This 2017 live action film was inspired by the 1991 Disney animated classic and its successful score penned by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman . Its soundtrack features songs from the original film as well as new material written by Menken and Tim Rice . This piano/vocal/guitar folio includes a new version of the title track “ Beauty and the Beast ” as sung by Ariana Grande and John Legend, as well as a new original performed by Celine Dion, “ How Does a Moment Last Forever ” plus: Aria, Be Our Guest, Belle, Days in the Sun, Evermore, Gaston, The Mob Song and Something There .