Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack) a lullaby, Ashman and Menken conceived "Beauty and the Beast" as "a song that could have a life outside the movie." The film's final musical number, "The Mob Song", was written as what Menken described as "a macho adventure underscore". 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
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) record for the most nominations for an animated film with "WALL-E" (2008), although, with three nominations in the Best Original Song category, "Beauty and the Beast"s nominations span only four categories, while "WALL-E"s nominations cover six individual categories. While "The Little Mermaid" was the first to be nominated, "Beauty and the Beast" became the first animated film to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. This feat was later repeated by "The Lion King" and "Toy Story 2". In 2002, "Beauty and the Beast" was added to the United States National Film Registry as