The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 recording of music written by Dennis DeYoung for his musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The musical was performed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville to some very positive reviews.[1]
This recording was commercially released directly by DeYoung and is an early version of the score, with DeYoung performing all of the male parts and his sister-in-law Dawn Marie performing the female parts.
Several songs are related to Styx and solo DeYoung releases. "Beneath the Moon" is a re-worked version of the song by the same name from DeYoung's 1988 Boomchild album. "Paradise" was later lyrically altered and re-recorded by Styx and released as a studio track on Styx's Return to Paradise double live album. In addition, "While There's Still Time" was likewise re-recorded and included on Styx's Brave New World album.
The album was released the same year as Disney's film version, which DeYoung pointed out in a VH1 interview.