Howard Ashman was a songwriter who gained notoriety for stage musicals such as Smile and Little Shop of Horrors. The first Disney movie he worked on was The Little Mermaid. He co-wrote the film’s most ...

The Little Mermaid remake is doing a lot of new things including adding an extra hour, giving Eric a mom, and bringing in new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda (including one for Scuttle, because, sure!).

The song is one of the most famous from the original animated Little Mermaid, with Ariel excitedly dreaming of life on land and trying to get a handle on some human vocabulary. Over a lush orchestral ...