Love Never Dies (musical) original "Phantom of the Opera": "As sequel and original are erected on such different imaginative premises they cannot both be true". Love Never Dies (musical) Love Never Dies is a romantic musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Slater. It is a sequel to the long-running musical "The Phantom of the Opera" and was loosely adapted from Forsyth's novel "The Phantom of Manhattan" (1999). The plot is not based on the storyline in the original book by Gaston Leroux. Lloyd Webber stated: "I don't regard
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) the standard version. Following the original mini CD release of the single in Japan, it was re-issued there again in 1992 on the same format. Brightman and Harley's version of the song would later appear on the 1994 compilation "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber", as well as another Webber compilation titled "Gold – The Definitive Hit Singles Collection", released in 2001. Directed by Ken Russell, the music video for the single also acted as promotion for the upcoming musical. After the chart success of the single, Webber wanted to further promote the musical, and the resultant video took