The Phantom of the Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

• Artist : Andrew Lloyd-Webber
• Binding : Audio CD
• Creator : Andrew Lloyd-Webber
• EAN : 0827969352120
• Format : Soundtrack
• Label : Sony Music CMG
• Languages : Original Language: English, Original Language: French, Original Language: Italian, Original Language: Spanish
• Manufacturer : Sony Music CMG
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.40 inches (Height) x 5.60 inches (Length) x 0.20 pounds (Weight) x 4.90 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Sony Music CMG
• Release Date : 2004-12-06
• Running Time : 143
• SKU : MBB-B000654YWY-2-
• Studio : Sony Music CMG
• UPC : 827969352120

For better or worse, Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of Gaston Leroux's gothic horror/romance novel has done for stage musicals what Spielberg's Jaws did for fish stories, with worldwide sales of its original cast album approaching 25 million. While director Joel Schumacher's film turns on his typically ambitious visual verve, its new film soundtrack recording has been paradoxically focused in scope, yet beefed up dynamically via the brawny presence of a hundred piece orchestra and The London Boys Choir. This single disc version showcases all of Phantom's key songs (a deluxe, double-disc edition is also available), with Gerard Butler imparting a welcome, youthful sensuality to his Phantom, making a fine foil for Emily Rossum's ever-conflicted Christine. Original show orchestrator David Cullen has fashioned compelling new contemporary arrangements to frame Webber's songs--which now conclude with the lilting, upbeat new ballad he wrote for the film, "Learn to Be Lonely," sung by Minnie Driver's Carlotta. --Jerry McCulley

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Down Once More
  • 2: Track Down This Murderer
  • 3: Overture
  • 4: Think of Me
  • 5: Angel of Music
  • 6: The Mirror (Angel of Music)
  • 7: The Phantom of the Opera
  • 8: The Music of the Night
  • 9: Prima Donna
  • 10: All I Ask of You
  • 11: All I Ask of You (Reprise)
  • 12: Masquerade
  • 13: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
  • 14: The Point of No Return
  • 15: Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer
  • 16: Learn to be Lonely

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