Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever the recordings and their parent shows. The tracks' lyricists include Tim Rice, Don Black, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart, Alan Ayckbourn, Christopher Hampton, Jim Steinman, Ben Elton and the poet T. S. Eliot. Compiled and produced by Tristram Penna Cover drawing by Ronnie Wood Booklet notes by James Inverne Special thanks: Don Black, Brian Drutman, Tracey Connolly, Richard Gates, Paul Jones, George McManus, Denis McNamara, Tim Rice, Dave Robinson, Paul Tucker and Clare Wood Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Chris Blair and Tristram Penna Designed by Dewynters Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) Peter Jöback and Erkan Aki. 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. 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. 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. "The Phantom of the Opera" song was also specially arranged by the show's original orchestrator,