DESCRIPTION:
The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Released on November 22, 1994 on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues. The second selection of music and songs are from Disney’s 1991 masterpiece, Beauty and the Beast. The score is composed by the Alan Menken. Lyrics are by Howard Ashman. Songs include the talents of Paige O’Hara, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, and Robby Benson. In addition to these, the soundtrack features a single by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. Demos and work tapes are performed by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Tracks listed below:

1. Belle [Demo/Final]
2. Prologue [Final]
3. Belle (Reprise) [Demo Version]
4. Belle (Reprise) [Final]
5. Wolf Attack [Unreleased Master]
6. Gaston [Demo Version]
7. Gaston [Final]
8. Gaston (Reprise) [Demo Version]
9. Be Our Guest [Demo Version]
10. Be Our Guest [Final]
11. West Wing [Final]
12. Human Again [Demo Version]
13. Something There [Final]
14. The Mob Song [Final]
15. Beauty and the Beast [Work Tape]
16. Beauty and the Beast [Demo Version]
17. Beauty and the Beast [Final]
18. The Beast Lets Belle Go [Final]
19. Transformation #1 [Final]
20. Transformation #2
21. Beauty and the Beast (Single)

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