Music magic

The music for Disney's Beauty and the Beast was inspired by the story itself. Belle, Gaston, and the Beast each has his/her own repeating musical motif that tips the audience off as to the character's personality, while other pieces help to reinforce the emotion of the scenes.

Listen to the music from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Then describe the instrument and feeling chosen for each character. Which instruments signal different characters, moods, or feelings?

• Can you pick out which pieces of music signify love scenes, fight scenes, comic scenes?

• What tipped them off (instruments, tempo, volume)?

If you enjoyed this, try it again with other classics based on fairy and folktales. Our suggestions: Play a piece of music from Disney's Beauty and the Beast or from another story-inspired score.

Write or draw your impressions of character, mood, and feeling as they listen to the music.

Watch short sections of videos based on fairy tales, listening carefully to the musical score. Which instruments did the composer favor when expressing:
Sorrow, happiness, laughter, terror, mystery, love, awe, loneliness, excitement, frustration.

| Songs And Lyrics |

| Tale As Old As Time | The Play's The Thing |
| Isn't This Amazing | Be Our Guest | Places To Go |

Adapted From Beauty And The Beast Educational Guide,
Produced By Disney Educational Productions .
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