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Which songs in The Hunchback of Notre Dame would you rate as GREAT ?

The Bells of Notre Dame
3 (18.8%)
Out There
2 (12.5%)
Topsy Turvy
1 (6.3%)
God Help the Outcasts
1 (6.3%)
Heaven's Light
1 (6.3%)
Hellfire
6 (37.5%)
A Guy Like You
1 (6.3%)
The Court of Miracles
1 (6.3%)
The Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise)
0 (0%)
Someday
0 (0%)
(NONE)
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 6

Author Topic: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame  (Read 1238 times)

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Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« on: February 07, 2017, 05:10:15 AM »
No need to speak French to watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's time to fly to Paris and grab a croissant while you hold your own court of miracles and decide which of the movie's songs are worthy to be remembered. There's plenty of choice, from the « Dude, you totally shouldn't have done that song » to the « I am horny as hell » song. God help those who don't vote.


This one is not in the movie but is listed in the soundtrack.

Put yourself out there and make a choice, as topsy turvy as it may sound.
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2017, 05:53:46 AM »
I don't like Hellfire being saddled with Heaven's Light. They lead into each other, but they're two different songs, clearly... also one of them is the best Disney villain song, while the other is pretty meh.

I didn't remember The Bells of Notre Dame at all. I should have.
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2017, 06:04:25 AM »
They're put together in the soundtrack list. On second thought I will separate the two, but you will have to revote if you have already.
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2017, 07:45:40 AM »
Heaven's Light/Hellfire is one track on the soundtrack, both are the bomb. Someday was played over the credits of the film.

Out There is one of the greatest songs in song history. It is kind of a personal anthem of mine. Something something autism.

Out There
Heaven's Light/Hellfire
God Help The Outcasts
The Bells of Notre Dame

Someday
A Guy Like You
Topsy Turvy
The Court of Miracles
The Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise)
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2017, 10:14:21 AM »
The Bells of Notre Dame is almost as good a tone-setting introduction as "Belle".

Hellfire
The Bells of Notre Dame
The Court of Miracles

Topsy Turvy
A Guy Like You
Out There
Heaven's Light

The Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise)
God Help the Outcasts

Someday

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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2017, 10:48:42 AM »
I thought for a second you meant the "Belle" from the musical and was perplexed.
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2017, 05:26:27 PM »
Only voted for Bells of Notre Dame. 1SO is right, it is almost as good as "Belle".

I had to listen to the rest to be reminded of them. I have met people who love Hellfire, people who call it the best Disney villain song OF ALL TIME, but I never saw it as legendary as that. A fine tune, sure, but I can't recall it on cue like other songs from other movies.

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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2017, 06:09:01 PM »
This soundtrack is important to my family, we loves it so, and for my wife and I (and my son?) it is our favorite Disney soundtrack.  The chant rehearses the themes of guilt and absolution throughout the entire film, so it isn't only the songs we love in this soundtrack.  Personally, the only song I would be glad to drop out is A Guy Like You, not because it's a bad song (puns are never bad), but it really runs right up against the tone of the rest of the film.

The rest of the songs are amazing, from Bells of Notre Dame, which is reminiscent of the intro song to BatB.  Clopin in Topsy Turvy and the Court of Miracles is both fun and menacing, and works so well for the unfolding story.   Out There is a great hero "I want" song, among the best.  But I have to give it to Hellfire, which is as dark and horrible of a song as we have in the Disney canon, alongside of  Be Prepared... I mark Be Prepared down a notch just because of the necessity to have some expository dialogue in the middle.   I think the combination of Hellfire and In Heaven's Light is excellent, but Heaven's Light is another "I want" song, and not as good as Out There, and it drags the dark power of Hellfire down, I think.

Gregorian chant FTW!
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2017, 06:22:49 AM »
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Re: Disney Songs Battle Royale: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2017, 06:53:21 AM »
Hellfire
The Bells of Notre Dame
Out There

The Court of Miracles
Topsy Turvy
A Guy Like You

Heaven's Light
God Help the Outcasts
Someday
The Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise)


Only voted for the first. I am pretty sure it is the best villain song. If not, it is in the top 3.
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