Given the general level of the material, the performance is not bad overall. The most successful sections of the score are its lighter moments, particularly the “Notes” / “Prima Donna” sequence. Charles Hart’s lyrics (additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) range in quality from good to poor. For that matter, the arrangement of the title song makes it sounds like a disco number. Of the songs that seem to be original, several are pretty but stylistically inappropriate to the time period in which the show is set for example, “Think of Me,” with its aggressively dotted rhythms. Various tunes in The Phantom of the Opera owe much to the work of such composers as Claude Debussy, Giacomo Puccini, and Frederick Loewe. I loved it, saw it twice bought the soundtrack and rate it 9 out of 10.Original London Cast, 1986 (Polydor, 2CDs) (2 / 5) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score for this virtually through-sung musical based on the famous novel by Gaston Leroux contains many wonderful melodies unfortunately, as has been pointed out by sharp-eared critics, some of them are not quite original. The phantom was a mixture of anger/sadness/genius and you could understand why Christine was very weak willed in his presence. It was not apparent who the leading lady would be for a while until the chorus girl Christine was encouraged forward to sing replacing the Diva and was transformed from rags to a Cinderella style dress and sang with a pure beautiful voice and made me feel all magical and warm inside especially when she hit that note at the end!! Anyway the film went on and she was re united with her childhood sweetheart who was very charming and although most say wet, I think was very caring and charming (any girl wants prince charming on a white horse) despite what they say :-) There were lots of dream like scenes to follow and the film heightened emotionally all the way to the end, I've heard the song "Wishing you were somehow here again" but never knew its context, but the song and scene merged beautifully together for a very sentimental moment in the film enhanced by the angel statues covered in misty snow and a very Tim Burton moment. Then the theatre turned to colour and all was sent spinning back in time and the busy backstage frolics of the cast at the Opera House were bought to life.
From the black and white opening scene I knew it was going to be visually splendid and from the atmosphere created knew I was in for something dramatic. Having not seen the musical before, and only being familiar with some of the well know songs I had no preconceptions, but was eager to see the film being a lover of all things musical.
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