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Cast of Phantom of the Opera - The Phantom of the Opera

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Album: The Phantom of the Opera
Released: 1986

The Phantom of the Opera Lyrics

The Phantom of the Opera

This song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical follows the title character's obsession with a beautiful young soprano at the Paris Opera House, where his deformity forces him to skulk in the shadows and hide behind a mask. The lyrics, written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, reflect how he woos her with his otherworldly voice and haunts her dreams.

Running for over 25 years, The Phantom Of The Opera is one of the most popular musical productions of all time, but its literary predecessor didn't fare as well. The story by French author Gaston Leroux was originally published as a serialization in the Le Gaulois newspaper from September 1909 to January 1910 but did not draw much attention. Its low sales even forced it out of print several times until it was adapted for film in 1925. Taglined as "The Greatest Horror Film of Modern Cinema," it starred Lon Chaney in the title role and Mary Philbin as his love, Christine.

Not long after this song was released, Webber was sued by a songwriter named John Brett, who claimed that Webber copied his 1985 composition "Farewell Song." Webber vigorously denied the accusation. He said that his song was written before Brett's, and that he even supervised a demo recording of "Phantom" sung by Mike Batt and Sarah Brightman in 1984. Brett dropped the case in 1991, at which time Webber stated: "It was monstrous that this matter was allowed to run and run for over five years. I am delighted my name has been cleared."

In 2004, Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote and produced his own version of Phantom for the big screen and picked Joel Schumacher, the brain behind the widely reviled Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, to direct. Webber said he chose Schumacher because he was impressed with his 1987 vampire flick The Lost Boys. He told Wild About Movies: "I thought it was extraordinary the way Joel used music with visuals. I thought that opening sequence, when you see the fairground, was genius."

In his three-star review, Roger Ebert was kinder to the film than he was to the Broadway smash that inspired it. He wrote: "Schumacher has bravely taken aboard this dreck and made of it a movie I am pleased to have seen." The movie starred then-unknown Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum (At the first whispers of a possible film version years before, Michael Jackson lobbied hard for the title role and visited Webber several times).

Webber remembers picking up the novel at a book fair and being intrigued by the dark romance. He tells Piers Morgan: "I just wanted to write a high romance, and I thought this is high, Gothic stuff." When he started writing the music, he envisioned the title theme as "sort of a dark rock song."

This song was originally performed onstage by Sarah Brightman (Webber's wife at the time) and Michael Crawford, the first Christine and Erik/Phantom. It appears twice in the show - in Act I between "Angel of Music" and "Music of the Night," and in Act II at the end of "Notes/Twisted Every Way."

Webber came under fire for another alleged plagiarism when Pink Floyd's bassist and co-lead vocalist Roger Waters claimed he stole the riff to the band's 1971 song "Echoes." He told Q magazine: "Yeah, the beginning of that bloody 'Phantom' song is from 'Echoes.' DAAAA-da-da-da-da-da. I couldn't believe it when I heard it. It's the same time signature - it's 12/8 - and it's the same structure and it's the same notes and it's the same everything. Bastard. It probably is actionable. It really is! But I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew f--king Lloyd Webber."

Waters did take a dig at Webber, though, in "It's a Miracle" from his 1992 solo album Amused to Death. He sang:

"We cower in our shelters with our hands over our ears,
Lloyd Webber's awful stuff runs for years and years and years.
An earthquake hits the theater but the operetta lingers,
Then the piano lid comes down and breaks his f--king fingers,
It's a miracle…"

Rufus Wainwright borrowed the theme for the end of "Between My Legs" from his Release the Stars album in 2007.

Webber wrote a solo male version of this song for X Factor(UK) finalist Rhydian Roberts in 2007. Roberts wowed the judges with his performance and he eventually finished as runner-up to Leon Jackson.

Iron Maiden - The Phantom of the Opera

Iron Maiden - The Phantom of the Opera Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Iron Maiden
Released: 1980

The Phantom of the Opera Lyrics

I've been looking so long for you now you won't get away from my grasp.
You've been living so long in hiding in hiding behind that false mask.
And you know and I know that you ain't got long now to last.
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past.

You're standing in the wings, there you wait for the curtain to fall.
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.
Yeah, I know that you're gonna scratch me, maim me and maul.
You know I'm helpless from your mesmerizing cat call.

Keep your distance, walk away, don't take his bait.
Don't you stray, don't fade away.
Watch your step, he's out to get you, come what may.
Don't you stray, from the narrow way.

I'm running and hiding in my dreams you're always there.
You're The Phantom of the Opera, you're the devil, you're just out to scare.
You damaged my mind and my soul it just floats through the air.
Haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me back at your lair.

Writer/s: HARRIS, STEPHEN PERCY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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The Phantom of the Opera

Running 7:22, this song was inspired by the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux which was later turned into a popular musical adaptation for the stage and screen.

Bass player Steve Harris, who wrote this song, explained: "This is a very long song that was done in sections. The middle part was totally separate but it fit in very well. It felt right to go from the slow part into the middle section. Phantom is one of the best pieces I've ever written, and certainly one of the most enjoyable to play. It's got all these intricate guitar lines which keep it interesting. Then there's the slow middle part which creates quite a good mood. It's also got fast heavy parts which are really rockin'. And it's also got areas for crowd participation. It pretty much covers all the bases for the band. It was also a good example of what I wanted to get across."

Derek Riggs, yet again, hid his logo (his stylized initials) into some Maiden cover art. In this case, it's depicted clearly near the bottom of the stone in which the organ is imbedded, directly across from the Phantom Eddie's ankle/knee. Eddie is Iron Maiden's mascot.

On the back of the Somewhere in Time album, there is a "Phantom Opera House."

New Eden covered this for the 1998 compilation A Call to Irons: A Tribute to Iron Maiden.

In the Iron Maiden computer game Ed Hunter, this plays during Level 1, London. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada, for all above)