Question:  "Belle" is a song for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast", released in which year, the song was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Elliott Ashman, an American playwright and lyricist?

<P0-S0>  Originally recorded by American actress and singer Paige O'Hara and American actor Richard White, "Belle", a mid-tempo French and classical music-inspired song, incorporates both Broadway and musical theatre elements. <P0-S1> "Belle" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). <P0-S2>  The film's first song and opening number, "Belle" appears during "Beauty and the Beast "as a large scale operetta-style production number that introduces the film's heroine Belle, considered a book-loving nonconformist by the townspeople of the village, who has grown weary of the provincial life in which she is supposed to live, and Gaston, the film's narcissistic villain who wishes to desire her hand in marriage despite Belle's rejections. <SEP> <P1-S0>  He collaborated with Alan Menken on several works and is most widely known for several animated feature films for Disney, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Menken composed the music. <P1-S1> Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and lyricist. <P1-S2>  Ashman and Menken began their collaboration with the musical "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" (1979), for which Ashman directed and wrote both book and lyrics. <P1-S3>  Their next musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" (1982) for which Ashman again directed and wrote both book and lyrics, became a long-running success and led to a 1986 feature film. <P1-S4>  The partnership's first Disney film was "The Little Mermaid" (1989), followed by "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). <P1-S5>  After his death, some of Ashman's songs were included in another Disney film, "Aladdin" (1992). <SEP> <P2-S0> "Something There" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures 30th animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). <P2-S1>  Sung by the majority of the film's main cast, the song was recorded by American actors Paige O'Hara as Belle and Robby Benson as the Beast via voice over, featuring actors Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury and David Ogden Stiers as Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth, respectively. <P2-S2>  The only song performed by the Beast, "Something There" is heard midway through "Beauty and the Beast "during a scene in which Belle and the Beast finally begin to acknowledge their own feelings for each other. <SEP> <P3-S0> "Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). <P3-S1>  Recorded by American actor Jerry Orbach and English actress Angela Lansbury as Lumiere and Mrs. Potts, respectively, "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale Broadway-inspired musical number that takes place during the first half of "Beauty and the Beast", performed by the castle's staff of enchanted objects in an elaborate attempt to welcome Belle. <P3-S2>  Menken initially intended for the melody of "Be Our Guest" to be temporary but was ultimately unable to compose a satisfying one with which to replace it. <P3-S3>  The song had originally been intended for Belle's father Maurice. <P3-S4>  However, "Be Our Guest" had to be entirely re-written as the story evolved in order to return its focus to Belle.