Prologue

~ Recording by David Friedman

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991 film soundtrack)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1991-10-29
Walt Disney RecordsD2 60618
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991 film soundtrack)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1991-11-01
Walt Disney Records60618-2
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)60618-2, D 110780
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackHoward Ashman & Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records60618-4
1.1Prologue2:27Alan Menken & Howard AshmanBeauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackAlan Menken & Howard AshmanAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Walt Disney Records513 759-2
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackAlan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE1996-03-26
Pickwick Music (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)DSTCD 458
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: The Original Soundtrack (1991 film soundtrack)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney RecordsWD713602
1.1Prologue2:29Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Special Edition SoundtrackAlan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2001-12-18
Walt Disney Records60743-7
1.1Prologue: Beauty and the Beast2:29Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast (Special Edition Soundtrack)Alan Menken & Howard AshmanAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records
1.1Prologue2:29Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Special Edition SoundtrackAlan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • -2001
Walt Disney Records60743-2
1.1Prologue2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast (1991 film soundtrack)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2010-09-14
Walt Disney RecordsD000652702
1.1Prologue2:29Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast (1991 film soundtrack)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2017-02-24
Walt Disney Records050087361877
1.1プロローグ2:26アラン・メンケン美女と野獣 オリジナル・サウンドトラック ＜英語版＞+＜日本語版＞Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • JP2017-03-22
Walt Disney RecordsAVCW-63200, AVCW-63201
1.1Main Title - Prologue2:27Alan MenkenThe Legacy Collection: Beauty and the BeastVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2018-02-09
Walt Disney Records050087373610
1.1Main Title – Prologue2:27Alan MenkenThe Legacy Collection: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film soundtrack, 24-Bit/96kHz)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2018-02-09
Walt Disney Records
1.1Main Title – Prologue2:27Alan MenkenThe Legacy Collection: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film soundtrack)Alan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2018-02-09
Walt Disney RecordsD002679402
1.1Main Title – Prologue2:27Alan MenkenWalt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Beauty and the BeastAlan MenkenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2018-02-09
Walt Disney RecordsD0028247C5
1.1プロローグ2:26アラン・メンケン美女と野獣 オリジナル・サウンドトラック ＜英語版＞+＜日本語版＞Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • JP2018-11-14
Walt Disney RecordsUWCD-8021, UWCD-8022
1.1プロローグ2:29アラン・メンケンBeauty And The Beast (Special Edition) (Japanese titles)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP2020-04-08
Walt Disney Records00050086074372
1.1Prologue: Beauty and the Beast2:27Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2023-07-28
Walt Disney RecordsD004370825
1.1Prologue - Beauty and the Beast2:30Alan MenkenBeauty and the Beast: Original Soundtrack Special EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records
Pseudo-Release
1.1プロローグ2:27アラン・メンケンBeauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Japanese titles)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack

Relationships

conductor:David Friedman (film and theatre composer, songwriter, author, lyricist and conductor)
recording of:Prologue (Beauty and the Beast)

Related works

Prologue (Beauty and the Beast)

composer:Alan Menken (in 1991)
publisher:Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label) (in 1991)
Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (a division of Disney Music Publishing) (in 1991)
referred to in medleys:Beauty and the Beast Medley (order: 1)
Highlights from Beauty and the Beast (for concert band, arranged by John Moss) (order: 1)
later translated versions:La Belle et la Bête (Prologue)
Prolog
part of:Beauty and the Beast (stage musical)
Beauty and the Beast (1991 Disney animated film soundtrack and score) (order: 1)
La Bella y la Bestia (1991 Disney animated film soundtrack, Spanish version) (order: 1)
La Bella y la Bestia (1991 Disney animated film soundtrack, Latin American Spanish version) (order: 1)