The Phantom of the Opera (2004 soundtrack)

The Phantom of the Opera is the soundtrack to the Andrew Lloyd Webber film-adaptation of the musical, The Phantom of the Opera. There are two versions released, the normal 14 track release and a 2 disc deluxe release.

Track listing

In addition to the listed tracks, versions of "The Phantom of the Opera" remixed by Junior Vasquez were made available to iTunes customers who purchased the expanded edition.^[1]

Normal Release

1. "Overture" - 2:45
2. "Think of Me" - Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 3:39
3. "Angel of Music" - Emmy Rossum, Jennifer Ellison, and Gerard Butler - 2:42
4. "The Mirror (Angel of Music)" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 1:59
5. "The Phantom of the Opera" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 3:34
6. "The Music of the Night" - Gerard Butler - 5:40
7. "Prima Donna" - Ciarán Hinds, Simon Callow, Patrick Wilson, Margaret Preece, Miranda Richardson, Jennifer Ellison, and Victor McGuire - 3:28
8. "All I Ask of You" - Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 4:52
9. "All I Ask of You (Reprise)" - Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 2:14
10. "Masquerade" - 5:29
11. "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - Emmy Rossum - 3:41
12. "The Point of No Return" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 8:00
13. "Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer" - Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 12:46
14. "Learn to Be Lonely" - Minnie Driver - 2:21

Two discs deluxe edition

1. "Prologue" - 2:47
2. "Overture/Hannibal" - Margaret Preece, Victor McGuire, and Opera Chorus - 7:25
3. "Think Of Me" - Margaret Preece, Emmy Rossum, and Patrick Wilson - 6:33
4. "Angel of Music" - Emmy Rossum, Jennifer Ellison, and Gerard Butler - 2:59
5. "Little Lotte/The Mirror (Angel of Music)" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 4:11
6. "The Phantom Of The Opera" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 4:23
7. "The Music of the Night" - Gerard Butler - 5:38
8. "Magical Lasso" - Miranda Richardson and Kevin McNally - 1:19
9. "I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 3:21
10. "Notes.../Prima Donna"- Ciarán Hinds, Simon Callow, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Margaret Preece, Miranda Richardson, Jennifer Ellison and Victor McGuire - 10:04
11. "Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh/Il Muto" - Margaret Preece, Victor McGuire, Gerard Butler, Jennifer Ellison, Emmy Rossum, Ciarán Hinds, Simon Callow and Kevin McNally - 6:12
12. "Why Have You Brought Me Here/Raoul I've Been There" - Patrick Wilson and Emmy Rossum - 3:04
13. "All I Ask of You" - Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 4:52
14. "All I Ask of You (Reprise)" - Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 2:55

• Disc two

1. "Masquerade/Why So Silent" - Ciarán Hinds, Simon Callow, Margaret Preece, Victor McGuire, Jennifer Ellison, Miranda Richardson, Patrick Wilson, Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 8:38
2. "Madame Giry's Tale/The Fairground" - spoken through by Miranda Richardson - 3:29
3. "Journey to the Cemetery" - Emmy Rossum - 3:29
4. "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - Emmy Rossum - 3:41
5. "Wandering Child" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 1:47
6. "The Swordfight" - Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson and Emmy Rossum - 1:48
7. "We Have All Been Blind" - Patrick Wilson, Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 3:55
8. "Don Juan" - Victor McGuire, Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum - 4:00
9. "The Point of No Return/Chandelier Crash" - Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler - 6:43
10. "Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer" - Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson - 14:32
11. "Learn to Be Lonely" - Minnie Driver - 2:27

Personnel

Accomplishments and certifications

In 2006, The Phantom of the Opera won the RIAJ's Japan Gold Disc Award for "Best Soundtrack Album of the Year."^[2] Chart-wise, the album performed fairly well, reaching the top position of Billboard's soundtracks chart^[3] as well as the sixteenth position on the Top 200 chart.^[4] It was also certified Platinum in the US^[5] and Gold in the UK.^[6]

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