Last month, Disney announced that multi-platinum recording artistsAriana Grande and John Legendwill team up to sing the new theme song for the highly-anticipatedBeauty and the Beast. Today the studio has released the full song, although it isn’t clear when the music video, directed byDave Meyers, will be released. While we wait for the music video to drop, you can listen to the full song below, which will be featured in the highly-anticipated movie, hitting theaters March 17.
The enchanting ballad, originally performed byCeline DionandPeabo Brysonfeaturing eight-time Oscar-winning composerAlan Menken’s beautiful melody and two-time Oscar-winnerHoward Ashman’s unforgettable lyrics, received an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award, among other accolades, upon its release in 1991.Menkenalso provides the film score, with new recordings of the original songs written byMenkenandAshman. Also featured are three new songs written byMenkenand veteran lyricist and three time Oscar winnerTim Rice. The original motion picture soundtrack will be released by Walt Disney Records on July 14, 2025. The song debuted on theDisney Music VevoYouTube channel earlier today.
The new rendition of the classic song is produced by Grammy-winning veteranRon Fair, whose music career spans 37 years as a major-label record company leader and accomplished producer, arranger, recording engineer and musical director.Fairwas brought in to produce by Disney’s president of Music & Soundtracks,Mitchell Leib, who also broughtGrandeandLegendto the project. The history of collaboration betweenLeibandFairin film music goes back to the highly-successfulPretty Womansoundtrack.Fair’s recordings have won six Grammy Awards and have been nominated 18 times.Fairdiscovered and shepherdedChristina Aguilera, selling over 50 million albums and winning numerous Grammy Awards. He A&R’dAguilera’s first five albums and championed theBlack Eyed Peasto 27 million albums, 4 number-ones and multiple Grammy wins, as well as co-producing and arranging the strings on their global breakthrough # 1 hit “Where is The Love?”
The music video will be directed byDave Meyers, the innovative visionary whose long-time collaborations with major artists likeP!nk,Janet Jackson,Ice CubeandBritney Spearshave resulted in dozens of award nominations and many wins, including a Grammy in 2005 for Best Music Video and 11 MTV Video Music Awards, including one forKaty Perry’s smash hit “Firework.” He recently directed the music video forP!nk’s hit single “Just Like Fire” from the Walt Disney Records soundtrack forAlice Through The Looking Glass.
The story and characters audiences know and love come to spectacular life in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classicBeauty and the Beast, a stunning, cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told.Beauty and the Beastis the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a Beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart of the true Prince within. The film starsEmma Watsonas Belle,Dan Stevensas the Beast,Luke EvansasGaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle,Kevin Klineas Maurice, Belle’s father,Josh GadasLeFou, Gaston’s long-suffering aide-de-camp,Ewan McGregoras Lumière, the candelabra,Stanley Tuccias Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord,Audra McDonaldas Madame de Garderobe, the wardrobe,Gugu Mbatha-Rawas Plumette, the feather duster,Hattie Morahanas the enchantress andNathan Mackas Chip, the teacup. The cast is rounded out by Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock and Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts. Listen to the full theme song fromBeauty and the Beastin the video player below, as we get closer and closer to the March 17 release date.
