Beauty and the Beast (Disney song) returned to Disney as a special guest to host various segments for certain "Beauty and the Beast" re-releases. In addition to establishing Bryson as a mainstream recording artist, the singer has since returned to Disney on two separate occasions to record pop versions of "A Whole New World" and "As Long as There's Christmas", the theme songs of the animated films "Aladdin" (1992) and "" (1997), respectively, both of which are duets. Although "A Whole New World" was very successful, "Beauty and the Beast" remains a larger hit for the singer. Bryson also included "Beauty and the Beast" on some
EastEnders theme tune called "Pat's Theme", played out at the end of the character's last episode broadcast on 1 January 2012. An "EastEnders" spokesperson told Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy, "It's only right that as we say goodbye to the iconic Pat Evans we pay tribute to such a character with a wonderfully touching special theme tune." The theme features a piano and no other instruments. It was also used as the opening theme to a documentary show, "EastEnders: Farewell Pat", that aired on BBC1. The theme is an iconic piece of music in the UK. A 2000 UK poll named it as