What is the classical song that sounds like the prologue to Beauty and the Beast?

Question

Very vague, I know. But I keep hearing it randomly and never figure out what it is. It was also featured in one of the AFI countdowns I believe (while they are recapping--all I remember is the Buster Keaton "train" scene from The General). I think I've heard it on Baby Einstein too.

Answer 1

If you're talking about the part at the beginning of the movie where the narrator gives the story background, it's probably an excerpt of "Aquariums," from Camille Saint-Saens 'Carnival Of The Animals."

It was also used on a FedEx commercial some years ago.