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the hunchback of notre dame, 1996

Special effects supervisor Chris Jenkins says suggesting the dancing Esmerelda in spectral form within the flames of a fire is “the essence of animation — moving shapes and flickers of light to so engage the audience that you suggest in their minds many things at once: a literal fire, a dance, a character, a feeling of sensuality.”
How Disney Composers Write Their Music
- Alan Menken: We should give Claude Frollo a song.
- Stephen Schwartz: Great idea!
- Alan Menken: I'll make it dramatic and scary.
- Stephen Schwartz: I'll name it Hellfire! And it can be about Frollo threatening to burn down Paris and comparing it to the fiery brimstones of Hell!
- Alan Menken: ...
- Stephen Schwartz: OMG it can also have an allusion to how Frollo wants to sleep with Esmeralda! I can rhyme "fire" with "desire"!
- Alan Menken: ...
- Stephen Schwartz: The kids will love this.
Seriously, someone take Youtube away from me. An 8-Bit version of Hellfire from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Eerie and Epic at the same time.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame- Esmeralda
by alicexz
“Heaven’s Light / Hellfire” (Demo) from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Sung by Alan Menken. A rare early demo of the song with Menken singing both roles.
Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti
Beatae Mariae semper Virgini
Beato Michaeli archangelo
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis


