Belle By Emma Watson Lyrics

In 1992 at the 64th Academy Awards, Belle was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It ultimately lost to the film’s title song, Beauty and the Beast.

Belle is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman for Walt Disney Pictures‘ 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). It is a mid-tempo French and classical music-inspired song that incorporates both Broadway and musical theatre elements. Belle was originally recorded by American actress and singer Paige O’Hara and American actor Richard White.

It is the film’s first song and the opening number. Belle appears during Beauty and the Beast as a large-scale operetta-style production number. It introduces the film’s heroine Belle, considered a book-loving nonconformist by the townspeople of the village.

Emma Watson Sings 'belle' From 'beauty And The Beast' (watch)

She has grown weary of the provincial life in which she is supposed to live. Belle is also wary of Gaston, the film’s narcissistic villain who wishes her hand in marriage despite Belle’s repeated rejections.

Belle” has been universally acclaimed by film and music critics. Musically, the song has been compared to various musical numbers from the musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965), as well as the Broadway musicals Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me.

The song was similarly featured in a Broadway musical based on the film, originally performed by American actress and singer Susan Egan. There was a 2017 live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1991 classic animated film “Beauty and the Beast”. This version stars Emma Watson singing as Belle and has a few different lyrics and speaking segments compared to the one for the animated film.

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