Beast: And in my twisted face There's not the slightest trace Of anything that even hints of kindness And from my tortured shape No comfort, no escape I see, but deep within is utter blindness Hopeless As my dream dies As the time flies Love a lost illusion Helpless Unforgiven Cold and driven To this sad conclusion No beauty could move me No goodness improve me No power on earth, if I can't love her No passion could reach me No lesson could teach me How I could have loved her and make her love me too If I can't love her, then who? Long ago I should have seen All the things I could have been Careless and unthinking, I moved onward No pain could be deeper No life could be cheaper No point anymore, if I can't love her No spirit could win me No hope left within me Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free But it's not to be If I can't love her Let the world be done with me.
OblivionHelena To me, he's completely convinced that there's no hope anymore. The ending of the song is practically suicidal. His conviction isn't really a good thing is this circumstance
Oh of course, it's definitely not a good thing for the character. It's really tragic. I was simply referring to the way the lines were sung and the acting ability of Terrence Mann.
I see it as a declaration that he WILL learn to love her, with the kind of all-or-nothing approach that involves taking a risk on your last hope. I think it's a shift in attitude from the beginning of the song, when he was melancholy and tragic and hopeless. It does sound triumphant, and I think that's intentional as he gathers the resolve to learn to love her.
You really don't love someone until you are ready to die for them. It's why this song is SO MUCH BETTER for this part of this movie than Evermore. If he can't love Belle, than there is no more reason to live...and it would be a worthy death. I would even go so far as to say that Evermore isn't about Belle at all. That if you listen to the words divorced from the context...it could just as easily be sung about the Enchantress...
The bridge of this song is so great (well, the whole song is so great). I love when Alan Menken - or any composer - takes a motif I've always loved and puts lyrics to it :)
This song is soooooooo haunting and beautiful... And Terrence Mann voice is so powerful, moving and yet so soothing!!! I hear it every night before going to sleep and works like a charm!
Did anyone ever notice that Gaston’s first song ends the same way? With the word “Me,” held at an F note, just like this one? At this point Gaston and Beast had changed roles, and I think this was the perfect subtle symbolism
And Alex Bourne and Earl Carpenter did that (in the 1999 West End show with Annalene Beechey as Belle and in the 2001 UK Tour with Dianne Pilkington as Belle)
Katie Freisem I’m with you totally! It’s fun to play loud on a good sound system! I was so disappointed when the movie came out, and they replaced it with a song I didn’t care for! The orchestration on the Stage production is so great too!! ❤️
I remember performing this show in high school, and I had the honor of being the first person of color in my school to play a role that is mainly portrayed by caucasians. My beast always made me cry with this song, and I would always cry backstage and feel like a jerk as Belle for not understanding the beast at this point in the play.
my school is doing this musical, and I'm in the pit so I just came back from the ten hour tech day. in my school, so many of the leads are people of color - Belle and the Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Gaston, Lefou, Babette. I think it helps that my school is so diverse, and it's just nice to me that the lead of the show looks like someone I could see myself in as a little kid. but yeah, seeing your comment just reminded me of that thought I had earlier today
My school did Beauty and the Beast this year and this was my absolute favourite song I would just stop and listen whenever this song was being sung, and our Beast worked soooo hard on it and it sounded perfect
I hope I can live up to this song and the work put into it by others. Unfortunately I am female and don't have the correct vocal range so hopefully it won't sound to bad with my voice.
I agree! This reminds me of Javert's suicide scene partially because Terrence Mann was the original Javert in broadway's Les Miserables. Also, the conflicting emotion in this song is just incredible.
Terrence's voice is so beautiful. I feel like he's one of those actors that have been forgotten about after all these years and I hate it 😔 He's play so many iconic rolls and I will forever love him.
Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables are 3 of my favorite musicals and they all take place in France. I guess I just need to go to France someday
when they play the theme music from the movie prologue at 2:22, that's when it becomes perfect - the next time you watch the movie, you remember his words as it starts the story: Long ago I should have seen All the things I could have been
The first time I listened to this I was taken aback by the "No spirit could win me" part. Part of it was I didn't expect a song for The Beast to go up so high, part of it was that...damn, that's some seriously good singing.
So disappointed this wasn't in the movie. The one that he sang in its place didn't even come close to the caliber of this song. I missed it so much. This one and Home. Also Gaston's song wasn't in it. Disappointing. That's why I'm here right now. Just to hear the original Broadway cast. I saw the show on Broadway three times the year it came out in 1994. I told everyone how wonderful it was, so so many people went to NYC to see it. A great year. The original Broadway cast did such a great job. When I saw it, I said GASTON LIVES! That guy was great! The movie Gaston was okay, but this Broadway Gaston was superb. All of them were.
You know... After listening to this and Evermore, I really understand why they wrote a new song. This is a VERY theater song. The entire make up of the song was clearly written for performance on a stage. I actually get a pretty strong Phantom of the Opera vibe from it. So it makes sense for them to write a song more meant for a theatrical presence.
I completely agree! I love both songs, but Evermore fits a more mature Beast, and the place it comes in just makes sense for a film. I do however HATE that the Live Action doesn't even show Beast's remorse for scaring Belle out of the castle. The musical gives us an entire song about that regret, and how awful he feels, the cartoon shows us a brief moment of him chastising himself, but the live action just cuts away, giving us nothing until he comes to save her. It was so disappointing.
yeah.... I mean Evermore was a perfectly fine song, and the new movie wasn't terrible, but I don't get why they made new songs when they could've done the stage version.
I was the Beast in a recent production a few days ago, and I was absolutely honored to sing this song. I'm still plucking the leftover Spirit Gum from my face. So worth it.10/10 would do again.
This song makes me so incredibly sad, but the character development is amazing, and his voice is so fantastic!! I would love to perform this song one day, even if I am a girl :)
This song could be perfect for Erik (the phantom of the opera) too and songs like this just make me want to give them both a big hug and let them know that someone is there for them
I may be remembering wrong, but I think at one point Erik(the Phantom) was thinking in thoughts similar to this song...particularly near the end of the book.
Oh my the oboe right at 2:00 pierces my band nerd heart. Maybe it's just me loving my own instrument but oboe is so perfect at expressing the emotion of this song especially.
Terrence Mann is the best Beast and he shows so much emotion. I still can't believe he was Frank 'N' Furter and in Addams Family, this is in my opinion his best role I've seen him in
I remember singing this for my high school play auditions when we were doing Beauty and the Beast over 5 years ago. And I remembered every time I sang that song, I was moved with the lyrics and piano that played with it. And I teared up before the ‘if I can’t love her then who?’ part. And it end up being soo good, that my director cried on my audition for the Beast. And it would go out to be and I quote from my old director ‘The best high school play I’ve ever produced in my life’. Many good memories from that play, which I can always look back and say, ‘I did that’.
I had the honor of playing Beast in Beauty and the Beast. I'm sad that after hearing this song I didn't cry when I watched the musical. When I saw the live action movie, I balled my eyes out at Evermore. I don't know why but Evermore to me is more impactful. It's just my opinion. But I really love this song and I would love to hear Dan Stevens sing it. Maybe then I'd cry? I don't know but I do hope that someday, when I see someone play Beast, that I'll ball my eyes out at this song.
I personally love the score (one of the hardest that we have performed) and we found this playlist to be VERY helpful to us to get an idea of what the singers are doing and our particular instruments, so thanks for posting this :)
km valentine I don't think it was written for the movie at the time the movie came out, it was written specifically for the Broadway show........it's a gorgeous song!
Adam King Actually none of the stage songs are in the live action version. Rather than this they are having the beast sing the song "Evermore" which I think doesn't really compare to this song.
I think Evermore actually sounded very similar to this song and it kinda felt like they were just writing a different version of this song. Evermore was good but to me it felt like they were kinda rewriting the same song to be eligible for an Oscar.
I just got cast as Beast in my local theatre's production of B&B. First few rehearsals have been a blast!! This is such a beautiful song and it is so much fun to sing. I'm very excited for this show. It's the second show I've ever done, and the second lead I've gotten and I am quite proud of myself.
@@MarianaGarciaGrijalva I was so excited watching the movie bc the intro to evermore sounds like this song so I was like OMG THEY PUT IT IN THE MO-...this ...this isn't the same song... *pouts* *rewinds the movie and actually listens to the words*...Hm... Fine... I love this one too.. xD
I worked tech on this musical in high school. To this day I’ve never heard anyone sing this better than our actor for Beast. Teared up every single rehearsal and every single show. Oh how I wish I could hear it again. The actor’s name was Tino Zapata.
Love Terrence Mann so much. On a side note, maybe it's because Hunchback is the next suggested video, but I think Terry would make a great Frollo. I also just want to hear him sing Hellfire.
Kyle Vanwinkler break a leg and have fun!!!! It's a great roll and I'm sure you would do great!!! Just remember "Acting is one side of a person. Look for all the sides of a person on and off stage"
I was fortunate enough to see this live. Not in New York, but Oklahoma City. It was magnificent and truly a wonder to behold. I was also very young around the age of seven.
I have been cast for beast and I must say he might be the one of the hardest characters to become. I have been the dentist in the little shop of horrors and he was so much easier then beast. Beast is a very sad hurt character but yet has to be fearsome and Orin (the dentist) was a ladies man and was evil kind of like Gaston. And I hope that I can do it. If anyone has tips I am very willing to try them.
I act back and forth between man-like and beast-like depending on the scene. If he's being gentle and kind, stand as if you're a human. However, during ranting scenes where he yells, I tend to stoop or even crouch, and run low to the ground. Carry your arms out, shoulders wide, etc. I hope that this advice may help :) do what's most comfortable for you though.
SGP Productions I have not played Beast, but from productions I have seen, bmanfugitt and you both have great ideas. Find balance in human vs animal movement. And this may just be me but towards where Beast and Belle's feelings blossom and open more (around Something There I think.) he acts a bit nervous when told to do nice things like compliment Belle's dress (think like nervous school boy but not too campy) also But of course play Beast as you see him for me what sold Beast for me on an emotional level was how during Something There he seemed to open up very much because he confided to Belle that he could not read and they relate on how odd and alone both feel but bond like little kids over a book.
my high school did this musical last year. one of my friends was the beast and he absolutely loved this song and did it sooo amazingly. he was so talented but he graduated in the spring-- miss you isaac!
En mi deforme faz, ni un rastro queda ya de lo que un día pudo ser ternura. Tengo un aspecto cruel, no puedo huir de él. Hay luz, mas no consigo verla nunca. Sólo, olvidado, como el tiempo que pasó de largo. Sigo despreciado, condenado, nunca perdonado. No existe belleza, no queda grandeza que me hagan cambiar si no puedo amarla. ¿Quién puede ayudarme, quién puede enseñarme cómo he de ganar su corazón también? Si no es ella ¡no habrá quién! Tiempo atrás debí saber todo cuanto pude ser si yo hubiera sido bondadoso... No hay pena en el mundo ni mal más profundo que al fin aceptar que no puedo amarla. No queda esperanza, no llego a alcanzarla si no es su amor el que me libere al fin. Ya que es así y no puedo amar... ¡que el mundo esté sin mí!
I wish people would stop saying that this song would work for Erik/ The Phantom. There is a huge difference between Beast and Erik. This song is about how Beast can't find joy in anything in his life because he is too selfish to try at first. Anyone who has seen or read Phantom knows that Erik is actually closer to Gaston.
I wouldn't say he's *closer* to Gaston, more of a mix between the two. His role in the story is the Beast figure, but he's pretty delusional (just how much so depending on whether you're referring to the book or the musical version) and believes he deserves the girl, much like Gaston. However, in a version of the story where Erik is just a tad-bit less unstable and a bit more, well, depressed, like a lot of people like to portray him, I feel like this could definitely work.
I'm singing this song for vocal lessons (I changed all the hers to hims) and I absolutely love this song! ;A; I cry every time, I swear. I made my vocal teacher cry
We did Beauty and the Beast this year, and I played violin in Pit Orchestra. This was by far my favorite song of the show and our Beast would make me cry every time he sang it. He worked so hard on it and I am so proud of him!
A couple months ago my school did Beauty and the Beast as our spring musical where I was originally cast to play Cogsworth but then 2 months into rehearsal our Beast had to drop out which led to me taking over the role and one of my good friends who was in the ensemble taking over my part so during next the month I learned part of The Beast and during that time I was nervous because it was the first time being a replacement and it was my first time playing the lead role but thanks to the amazing support from my friends and cast mates I was able to get through and it became my favorite role and show I've been in and this song was definitely my favorite song to learn and perform. ❤🌹🥀
You know, I get the enchantress wanted to change the prince and all, but maybe she could wait until he was older? He was so young he forgot how to read, so she pretty much ruined a child's life to prove a point. Gaston isn't the true villain. It's the enchantress.
