When the film was released , it garnered three separate Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song for " Belle " , " Be Our Guest " and " Beauty and the Beast " . Producer Don Hahn expressed concern that this would cause confusion among audiences and voters , and potentially result in an unfavorable tie . In order to prevent this from happening , the studio fought in favor of the film 's title song and decided to release a pop rendition of " Beauty and the Beast " as a commercial single in an attempt to persuade voters to vote for it . When " Beauty and the Beast " was written , it was composed with the potential of having " half a life outside the movie . " Menken revealed that this was the first time one of his compositions had been rearranged and " turned into ear candy "
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Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)