In Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which song won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song?

In Disney's Beauty and the Beast, “Beauty and the Beast” won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Angela Lansbury performs the song in the film as Mrs. Potts, during the ballroom scene where Belle and the Beast begin to fall in love.

Alan Menken composed the music and Howard Ashman wrote the lyrics. The award recognized the song from the 1991 animated film, although Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson's pop end-credits recording became the version many listeners know best. The film's other nominated songs included “Be Our Guest” and “Belle.”

The Oscar was presented at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. Beauty and the Beast was also nominated for Best Picture, making it the first animated feature nominated in that category under the Academy's original Best Picture system. The song's waltz-like presentation became one of the film's defining musical moments.