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American Idol Season 7 - The Songs

The Music of the Night

By Bill Lamb, About.com

This is the song the Phantom uses to seduce the character Christine in The Phantom of the Opera.

Performer

David Cook - April 15, 2008

Songwriters

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe

Notable Recorded Version

  • Original London Cast Album - (1987)

Key Lyric Phrase

Open up your mind,
Let your fantasies unwind
In this Darkness which you know you cannot fight,
The darkness of the music of the night!

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