) [2:32] 2. Belle (Instrumental) [5:04] 3. Gaston Stops Belle [0:56] 4. The Spooky Forest / Wolf Attack (This cue was partially released on the "Music Behind the Magic" CD set, but wasnt included on any of the commercial albums) [2:38] 5. A Guest in the Castle [3:04] 6. Gaston Proposes to Belle [1:33] 7. Belle Reprise (Instrumental) [1:00] 8. Belle Goes in Search of Maurice / Take Me Instead [3:50] 9. Belles New Home (This cue was partially released on the tape cassette and original CD releases, but doesnt appear on the Special Edition album) [1:49] 10. Gaston (Instrumental) [3:36] 11. Gaston Reprise (Instrumental) [1:52] 12. Belle Meets the Servants [1:23] 13. An Invitation to Dinner / Nothing But a Monster [3:00] 14. The Wandering Guest [0:41] 15. Music?! [0:01] 16. Be Our Guest (Instrumental) [3:42] 17. Tour of the Castle [2:14] 18. Belle Tends to the Beasts Wounds / Gastons Plot / Maurice Goes For Belle [2:27] 19. Something Special for Belle [2:03] 20. Breakfast with the Beast / Something There (Instrumental) [2:40] 21. Cleaning the Castle [0:35] 22. Human Again (Instrumental) [4:40] 23. Grooming the Beast [1:00] 24. Beauty and the Beast (Instrumental) [2:42] 25. Belle Leaves / Finding Maurice / A Stow-a-way [1:39] 26. Gastons Plan [1:45] 27. The Mob Song (Instrumental) [3:26] 28. Battle on the Tower (Full Version) [5:27] 29. Transformation (Film Version) [5:46] 30. Transformation (Sans Disney Chorus) [5:46]