''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is a recording of music written by

Dennis DeYoung Dennis DeYoung (born February 18, 1947) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the rock band Styx, and served as its primary lead vocalist and keyboardist from 1972 until 1999. DeYoung was th ...

for his musical adaptation of

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

's novel ''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...

''. The musical was performed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville to some very positive reviews. This recording was commercially released directly by DeYoung and is an early version of the score, with DeYoung performing all of the male parts and his sister-in-law Dawn Marie performing the female parts. Several songs are related to

Styx In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, whic ...

and solo DeYoung releases. "Beneath the Moon" is a re-worked version of the song by the same name from DeYoung's 1988 ''

Boomchild ''Boomchild'' is the third solo album from Dennis DeYoung. It was released in February 1989 by MCA Records. ''Boomchild'' featured the title track with a music video but the song was relegated to the B-Side of "Beneath The Moon", the only single. ...

'' album. "

Paradise In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...

" was later lyrically altered and re-recorded by Styx and released as a studio track on Styx's '' Return to Paradise'' double live album. In addition, "While There's Still Time" was likewise re-recorded and included on Styx's ''

Brave New World ''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarch ...

'' album.

Track listing

All songs written by

# "Who Will Love this Child" - 4:22 # "King of Fools" - 4:37 # "Hey Quasimodo" - 3:28 # "By the Grace of God" - 1:53 # "When I Dance for You" - 3:53 # "Ave Maria" - 4:32 # "Alms for the Beggarman" - 4:06 # "Paradise" - 3:15 # "Bless Me Father" - 3:14 # "With Every Heartbeat" - 5:29 # "Beneath the Moon" - 4:16 # "While There's Still Time" - 3:59 # "This I Pray" - 3:40 # "Esmerelda" - 3:28 # "The Confrontation" - 3:32 # "Sanctuary" - 1:37 # "With Every Heartbeat (Reprise)" - 2:57

Personnel

All music performed and arranged by

and Ed Tossing Lead vocals by

and Dawn Marie Backing vocals by Suzanne DeYoung, Carrie Ann DeYoung, Gary Loizzo, and Forbes Candlish

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 1996 albums Dennis DeYoung albums