LOVE NEVER DIES LIVE. CD March 2010. Broadway November 2010. SAMPLE TRACK. — Page 3

Your reward for being cooperative. :)

Updated On: 10/8/09 at 05:43 PM

I think this song sounds a lot like Why God from Miss Saigon. Or, at least the chorus does.

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Ben & Daniel are gorgeous. Ramin doesn't really do much for me.

Ugh. How can I take him seriously as a disfigured circus freak after seeing him naked? Clearly, not very many people would pass up the chance to get with that. Cristine is a moron. Why is she looking at his face?

The Phantom must have an amazing personal trainer in his catacombs.

It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that the Phantom would spend his days working out. He's obviously concerned about his looks. He can't control what his face looks like, but he can control what his abs look like. It's not uncommon for people to focus on things that they can control once they realize that there is nothing they can do about the things they can't.

For a guy who calls himself 'shy', Ramin sure does have a lot of topless pictures. There are three more that I know of that I didn't post.


And Ramin's workout consists of going to the gym 6 days a week. The Phantom's got enough free time to do the same thing. :) It's not like he has a job, besides haunting the opera house and kidnapping/seducing young women. It could count as part of his job. It's hard to climb all over an opera house and be sexually appealing without working out.

Updated On: 10/8/09 at 07:21 PM

Except for when you consider that he's supposed to be super skinny and corpse-like.

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Just finished watching. It DOES sound like Menken meets Schonberg.

I like Ramin, don't get me wrong, but I'm super annoyed by how they cast so young for this just to get the "sexy" factor. Ramin's young even for Erik in the original story, much less to play him when he's even older than that.

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Here's wondering whether Patti LuPone will be cast in the New York production....

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Since no one has answered...I'll attempt to ask again..

Has anyone pre-ordered the cast album?

If so, what was the preview track? (Was it the Waltz? It would be pretty silly if it was).

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I think it sounds fantastic.

I love all the comments about that it's too lushly orchestrated, and sounds like a movie. Well, that's because everything that's been on Broadway in the last 10 years has been rock and roll and for the most part (not everything, so calm down...lol) synthesized and awful. It's nice to hear big, lush, Broadway orchestrations again, the way Broadway SHOULD sound. Most people today aren't used to hearing real strings, horns, etc. in a live orchestration. At best, because of budget cuts and stylistic choices, the best you get is one or two, or a synthesizer.

I'm one of the rare "I hope this does well" people. Will it ever replace the original? No - but I hope it's at least a success, and done correctly. So far, it "sounds" good, musically.

PS: For anyone who's been able to download the sample tracks, if you listen to the play-off with the orchestra, there is a slight musical tribute to one of the Phantom's original songs, which is VERY clever, and nice to hear. See if you notice it.

Updated On: 10/8/09 at 09:50 PM