Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

38 EW.COM FEBRUARY 24/MARCH 3, 2017

Angela Lansbury’s presence alone justifies

a top-five spot, but pairing her elegant

vocals with beautifully simple lyrics about

friendship’s quiet transition into love

makes this a classic that feels, well...as

old as time. —ISABELLA BIEDENHARN

A street rat romances a princess in this
Oscar-winning ballad that melodically
soars and dips like the magic carpet they
ride. It’s an irresistible duet—consider
it Disney’s musical equivalent of a perfect
first date.—SHIRLEY LI

The Bare

Necessities

A Whole

New World

THE JUNGLE BOOK

1967

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST / 1991

ALADDIN / 1992 THE LION KING / 1994

Beauty and the Beast

SUNG BY / Angela Lansbury

WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

SUNG BY / Brad Kane and Lea Salonga

WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Tim Rice

If you’re going to start a film by

uniting an entire kingdom in order to

recognize the miracle of existence,

the soundtrack has to match the power

of the moment. Spoiler: It does.

—SAMANTHA HIGHFILL

Has there ever been a more relentless

earworm? This triumphant power ballad

won an Oscar for Best Original Song and

a Grammy, and reached No. 5 on the charts.

Apparently the cold doesn’t bother us any-

way, either.—SARA VILKOMERSON

WRITTEN BY /

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

FROZEN / 2013

Let It Go

SUNG BY / Idina Menzel

Circle of Life

WRITTEN BY / Elton John and Tim Rice

SUNG BY /

Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.

THE JUNGLE BOOK

: WALT DISNEY PICTURES/EVERETT COLLECTION;

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

: DISNEY