Here's Every Change Made To The Music In "The Little Mermaid" Live-Action Remake

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The lyric changes here are pretty subtle —  "Possible she want you too, there is one way to ask her" is changed to "Use your words, boy, and ask her." Composer Alan Menken addressed this in April, explaining, "There are some lyric changes in 'Kiss the Girl' because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel]."

More noticeable in this version is that Scuttle and Flounder also sing in this version. Which neatly segues into another minor change: Instead of squawking the love theme from Tchaikovsky’s "Romeo and Juliet" before "Kiss the Girl," Scuttle does an odd rap in the remake. I will not comment further on this.  

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