Song:The Bells Of Notre Dame
Album:The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame is a 1996 Disney film based on the famed novel by Victor Hugo. It had been a film in the past most notably in 1939 starring Charles Laughton. This film followed the success of the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast. Alan Menken composed the score and he wrote the songs with Stephen Schwartz. The Bells Of Notre Dame is performed at the beginning of the film. It establishes the story of why Minister Of Justice Claude Frollo (Tony Jay) is caring for Quasimodo. At first directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise were going to have this narrated. But they asked Menken to write a song. There are three lead singers. The bulk of the song is sung by Paul Kandel who played Clopin along with small parts sung by Tony Jay and David Ogden Stiers. It's probably the best known role ever played by Kandel. He seems to be retired now but he started out in New York cabarets in the 80s. But he made his name playing Uncle Ernie in the 1993 Broadway production of Tommy. He was nominated for a Tony. That's when Disney hired him for The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. He also appeared in the 2002 sequel The Hunchback Of Notre Dame II. He also appeared in the 2000 Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. He doesn't have any recent credits so I can only assume he retired. Jay and Stiers have more prominent work in their resumes so I may look at them down the road. Kandel just doesn't have the volume of work but he is the main singer of this song. Here's The Bells Of Notre Dame by Paul Kandel with Tony Jay and David Ogden Stiers in the 1996 film The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
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