The Mob Song

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"The Mob Song" is a rousing, villain-driven ensemble number from Disney's Beauty and the Beast in which the townspeople are incited to storm the Beast’s castle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
characterPerformedBy Gaston NERFINISHED
Lefou NERFINISHED
Townspeople
composer Alan Menken NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor Walt Disney Pictures NERFINISHED
film Beauty and the Beast NERFINISHED
followsInFilm Something There NERFINISHED
franchise Disney’s Beauty and the Beast franchise NERFINISHED
genre film score
musical theatre
show tune
incitesEvent attack on the Beast’s castle
includedIn Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack NERFINISHED
lyricFeature call to arms
chant-like refrains
lyricist Howard Ashman NERFINISHED
medium animated film
musicalFeature choral arrangement
march rhythm
narrativeRole climactic song
ensemble number
villain song
originalLanguage English
partOf Beauty and the Beast (1991 film soundtrack) NERFINISHED
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) NERFINISHED
partOfWork Beauty and the Beast NERFINISHED
performer Chorus of villagers
Jesse Corti NERFINISHED
Richard White NERFINISHED
portraysCharacter Gaston as demagogue
precedesInFilm Battle at the castle sequence
productionCompany Walt Disney Feature Animation NERFINISHED
recordLabel Walt Disney Records NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1991
sequenceSetting French provincial town
road to the Beast’s castle
sungIn Beauty and the Beast (1991 animated film) NERFINISHED
theme fear of the unknown
mob mentality
prejudice
violence
title The Mob Song NERFINISHED

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LeFou in Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) featuredInSong The Mob Song
subject surface form: LeFou (Beauty and the Beast, 2017 film)