Hunchback of Notre Dame

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME SING-ALONG contains five original songs from the film and a 21-page full-color lyric book.
Personnel includes: Tom Hulce, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, Mary Stout, Jason Alexander, David Ogden Stiers (vocals).
Original score composed by Alan Menken. Lyrics written by Stephen Schwartz.
Principal cast includes: Tom Hulce (Quasimodo); Tony Jay (Frollo); Paul Kandel (Clopin); Esmeralda (Heidi Mollenhauer); Jason Alexander (hugo).
Personnel includes: Michael Starobin, Jack Everly (conductor); Paul Kandel, David Ogden Stiers, Tony Jay, Tom Hulce, Heidi Mollenhauer, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, Mary Stout, All-4-One, Bette Midler (vocals).
Producers: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin.
Engineers: Bruce Botnick, Dana Jon Chappelle, Michael O'Reilly.
Much of this vast film score captures the sound and feeling of being in a huge cathedral, particularly the opening piece, "The Bells of Notre Dame," which exudes a churchlike ambiance with a pipe organ and the voices of the one-hundred-member Royal Opera Choir, both of which were recorded in St. Paul's Cathedral at Knightsbridge, England. On that song and throughout the album, the chorus sings in Latin, adding to the music's authenticity. Not all is solemn and spiritual, however. In true Disney fashion, there is plenty of silliness, as well as frighteningly clever lyrical twists by Stephen Schwartz. The music is a vibrant accompaniment to the film, and offers the same sense of poignancy and longing.