The deleted scene of the showtune "prologue" starts out with a reverent and beautiful ballad, before it erupts into an over-the-top show tune that practically bastardizes the very meaning of Dia de los Muertos. Dia de los Muertos is meant to be a personal holiday, meant to reverently pray and visit dead family members. This could have been intended to foreshadow how Ernesto took something as personal as "Remember me", and twisted into something flashy and showy to garner attention. There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, right after Ernesto takes the now-dead Héctor's songbook and flips through it, where "Remember Me" (and "The World Es Mi Familia") is shown. The song notes above the notation state "simply, tenderly," as lullabies are sung. This sets up for when Héctor sings it as it should have been performed (instead of the bombastic, over the top ballad Ernesto turned it into). Doubles as well to point out subtly that Ernesto may have taken Héctor's songs, but he didn't have the talent or skill to ever perform any of them how they should have been done and it's likely that none of the songs were ever sang properly by Ernesto the way Héctor intended for them.

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