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Without a doubt, Beauty and the Beast. The songs and score are simply amazing.
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So many good ones and with many different styles. For me, its The Incredibles. The jazzy infused score could stand on its own and easily be played on jazz stations.
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For me, by far, it's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Songs and score are beyond great, imo.
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So many good ones and with many different styles. For me, its The Incredibles. The jazzy infused score could stand on its own and easily be played on jazz stations.
Well technically that's Pixar. 
I understand your distinction, but the first word on screen is Walt Disney.
So we're looking for "Walt Disney Pictures" films that are animated. Including Mary Poppins and Bednobs and Broomsticks. Tron?
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SNOW WHITE is a work of art, and originally geared for an adult audience. Very serious orchestral underscore, with what can only be described as immortal songs.
I also love BAMBI, with its amazing choral work by Ken Darby, before he transferred to Fox. Darby used his chorus as the "Voice of the Forest," particularly in that amazing, multiplane first shot, tracking through the deep woods.
Of the more modern scores, I'd have to agree that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is also a masterwork, with score and songs combining to make a great experience.
However, my favorite Disney score, and one which I doubt will ever be re-recorded is still Leigh Harline's magnificent score for the short THE OLD MILL (1937). A mini-symphony, it still lingers in the mind, along with all those haunting images, when the multiplane camera was first used. (Essentially, THE OLD MILL was an exercise in techniques for the multiplane camera, and it shows. Sadly, the incredible depth of this camera work is lost on a small screen. When I saw this film in a theatre, at the Whitney Museum in New York, back in 1982, during the Disney retrospective, I was enthralled by the sense of depth they were able to achieve. The cartoon won the Oscar in 1937, and Disney also got a special Oscar for the camera.)
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