Prologue (From “Beauty and the Beast”)

The Prologue is the classic music that accompanies the opening of Beauty and the Beast. Many have noted its striking resemblance to Camille Saint-Saëns’ Aquarium. Rumour has it that the director used Aquarium as temporary music during the film’s editing phase to guide the mood while Alan Menken was still writing the score, leading to the similarities between the two pieces.