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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoE7lHKYPQ The Entr'acte]] is a wonderful showcase of several melodies, including "Heaven's Light", "Out There" and "Someday"...all in Latin.
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* The musical's version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE5MahcaYow "God Help the Outcasts"]] is ''stunningly'' beautiful, utilizing the sound of a full congregation singing and harmonizing.

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* The musical's version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE5MahcaYow "God Help the Outcasts"]] is ''stunningly'' beautiful, utilizing using the sound of a full congregation singing and harmonizing.
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* The musical's version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE5MahcaYow "God Help the Outcasts"]] is ''stunningly'' beautiful, utilizing the sound of a full congregation singing and harmonizing.
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* "Einmal" (the German version of "Someday") is quite a powerhouse for the performers.

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* "Einmal" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYzeE48L07s "Einmal"]] (the German version of "Someday") is quite a powerhouse for the performers.
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--> '''Quasimodo''': ...and my one human eye will evermore be dry until the day I die, as if '''I'''... were made of '''stone!'''

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--> '''Quasimodo''': ...and my one human eye will evermore be dry until the day I die, as if '''I'''... were made of '''stone!''''''stone!'''

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* Frollo's "Hellfire". His voice is just great, and the choir is singing in background in Latin, which makes the atmosphere very dramatic. The top of the song comes with Frollo singing "If in God's plan/He made the devil/ So much stronger than a man!" while the choir chants "Mea Maxima Culpa". Just listen to it.

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* Listen to the La Jolla Playhouse cast recording. Just. ''Listen.'' It's loaded with music which successfully manages to range from menacing and sacred to jovial and then sorrowful. These and more make the recording's music hauntingly amazing and perfectly fitting to every single scene in the musical.

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* Listen to the La Jolla Playhouse cast recording. Just. ''Listen.'' It's loaded with music which successfully manages to range from menacing and sacred to jovial and then sorrowful. These and more make the recording's music hauntingly amazing and perfectly fitting to every single scene in the musical.musical.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqMYYXifF4 The opening]] of the [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame stage production]] is something of a rarity, an entrance in which the choir is heavily showcased!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsl1l5HC5Dk "Tanz auf dem Seil"]] (or "Balancing Act" in English), a song exclusive to the German production, is an epic introductory song for Clopin, Esmeralda, and the Roma of Paris. As he welcomes Esmeralda to their clan, Clopin explains to her (and to the audience) how miserable a Roma's life is in Paris, and how they're constantly treated like the scum of the city. While the context of the song is quite sad, the music is grand and and triumphant, signifying that despite their hardships, the Roma will stick together and face discrimination head on, and that it won't stop them from being who they are.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo "Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I "Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost)... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?



* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JZvLjjsYnU Made of Stone]]" is pure TearJerker material, but the last line, "As if I were made of stone!" contains two long notes that are nothing short of awesome. Those two notes (one of which is a [=Bb4=], very high for a male singer) are held while the singer is almost doubled over in Quasi’s distinctive posture. A moment of awesome for any actor who can pull it off. Trivia: On the cast recording? Michael Arden (Quasimodo) recorded it while being ''very'' hungover after the opening night party of ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''. Awesome professionalism indeed.
--> '''Quasimodo''': ...and my one human eye will evermore be dry until the day I die, as if '''I'''... were made of '''stone!'''



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo "Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I "Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost)... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsl1l5HC5Dk "Tanz auf dem Seil"]] (or "Balancing Act" in English), a song exclusive to the German production, is an epic introductory song for Clopin, Esmeralda, and the Roma of Paris. As he welcomes Esmeralda to their clan, Clopin explains to her (and to the audience) how miserable a Roma's life is in Paris, and how they're constantly treated like the scum of the city. While the context of the song is quite sad, the music is grand and and triumphant, signifying that despite their hardships, the Roma will stick together and face discrimination head on, and that it won't stop them from being who they are.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqMYYXifF4 The opening]] of the [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame stage production]] is something of a rarity, an entrance in which the choir is heavily showcased!

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* [[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsl1l5HC5Dk "Tanz auf dem Seil"]] (or "Balancing Act" in English), a song exclusive to com/watch?v=8JZvLjjsYnU Made of Stone]]" is pure TearJerker material, but the German production, is an epic introductory song for Clopin, Esmeralda, and the Roma last line, "As if I were made of Paris. As he welcomes Esmeralda to their clan, Clopin explains to her (and to the audience) how miserable a Roma's life is in Paris, and how they're constantly treated like the scum of the city. While the context of the song is quite sad, the music is grand and and triumphant, signifying stone!" contains two long notes that despite their hardships, are nothing short of awesome. Those two notes (one of which is a [=Bb4=], very high for a male singer) are held while the Roma will stick together and face discrimination head on, and that singer is almost doubled over in Quasi’s distinctive posture. A moment of awesome for any actor who can pull it won't stop them from off. Trivia: On the cast recording? Michael Arden (Quasimodo) recorded it while being who they are.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqMYYXifF4 The opening]] of
''very'' hungover after the [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame stage production]] is something opening night party of a rarity, an entrance in which ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''. Awesome professionalism indeed.
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the choir is heavily showcased!day I die, as if '''I'''... were made of '''stone!'''

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!!The film
* "...sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, BELLS OF ''NOTRE'' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4COfl8DMB8 DAME!"]]''''' Pay attention to Clopin's voice toward the end of that song. God knows why they decided to practically drown it out with the chorus, but actor/singer Paul Kandel holds an absurdly high note (a high D, a very impressive note for a male singer to hit) perfectly for an absurdly long time. The studio cast recording version of the song also deserves mention, when that aforementioned high D is sung by the highest singers in the choir's soprano section! Chills '''will''' be had.
** Special mention has to go to the Swedish and Finnish dubs, in which Mikael Grahn and Antti Pääkkönen respectively, as Clopin, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIUR2IIbCU absolutely nail that final note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyGYjVb_p1U Mikael doing so with his chest voice]], being the only ones of Clopin's voice actors to do so.
** A fine and heroic [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] has put together a compilation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNxA9YN0qic last fifteen seconds of "Bells of Notre Dame"]] in [[BilingualBonus tons of different languages]]. The quality varies across dubs, but there are some ''astonishing'' performances in there. The Greek, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, and European Portuguese versions are especially marvels to behold.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken and Stepehn Scwartz themselves singing the demo of it--Menken singing for Quasimodo, Schwartz for Frollo]]. The concept art throughout is a nice touch, too.
* While "Sanctuary" is about four different kinds of incredible (it's a four part piece), and "Hellfire" is without a doubt, the best villain song ever included in a Disney movie (if not any film), the real crowner here is without a doubt, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLCDnbBEk0 God Help The Outcasts]]". The music is incredible, but the lyrics deserve special mention, as they are a deconstruction of the typical Disney IWantSong, in that a Roma who doesn't even believe in, or doubts, God ("I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there") is offering to God a more humble prayer than the Catholics there who are asking for money, fame, and glory, whereas Esmeralda simply says "I ask for nothing; I can get by/But I know so many less lucky than I."
* "Heaven's Light" is one of the sweetest, most perfect love songs ever written (and Tom Hulce's performance just brings it to another level). Anyone who has ever been unpopular or different knows that feeling when someone notices you, even for a moment, and this song perfectly captures that feeling: ''knowing'' that they'll probably never love you back, but for the moment, you can hope, just a little. Even ''better'' is how it's a perfect counterpoint to "Hellfire", which follows immediately after. From gentle hope and love to fiery rage and passion.
-->I dare to dream that she/Might even care for me/And as I ring these bells tonight,/My cold dark tower seems so bright.../I swear it must be heaven's light!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYleCKxV_WA "Hellfire"]], in which Frollo seeks to purge his mind of his sinful obsession with Esmeralda. It’s universally acclaimed as one of the best villain songs ever composed, if not ''the'' best, and for a ''damn good'' reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVwYC7WrP0 "Paris Burning"]] plays in the scene immediately following "Hellfire" and perfectly embodies the fear and terror that the citizens of Paris are forced to suffer as Frollo's madness drives him to burn the city to the ground. The last twenty-five seconds of the track are guaranteed to require the listener to [[BringMyBrownPants bring their brown pants]]. The stage version replaces "Paris Burning" with "Esmeralda", mentioned below.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4I6AJHjF98 "And He Shall Smite the Wicked"]] plays during Quasimodo and Esmeralda's final struggle against Frollo -- and it does its job well, with its Latin choir and grand orchestra complimenting the tone of the scene as Frollo makes one last attempt to kill Quasimodo and Esmeralda.
* The film's uplifting, emotional and powerful AwardBaitSong, "Someday", that was [[CutSong cut from the film itself]] but put in the credits as a RewrittenPopVersion. Performed by:
** All-4-One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMs5bxGTvAg for the North American/international market.]]
** Eternal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKYKO8ZA3O8 for the British/European market.]]
** Luis Miguel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RYLSqkMJIA for the Latin American dub, as Sueña (Dream).]]
** The Polish and Italian versions, performed by Mieczysław Szcześniak [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKywfnli9e8 as Kiedyś (Once)]] and Neri Per Caso [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6-alBzwh_s as Quando (When)]] respectively, have spectacular harmonies.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBKIxHDAfU The original version]], as performed by Heidi Mollenhauer, Esmerelda's singing voice. [[CutSong Cut from the final film]], but the storyboarded scene appears on the Deluxe Edition UsefulNotes/LaserDisc and most [=DVDs=] of the film. A variation of this version with an alternate introductory melody and modified lyrics also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ExGPIpO6k appeared in the stage musical version.]]

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!!The film
* "...sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, BELLS OF ''NOTRE'' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4COfl8DMB8 DAME!"]]''''' Pay attention to Clopin's voice toward the end of that song. God knows why they decided to practically drown it out with the chorus, but actor/singer Paul Kandel holds an absurdly high note (a high D, a very impressive note for a male singer to hit) perfectly for an absurdly long time. The studio cast recording version of the song also deserves mention, when that aforementioned high D is sung by the highest singers in the choir's soprano section! Chills '''will''' be had.
** Special mention has to go to the Swedish and Finnish dubs, in which Mikael Grahn and Antti Pääkkönen respectively, as Clopin, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIUR2IIbCU absolutely nail that final note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyGYjVb_p1U Mikael doing so with his chest voice]], being the only ones of Clopin's voice actors to do so.
** A fine and heroic [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] has put together a compilation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNxA9YN0qic last fifteen seconds of "Bells of Notre Dame"]] in [[BilingualBonus tons of different languages]]. The quality varies across dubs, but there are some ''astonishing'' performances in there. The Greek, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, and European Portuguese versions are especially marvels to behold.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken and Stepehn Scwartz themselves singing the demo of it--Menken singing for Quasimodo, Schwartz for Frollo]]. The concept art throughout is a nice touch, too.
* While "Sanctuary" is about four different kinds of incredible (it's a four part piece), and "Hellfire" is without a doubt, the best villain song ever included in a Disney movie (if not any film), the real crowner here is without a doubt, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLCDnbBEk0 God Help The Outcasts]]". The music is incredible, but the lyrics deserve special mention, as they are a deconstruction of the typical Disney IWantSong, in that a Roma who doesn't even believe in, or doubts, God ("I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there") is offering to God a more humble prayer than the Catholics there who are asking for money, fame, and glory, whereas Esmeralda simply says "I ask for nothing; I can get by/But I know so many less lucky than I."
* "Heaven's Light" is one of the sweetest, most perfect love songs ever written (and Tom Hulce's performance just brings it to another level). Anyone who has ever been unpopular or different knows that feeling when someone notices you, even for a moment, and this song perfectly captures that feeling: ''knowing'' that they'll probably never love you back, but for the moment, you can hope, just a little. Even ''better'' is how it's a perfect counterpoint to "Hellfire", which follows immediately after. From gentle hope and love to fiery rage and passion.
-->I dare to dream that she/Might even care for me/And as I ring these bells tonight,/My cold dark tower seems so bright.../I swear it must be heaven's light!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYleCKxV_WA "Hellfire"]], in which Frollo seeks to purge his mind of his sinful obsession with Esmeralda. It’s universally acclaimed as one of the best villain songs ever composed, if not ''the'' best, and for a ''damn good'' reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVwYC7WrP0 "Paris Burning"]] plays in the scene immediately following "Hellfire" and perfectly embodies the fear and terror that the citizens of Paris are forced to suffer as Frollo's madness drives him to burn the city to the ground. The last twenty-five seconds of the track are guaranteed to require the listener to [[BringMyBrownPants bring their brown pants]]. The stage version replaces "Paris Burning" with "Esmeralda", mentioned below.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4I6AJHjF98 "And He Shall Smite the Wicked"]] plays during Quasimodo and Esmeralda's final struggle against Frollo -- and it does its job well, with its Latin choir and grand orchestra complimenting the tone of the scene as Frollo makes one last attempt to kill Quasimodo and Esmeralda.
* The film's uplifting, emotional and powerful AwardBaitSong, "Someday", that was [[CutSong cut from the film itself]] but put in the credits as a RewrittenPopVersion. Performed by:
** All-4-One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMs5bxGTvAg for the North American/international market.]]
** Eternal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKYKO8ZA3O8 for the British/European market.]]
** Luis Miguel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RYLSqkMJIA for the Latin American dub, as Sueña (Dream).]]
** The Polish and Italian versions, performed by Mieczysław Szcześniak [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKywfnli9e8 as Kiedyś (Once)]] and Neri Per Caso [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6-alBzwh_s as Quando (When)]] respectively, have spectacular harmonies.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBKIxHDAfU The original version]], as performed by Heidi Mollenhauer, Esmerelda's singing voice. [[CutSong Cut from the final film]], but the storyboarded scene appears on the Deluxe Edition UsefulNotes/LaserDisc and most [=DVDs=] of the film. A variation of this version with an alternate introductory melody and modified lyrics also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ExGPIpO6k appeared in the stage musical version.]]



* Listen to the La Jolla Playhouse cast recording. Just. ''Listen.'' It's loaded with music which successfully manages to range from menacing and sacred to jovial and then to sorrowful. These and more make the recording's music hauntingly amazing and perfectly fitting to every single scene in the musical.

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* Listen to the La Jolla Playhouse cast recording. Just. ''Listen.'' It's loaded with music which successfully manages to range from menacing and sacred to jovial and then to sorrowful. These and more make the recording's music hauntingly amazing and perfectly fitting to every single scene in the musical.
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!!The film
* "...sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, BELLS OF ''NOTRE'' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4COfl8DMB8 DAME!"]]''''' Pay attention to Clopin's voice toward the end of that song. God knows why they decided to practically drown it out with the chorus, but actor/singer Paul Kandel holds an absurdly high note (a high D, a very impressive note for a male singer to hit) perfectly for an absurdly long time. The studio cast recording version of the song also deserves mention, when that aforementioned high D is sung by the highest singers in the choir's soprano section! Chills '''will''' be had.
** Special mention has to go to the Swedish and Finnish dubs, in which Mikael Grahn and Antti Pääkkönen respectively, as Clopin, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIUR2IIbCU absolutely nail that final note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyGYjVb_p1U Mikael doing so with his chest voice]], being the only ones of Clopin's voice actors to do so.
** A fine and heroic [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] has put together a compilation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNxA9YN0qic last fifteen seconds of "Bells of Notre Dame"]] in [[BilingualBonus tons of different languages]]. The quality varies across dubs, but there are some ''astonishing'' performances in there. The Greek, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, and European Portuguese versions are especially marvels to behold.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken and Stepehn Scwartz themselves singing the demo of it--Menken singing for Quasimodo, Schwartz for Frollo]]. The concept art throughout is a nice touch, too.
* While "Sanctuary" is about four different kinds of incredible (it's a four part piece), and "Hellfire" is without a doubt, the best villain song ever included in a Disney movie (if not any film), the real crowner here is without a doubt, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLCDnbBEk0 God Help The Outcasts]]". The music is incredible, but the lyrics deserve special mention, as they are a deconstruction of the typical Disney IWantSong, in that a Roma who doesn't even believe in, or doubts, God ("I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there") is offering to God a more humble prayer than the Catholics there who are asking for money, fame, and glory, whereas Esmeralda simply says "I ask for nothing; I can get by/But I know so many less lucky than I."
* "Heaven's Light" is one of the sweetest, most perfect love songs ever written (and Tom Hulce's performance just brings it to another level). Anyone who has ever been unpopular or different knows that feeling when someone notices you, even for a moment, and this song perfectly captures that feeling: ''knowing'' that they'll probably never love you back, but for the moment, you can hope, just a little. Even ''better'' is how it's a perfect counterpoint to "Hellfire", which follows immediately after. From gentle hope and love to fiery rage and passion.
-->I dare to dream that she/Might even care for me/And as I ring these bells tonight,/My cold dark tower seems so bright.../I swear it must be heaven's light!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYleCKxV_WA "Hellfire"]], in which Frollo seeks to purge his mind of his sinful obsession with Esmeralda. It’s universally acclaimed as one of the best villain songs ever composed, if not ''the'' best, and for a ''damn good'' reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVwYC7WrP0 "Paris Burning"]] plays in the scene immediately following "Hellfire" and perfectly embodies the fear and terror that the citizens of Paris are forced to suffer as Frollo's madness drives him to burn the city to the ground. The last twenty-five seconds of the track are guaranteed to require the listener to [[BringMyBrownPants bring their brown pants]]. The stage version replaces "Paris Burning" with "Esmeralda", mentioned below.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4I6AJHjF98 "And He Shall Smite the Wicked"]] plays during Quasimodo and Esmeralda's final struggle against Frollo -- and it does its job well, with its Latin choir and grand orchestra complimenting the tone of the scene as Frollo makes one last attempt to kill Quasimodo and Esmeralda.
* The film's uplifting, emotional and powerful AwardBaitSong, "Someday", that was [[CutSong cut from the film itself]] but put in the credits as a RewrittenPopVersion. Performed by:
** All-4-One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMs5bxGTvAg for the North American/international market.]]
** Eternal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKYKO8ZA3O8 for the British/European market.]]
** Luis Miguel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RYLSqkMJIA for the Latin American dub, as Sueña (Dream).]]
** The Polish and Italian versions, performed by Mieczysław Szcześniak [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKywfnli9e8 as Kiedyś (Once)]] and Neri Per Caso [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6-alBzwh_s as Quando (When)]] respectively, have spectacular harmonies.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBKIxHDAfU The original version]], as performed by Heidi Mollenhauer, Esmerelda's singing voice. [[CutSong Cut from the final film]], but the storyboarded scene appears on the Deluxe Edition UsefulNotes/LaserDisc and most [=DVDs=] of the film. A variation of this version with an alternate introductory melody and modified lyrics also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ExGPIpO6k appeared in the stage musical version.]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsw4RrG2S0I "In a Place of Miracles"]] is a poignant number showcasing the romance between former captain Phoebus and Esmeralda as they see in each other a new reason to live and reaffirm their companionship. As for Quasimodo, the song perfectly reveals his grief over being passed over by Esmeralda, the very first person who showed him actual compassion, with Michael Arden's vocals also hammering the sorrow into the lyrics. Then there's the chorus who nails the persecution the Roma endure; their sadness is also very evident with Clopin even wishing there was "a country kinder to [their] race" in melancholy.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsw4RrG2S0I "In a Place of Miracles"]] is a poignant number showcasing the romance between former cathedral guard captain Phoebus and Esmeralda as they see in each other a new reason to live and reaffirm their companionship. As for Quasimodo, the song perfectly reveals his grief over being passed over by Esmeralda, the very first person who showed him actual compassion, with Michael Arden's vocals also hammering the sorrow into the lyrics. Then there's the chorus who nails the persecution the Roma endure; their sadness is also very evident with Clopin even wishing there was "a country kinder to [their] race" in melancholy.
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* "Made of Stone" is pure TearJerker material, but the last line, "As if I were made of stone!" contains two long notes that are nothing short of awesome. Those two notes (one of which is a [=Bb4=], very high for a male singer) are held while the singer is almost doubled over in Quasi’s distinctive posture. A moment of awesome for any actor who can pull it off. Trivia: On the cast recording? Michael Arden (Quasimodo) recorded it while being ''very'' hungover after the opening night party of ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''. Awesome professionalism indeed.

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* "Made "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JZvLjjsYnU Made of Stone" Stone]]" is pure TearJerker material, but the last line, "As if I were made of stone!" contains two long notes that are nothing short of awesome. Those two notes (one of which is a [=Bb4=], very high for a male singer) are held while the singer is almost doubled over in Quasi’s distinctive posture. A moment of awesome for any actor who can pull it off. Trivia: On the cast recording? Michael Arden (Quasimodo) recorded it while being ''very'' hungover after the opening night party of ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''. Awesome professionalism indeed.



* The opening of the [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame stage production]] is something of a rarity, an entrance in which the choir is heavily showcased!

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqMYYXifF4 The opening opening]] of the [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame stage production]] is something of a rarity, an entrance in which the choir is heavily showcased!

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* [[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsw4RrG2S0I "In a Place of Miracles"]] is a poignant number showcasing the romance between former Captain Phoebus and Esmeralda as they see in each other a new reason to live and reaffirm their companionship. As for Quasimodo, the song perfectly reveals his grief over being passed over by Esmeralda, the very first person who showed him actual compassion, with Michael Arden's vocals also hammering the sorrow into the lyrics.

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* [[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsw4RrG2S0I "In a Place of Miracles"]] is a poignant number showcasing the romance between former Captain captain Phoebus and Esmeralda as they see in each other a new reason to live and reaffirm their companionship. As for Quasimodo, the song perfectly reveals his grief over being passed over by Esmeralda, the very first person who showed him actual compassion, with Michael Arden's vocals also hammering the sorrow into the lyrics. Then there's the chorus who nails the persecution the Roma endure; their sadness is also very evident with Clopin even wishing there was "a country kinder to [their] race" in melancholy.

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%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. * Listen to the La Jolla Playhouse cast recording. Just. ''Listen.''

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%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. * Listen to the La Jolla Playhouse cast recording. Just. ''Listen.'''' It's loaded with music which successfully manages to range from menacing and sacred to jovial and then to sorrowful. These and more make the recording's music hauntingly amazing and perfectly fitting to every single scene in the musical.


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*[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsw4RrG2S0I "In a Place of Miracles"]] is a poignant number showcasing the romance between former Captain Phoebus and Esmeralda as they see in each other a new reason to live and reaffirm their companionship. As for Quasimodo, the song perfectly reveals his grief over being passed over by Esmeralda, the very first person who showed him actual compassion, with Michael Arden's vocals also hammering the sorrow into the lyrics.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo "Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I "Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost) ... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo "Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I "Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost) ...almost)... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost) ... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo Rhythm "Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I Dancing "Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost) ... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9aQqPGlvfU Top of the World]] is a song sung by Esmeralda (later accompanied by Quasimodo and the Chorus) from the musical about how everything is so much better when she's staring down at Paris from atop the highest balcony of the Notre Dame.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9aQqPGlvfU Top "Top of the World]] World"]] is a song sung by Esmeralda (later accompanied by Quasimodo and the Chorus) from the musical about how everything is so much better when she's staring down at Paris from atop the highest balcony of the Notre Dame.


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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZxQrKNpJo Rhythm of the Tambourine"]], Esmeralda's introductory number. The vocals soar, the percussion is intense (reminds one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHk3cKH1_I Dancing to the Wedding Drum,"]] almost) ... If this song doesn't make you want to dance the tarantella, what will?
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken and Stepehn Scwartz themselves singing the demo of it—Menken singing for Quasimodo, Schwartz for Frollo]]. The concept art throughout is a nice touch, too.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken and Stepehn Scwartz themselves singing the demo of it—Menken it--Menken singing for Quasimodo, Schwartz for Frollo]]. The concept art throughout is a nice touch, too.



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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken himself singing the demo of it—both Frollo and Quasimodo's parts]]. The WhatCouldHaveBeen concept art throughout is a nice touch too.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFqnoebywo "Out There"]]. The combination of the gorgeous music, beautiful lyrics and Tom Hulce's spectacular performance makes it one of the most magnificent songs of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (or any Disney film, for that matter). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HKnZZg_M4 Listen to Alan Menken himself and Stepehn Scwartz themselves singing the demo of it—both Frollo and Quasimodo's parts]]. it—Menken singing for Quasimodo, Schwartz for Frollo]]. The WhatCouldHaveBeen concept art throughout is a nice touch touch, too.

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