world · NPR ↗

Composer PHILIP GLASS

NPR Reviewed Jun 30, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors

Citation-ready fact

The film adaptation of "La Belle et la Bete" was released in 1946.

1946 year · film adaptation

Article, author

View source ↗

Citation-ready fact

The score includes four voices.

4 · voices

GLASS, composer

View source ↗

Citation-ready fact

The reviewer called the score "a beautiful, superbly integrated work".

Time, reviewer

View source ↗

Citation-ready fact

The score is available on Nonesuch Rec.

Article, author

View source ↗

Composer PHILIP GLASS. His latest work is a new score for the 1946 Jean Cocteau film adaptation of "La Belle et la Bete" ("Beauty and the Beast"). GLASS' score includes four voices who sing a libretto, based on the screenplay. GLASS has toured the live music-film event in Europe and the United States. One reviewer called it "a beautiful, superbly integrated work." (Time, Dec. 19, 1994). (The score is available on Nonesuch Rec

This article was originally published by NPR ↗. citations.press indexes the source-backed facts above and links to the original. Something wrong? Corrections policy · Report an error