Who composed music for the original Beauty in the Beast (1991) and a song titled, "Human Again" that was used for Beauty and the Beast (2002)?
Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Aladdin" (1992), and "Pocahontas" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), "Newsies" (1992), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), "Hercules" (1997), "Home on the Range" (2004), "Enchanted" (2007), "Tangled" (2010) and "Sausage Party" (2016), among others. He is also known for his work on musical theatre works for Broadway and elsewhere. Some of these are based on his Disney films, but other stage hits include "Little Shop of Horrors" (1982), "A Christmas Carol" (1994) and "Sister Act" (2009).
Hikari (Utada Hikaru song) "Hikari" (Japanese: 光 , "light") is a song recorded by Japanese–American recording artist Utada Hikaru for her fourth studio and third Japanese language album, "Deep River" (2002). It premiered on March 20, 2002 as the third single from the album in Japan. It was written and composed by Utada, whilst production and arrangement was handled by Utada, her father Teruzane Utada, and long-time collaborator Miyake Akira. The single, and a remix by Russell McNamara (under the alias PlanitB), was used as the official Japanese theme song for the 2002 action role-playing video game "Kingdom Hearts", and appeared on its original soundtrack respectively. Musically, "Hikari" is pop folk song. Lyrically, it is about mysteries in life and human activities.