History AwesomeMusic / TheLittleMermaid

!![[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid The Animated Series]]
* The song "In Harmony" from the television series episode "The Evil Manta". Ariel completely derails the Manta's plans and drives him away, all with a single upbeat song. It was also awesome enough to be included in one of the ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' tapes.

!![[Disney/TheLittleMermaid The Disney Movie]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Sebastian managed to make romantic music ''on the fly''.]]

* The [[https://youtu.be/hHyC100Wm88 opening/end credits]] music.
* While the songs in the sequel may not be near as memorable as the songs in the original, the song "For a Moment", a SoloDuet between Melody and Ariel, proves to be quite a feel-good standout, especially since Creator/TaraStrong really demonstrates her amazing singing talent.
* [[VillainSong Ursula's song]] "[[https://youtu.be/Gi58pN8W3hY Poor Unfortunate Souls]]" was the most breathtaking, show-stealing moment of ''The Little Mermaid''. Not to mention the sheer awesomeness that is her EvilLaugh. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzNLJOEBU_E French version]] is incredible too, thanks to Micheline Dax's performance. [[https://youtu.be/UfREnHzbwX8 Howard Ashman's demo]] is more epic because of Howard singing Creator/TimCurry [[EvilIsHammy Style]] and some great vocal inflections.
* "[[https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA Under The Sea]]", the musical number that firmly announced that Disney animation, after years of cultural near-irrelevance, was ''back''. Not only that, but "Under the Sea" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
* "[[https://youtu.be/SXKlJuO07eM Part of Your World]]" and its [[https://youtu.be/5Keal_UfT6o reprise]] mean ''so'' many things to ''so'' many people.
* [[https://youtu.be/EcyhVHrmlMU Les Poissons]] is [[VillainSong sinister]], catchy as hell, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] all at the same time.
* [[https://youtu.be/TrRbB-qUJfY "Kiss the Girl"]] is not only fantastically memorable, it's also one of the most unique love songs in the entire Disney canon thanks to Sebastian's Caribbean-esque arrangement, making it a totally different style of romantic from most of the more traditionally orchestral love songs heard in their other movies.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO0aC_syaY Destruction of the Grotto.]] It begins with a hard MoodWhiplash from happy innocence to dumbstruck fear, and the music, symbolizing Triton's TranquilFury, only grows in intensity before exploding into a piece of heart-stopping terror. In the Broadway musical, its replacement ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWT6YubGbC0 "The World Above Reprise"]]) is an epic and emotional yet brief song for Triton--probably one of the only times he sang.
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQsECA7RZU Bedtime]]".
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LnJzSKSIQg Jig/Fireworks]]".
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDhH5foKRI Fathoms Below]]".
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmLRHnoSAs Kiss The Girl]]", Academy Award nominee.
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHRg0cSGc Happy Endings]]".
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* The singing that Ariel does when Ursula takes her voice - and then uses to seduce Eric. It sounds like a real-life version of Siren song. And it becomes even ''more'' awesome when the shell breaks and Ariel gets her voice back.
* From the ScreenToStageAdaptation:
** Ariel gets a wondrous Act I opener in the form of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuRFspeF7I "The World Above"]], which leads into an extended version of "Fathoms Below".
** The revised production gives Ursula a new introductory VillainSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6QH6OiaWcw "Daddy's Little Angel"]], which tells her StartOfDarkness backstory and her revenge plot against Triton and his daughters.
** Ariel's sisters sing the Motown-style number [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJI-r3SEyQg "She's in Love"]] following her rescue of Eric.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I8fpGo0xIM "Her Voice"]] is Eric's answer to "Part of Your World".
** Scuttle and the gulls have the catchy tapdance number "Positoovity" as Ariel learns to walk as a human.
** Ariel's InnerMonologue song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trY707QMOtM "Beyond My Wildest Dreams"]] describes her astonishment with the human world.
** In Eric's "One Step Closer", the mute Ariel learns dancing as a language.
** TheElevenOClockNumber "If Only" is a Distant Quartet where Ariel, Eric, Triton, and Sebastian lament their inability to communicate their desires to one another.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APdDLNpeztw Finale Ultimo]], following a TriumphantReprise of "If Only", gives us a glorious ''extended'' triumphant reprise of "Part of Your World".

* [[https://youtu.be/EcyhVHrmlMU Les Poissons]] is [[VillainSong sinister]], [[EarWorm Catchy as hell]], and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] all at the same time.
* [[https://youtu.be/TrRbB-qUJfY "Kiss the Girl"]] is not only fantastically [[EarWorm memorable]], it's also one of the most unique love songs in the entire Disney canon thanks to Sebastian's Caribbean-esque arrangement, making it a totally different style of romantic from most of the more traditionally orchestral love songs heard in their other movies.

* Both of these movies have some excellent covers of famous songs such as "Three Little Birds" and "Hot Hot Hot". You can tell Samuel E. Wright [[HeReallyCanAct legitimately had a good time singing in them]]. No wonder Sebastian just wanted to write songs in the first movie.

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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHyC100Wm88 opening/end credits]] music.

* [[VillainSong Ursula's song]] "[[https://youtu.be/Gi58pN8W3hY Poor Unfortunate Souls]]" was the most breathtaking, show-stealing moment of ''The Little Mermaid''. Not to mention the sheer awesomeness that is her EvilLaugh. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzNLJOEBU_E French version]] is incredible too, thanks to Micheline Dax's performance. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfREnHzbwX8 Howard Ashman's demo]] is more epic because of Howard singing Creator/TimCurry [[EvilIsHammy Style]] and some great vocal inflections.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcyhVHrmlMU Les Poissons]] is [[VillainSong sinister]], [[EarWorm Catchy as hell]], and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] all at the same time.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRbB-qUJfY "Kiss the Girl"]] is not only fantastically [[EarWorm memorable]], it's also one of the most unique love songs in the entire Disney canon thanks to Sebastian's Caribbean-esque arrangement, making it a totally different style of romantic from most of the more traditionally orchestral love songs heard in their other movies.

* [[VillainSong Ursula's song]] "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg Poor Unfortunate Souls]]" was the most breathtaking, show-stealing moment of ''The Little Mermaid''. Not to mention the sheer awesomeness that is her EvilLaugh. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzNLJOEBU_E French version]] is incredible too, thanks to Micheline Dax's performance. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfREnHzbwX8 Howard Ashman's demo]] is more epic because of Howard singing Creator/TimCurry [[EvilIsHammy Style]] and some great vocal inflections.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPQVrjnC1jo Under The Sea]]", the musical number that firmly announced that Disney animation, after years of cultural near-irrelevance, was ''back''. Not only that, but "Under the Sea" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BZp2dxpwF8 Part of Your World]]" and its [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Keal_UfT6o reprise]] mean ''so'' many things to ''so'' many people.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO0aC_syaY Destruction of the Grotto.]] It begins with a hard MoodWhiplash from happy innocence to dumbstruck fear, and the music, symbolizing Triton's TranquilFury, only grows in intensity before exploding into piece of heart-stopping terror. In the Broadway musical, its replacement ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWT6YubGbC0 "The World Above Reprise"]]) is an epic and emotional yet brief song for Triton--probably one of the only times he sang.

* The singing that Ariel does when Ursula takes her voice - and then uses to seduce Eric. It sounds like a real life version of Siren song. And it becomes even ''more'' awesome when the shell breaks and Ariel gets her voice back.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO0aC_syaY Destruction of the Grotto.]] It begins with a hard MoodWhiplash from happy innocence to dumbstruck fear, and the music, symbolizing Triton's TranquilFury, only grows in intensity before exploding into piece of heart-stopping terror. In the Broadway musical, its replacement ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWT6YubGbC0 "The World Above Reprise"]]) is an epic and emotional yet brief song for Triton--probably one of the only times he sung.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO0aC_syaY Destruction of the Grotto.]] It begins with a hard MoodWhiplash from happy innocence to dumbstruck fear, and the music, symbolizing Triton's TranquilFury, only grows in intensity before exploding into piece of heart-stopping terror. In the Broadway musical, its replacement ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWT6YubGbC0 "The World Above Reprise"]]) is an epic and emotional yet brief song for Triton.

* The song "In Harmony" from the television series episode "The Evil Manta". Ariel completely derails the Manta's plans and drives him away, all with a single upbeat song. It was also awesome enough to be included in one of the ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' tapes.

[[caption-width-right:350:Sebastian managed to make romantic music ''on a fly''.]]

* The song "In Harmony" from the televiosn series episode "The Evil Manta". Ariel completely derails the Manta's plans and drives him away, all with a single upbeat song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRbB-qUJfY "Kiss the Girl"]] is not only fantastically [[EarWorm memorable]], it's also one of the most unique love songs in the entire Disney canon thanks to Sebastian's Carribean-esque arrangement, making it a totally different style of romantic from most of the more traditionally orchestral love songs heard in their other movies.