Thursday, October 6, 2011

30 Day Disney Challenge- Day 13

Favorite Villain Song

Heaven's Light/Hellfire (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

"Destroy Esmerelda, and let her taste the fires of hell, or else let her be mine and mine alone..."




I just love the contrast in this song- the lightness at the beginning when Quasimodo is comparing Esmerelda to a heavenly being, and then Frollo singing about her as a siren cast from hell. I read this in another blog once, and I think it's true- this is one of the only villain songs where the villain isn't bragging about his powers and his inevitability in taking over the world or defeating the hero. Instead, he's singing about his repressed sexual desire, and how he's torn between lusting after Esmerelda and living up to his holy reputation. Pure evil, and pure genius. 

Honorable Mention: Mother Knows Best (Reprise) (I love how the music abrubtly changes after "oh, I see how it is!" and the way her voice reaches that scary pitch on "if he's lying, DON'T come crying!!!") 

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