
At one point, a lantern floats very low and near the boat and Rapunzel gently guides it back up to the sky. The romantic moment/scene has often been compared to the famous, romantic ballroom dance from Beauty and the Beast, the Kiss the Girl scene from The Little Mermaid and A Whole New World from Aladdin. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written For Visual Media as well as Best Song at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. "I See the Light" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, becoming composer Alan Menken's fourteenth nomination in the category, but lost to Randy Newman's " We Belong Together" from Disney.
The song was eventually scrapped and replaced by two new songs, Gothel's "Mother Knows Best" and a duet between lovers Rapunzel and Flynn called "I See the Light".
Originally, Menken and Slater wrote a song called "You Are My Forever", which was to be sung to Rapunzel first by Mother Gothel in a motherly way, and then by Flynn in a romantic rendition. I know I should've given it to you earlier, but I was just scared, and the thing is, I'm not so scared anymore.ĭisney Peaceful Piano - I See the Light (Audio Only)-2 Trivia
(Rapunzel turns around and Eugene (Flynn) is holding two floating lights.