Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack)

Beauty and the Beast is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast. The album, largely based on material from Disney's 1991 animated version, features songs and instrumental score composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and three new songs composed by Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The soundtrack album was released by Walt Disney Records on March 10, 2017.^[1]

Beauty and the Beast
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)[1]
Recorded	2015–2016
Studio	Abbey Road Studios Air Lyndhurst Studios British Grove Studios
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	53:43 131:56 (Deluxe Edition)
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	Alan Menken Matt Sullivan Mitchell Leib
Singles from Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" Released: February 2, 2017 "Evermore" Released: March 3, 2017[2]

The songs feature vocals from the film's ensemble cast including Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Mack, Clive Rowe, Gerard Horan, and Haydn Gwynne.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Overture"			3:05
2.	"Main Title: Prologue Pt. 1" (Includes narration by Hattie Morahan)			0:42
3.	"Aria"	Tim Rice	Audra McDonald	1:02
4.	"Main Title: Prologue Pt. 2" (Includes narration by Hattie Morahan)			2:21
5.	"Belle"	Howard Ashman	Emma Watson Luke Evans Ensemble	5:33
6.	"How Does a Moment Last Forever (Music Box)"	Rice	Kevin Kline	1:03
7.	"Belle (Reprise)"	Ashman	Watson	1:15
8.	"Gaston"	Ashman	Luke Evans Josh Gad Ensemble	4:25
9.	"Be Our Guest"	Ashman	Ewan McGregor Emma Thompson Gugu Mbatha-Raw Ian McKellen	4:48
10.	"Days in the Sun"	Rice	Adam Mitchell Stanley Tucci McGregor Mbatha-Raw Thompson McDonald Watson McKellen Clive Rowe	2:40
11.	"Something There"	Ashman	Watson Dan Stevens Thompson Nathan Mack McKellen McGregor Mbatha-Raw	2:54
12.	"How Does a Moment Last Forever (Montmartre)"	Rice	Watson	1:55
13.	"Beauty and the Beast"	Ashman	Thompson	3:19
14.	"Evermore"	Rice	Stevens	3:14
15.	"The Mob Song"	Ashman	Evans Gad Ensemble Watson McKellen Tucci Mack Mbatha-Raw McGregor Gerard Horan Haydn Gwynne	2:28
16.	"Beauty and the Beast (Finale)"	Ashman	McDonald Thompson Ensemble	2:14
17.	"How Does a Moment Last Forever"	Rice	Celine Dion	3:37
18.	"Beauty and the Beast"	Ashman	Ariana Grande John Legend	3:47
19.	"Evermore"	Rice	Josh Groban	3:09
Total length:				53:43

All music is composed by Alan Menken.

Deluxe edition – disc one (bonus tracks)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performer(s)	Length
20.	"Aria" (demo)	Rice	Menken	0:36
21.	"How Does a Moment Last Forever (Music Box)" (demo)	Rice	Menken	0:59
22.	"Days in the Sun" (demo)	Rice	Menken	3:30
23.	"How Does a Moment Last Forever (Montmartre)" (demo)	Rice	Menken	1:21
24.	"Evermore" (demo)	Rice	Menken	2:55
Total length:				63:05

Deluxe edition – disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Main Title: Prologue"	3:01
2.	"Belle Meets Gaston"	0:54
3.	"Your Mother"	2:13
4.	"The Laverie"	1:22
5.	"Wolf Chase"	3:14
6.	"Entering the Castle"	1:18
7.	"A White Rose"	3:57
8.	"The Beast"	4:03
9.	"Meet the Staff"	1:00
10.	"Home (extended mix)"	2:04
11.	"Madame de Garderobe"	1:28
12.	"There's a Beast"	2:02
13.	"A Petal Drops"	1:02
14.	"A Bracing Cup of Tea"	2:06
15.	"The West Wing"	2:58
16.	"Wolves Attack Belle"	3:17
17.	"The Library"	3:05
18.	"Colonnade Chat"	2:54
19.	"The Plague"	0:51
20.	"Maurice Accuses Gaston"	2:01
21.	"Beast Takes a Bath"	1:21
22.	"The Dress"	1:01
23.	"You Must Go to Him"	2:50
24.	"Belle Stops the Wagon"	2:42
25.	"Castle Under Attack"	4:20
26.	"Turret Pursuit"	2:12
27.	"You Came Back"	5:13
28.	"Transformations"	4:06
Total length:		68:50

• Deluxe editions on streaming services open with tracks 17–19 on disc one, maintaining the same running order after that.^[3]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 units, 48,000 of which are traditional album sales.^[4] It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of July 2017.^[5]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 11 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 32 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 33 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 23 Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 8 Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[15] 5 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[16] (Spanish version) 11 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 7 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] 12 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[19] 46 Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 6 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[21] 34 South Korean Albums International (Gaon)[22] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23] 7 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 8 UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[26] 1 US Billboard 200[27] 3 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[28] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 37 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30] 87 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] 158 Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[32] 58 UK Albums (OCC)[33] 63 US Billboard 200[34] 45 US Kid Albums (Billboard)[35] 17 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[36] 3 Chart (2018) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[37] 21

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[38]	Gold	40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[39]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[40]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)