Cut songs from POTO
Cut songs from POTO
#0Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:06pmI heard that in the 2004 movie, the Phantom was originally supposed to sing a new song but that song was eventually cut out from the movie (and (I think) Learn to be Lonely was put in its place)...What song was the Phantom suppose to sing?
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Becky
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#1re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:17pmI can't remember the name of it, but I read an article that said to look for it in the "deleted scenes" on the DVD....
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#2re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:22pm
"No One Would Listen" is the name of the song that was cut.
ALW and JS felt it slowed down the pace of things when it was inserted.
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#3re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:25pmAlso Learn to Be Lonely was supposed to be sung by the Phantom during the movie as well, in place of No One Would Listen. But it didn't really fit anywhere. And they decided to give it to Minnie Briver instead of Gerry.
#4re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:54pmwell, i'm glad they didn't ADD anything to slow the plot down!
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#5re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:30pm
"deleted scenes" on the DVD.... "
I can NOT wait for this!!!!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#6re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 11:33pmThe pace of the movie is still too slow. They need to cut the flashback, a verse of music of the night, the scene after where meg goes into the dressing room, and Christine working her way to the graveyard. The movie really really needs 15 minutes cut off.
#7re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 11:36pmWell, it's too late now.
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#8re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 11:51pmI like it just the way it is. Not that it's perfect because it isn't. Especially the lines that are sung on stage that are spoken in rhyme on film, like the "Raoul it scares me. Don't make me do this." ect. first in each instance they deleted a beautiful melody and if they were just trying to add more dialogue having them speak in rhyme was not the way to go. but, obviously it wasn't going to come to us in any state of perfection. It would be nice to see the deleted song on the DVD but I really doubt they will let it out due to the fact the "Learn to Be Lonely" is the same as "No One Would Listen" just with different lyrics.
#9re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/22/05 at 11:55pmIt is? I wonder if they filmed "Learn to Be Lonely"/"NO one would listen" because they blend some of it into the score. During "Masquerade" after he sings "...her teacher, her teacher" and looks at her there is about 30 seconds of 'Learn to Be Lonely" there. So I wonder if it was originally filmed and then cut later on?
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#10re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/23/05 at 7:18pm
"Also Learn to Be Lonely was supposed to be sung by the Phantom during the movie as well, in place of No One Would Listen. But it didn't really fit anywhere. And they decided to give it to Minnie Briver instead of Gerry. "
I would have liked to have heard Gerard sing it.
I posted this in the Golden Globes thread but I don't know if anyone read it... They cut the title song "Phantom of the Opera"! Why did they do that??
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Updated On: 1/23/05 at 07:18 PM
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#11re: Cut songs from POTO
Posted: 1/23/05 at 7:34pmyes, Christine, they cut two whole verses out of the show's title song. just one of many reasons i really don't care for the movie version.
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