Beauty and the Beast

"Beauty and the Beast" was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman.. The song won an Academy Award and is the leading single from the Beauty and the Beast film and the first hit single from Céline Dion's eponymous album. It was performed in the movie by Angela Lansbury and sung over the movie's closing credits by Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson. The Dion-Bryson single was released on December 30, 1991 in the United States and the next year in the rest of the world.