The thing about comparing the music of Frozen to other animated music features is that it was not as emotionally touching and charming as many songs I have seen at the beginning of these films. "Part of Your World" also falls into this category; and technically Hercules leads off with the big showstopping Gospel Truth lady singers, but "Go the Distance" is our main character's big song moment. "Belle" not only gives us her sweet backstory, but also an introduction to some of the other characters, notebly Gaston and his buffoon sidekick. And my top favorite for lead off numbers is "Deliver Us" from The Prince of Egypt. I recently rewatched this (it's been a while) and got the soundtrack to replace my worn out one. The opening song is the definition of epic. Hugely epic. Of course, Frozen could have taken a cue from it; if you want epic and big music sound and emotion, like Wicked (is this not what they were going for?), you get Steven Schwartz and Hans Zimmer. But Frozen has poppy little tweenage girl sound, and maybe they were going for that. I do not know.
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