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Ray Repp sued Andrew Lloyd Webber over the main melody of Phantom, claiming that it was based on his folk song 'Till You' which he recorded in 1978. 'The Phantom of the Opera' song was also specially arranged by the show's original orchestrator, David Cullen, for a virtuoso cello version for cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Andrew's brother, for the CD Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber. This is what inspired the hard rock style of the song, which influenced all of the rock-based instruments in the song including drums and electric guitar.

Early in the musical's production, Andrew Lloyd Webber met Jim Steinman, who described 'The Phantom of the Opera' as a rock song invading an opera house. What makes this particular song unique within the musical is its unusual hard rock style, since most of the songs in the musical have a more operatic style. In different shows, Sarah Brightman sings this song in different duets with other performers Steve Harley, Antonio Banderas, Chris Thompson, Alessandro Safina, Mario Frangoulis, Colm Wilkinson, Anthony Warlow, John Owen-Jones, Peter Jöback and Erkan Aki. In this song, Christine sings her highest note in the show, an E6, at the end of the song. It is sung as a duet by Christine and the Phantom. It takes place as the Phantom escorts Christine by boat to his lair beneath the Opera Garnier.

The song is performed in Act I after the song 'Angel of Music' (The Mirror) and before 'The Music of the Night' (and is reprised in Act Two at the end of the song 'Notes/Twisted Every Way'). 'The Phantom of the Opera' is a song from the stage musical of the same name, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and additional lyrics by Mike Batt. The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song)

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