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Here is "How Does a Moment Last Forever," written for Disney's 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice, as sung by Celine Dion.
This live performance, Dion's first live performance of the song, comes from the May 24, 2017 performance of her residency show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. The video was first shared on the official Beauty and the Beast Facebook page.
Rice and Menken had previously worked together on the Broadway adaptation of the piece (due to death of original lyricist Howard Ashman). Dion had also worked on the piece, singing the end credits / single version of the title song of the original animated film, earning a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal with duet partner Peabo Bryson.
When first approached by Walt Disney Studios' president of music and soundtracks, Mitchell Leib, to perform the track, Dion was reluctant to revisit the material after the death of her husband René Angélil, saying in the "Making a Moment" featurette on the film's Blu-Ray, "Emotionally, I was not ready for that. I did not want to. [...] It's very difficult for me to make decisions with the things I've done with him."
To help convince her, Lieb took a cut of the film out to Las Vegas to show Dion. In an interview with Billboard, Lieb said that, after he showed the film to her, "We had this great philosophical conversation until 2:00 in the morning. Celine has such a tie to the original, she was working out in her head right then and there, as to if she should do it or leave well enough alone.”
The singer states on Making a Moment, "I watched the movie, and it was amazing. I listened to the song, 'How Does a Moment Last Forever.' I lived with the song. I had to give an answer, and I'm very proud that I decided to go ahead."
Dion agreed to record the song, working with producer Humberto Gatica, and singing to a pre-recorded music track, featuring a 100-piece orchestra cut when the rest of the score was recorded.