The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 34th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel of the same name. The plot centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame and his struggle to gain acceptance into society.
Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn, the film's voice cast features Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, and Mary Wickes in her final film role. Produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance, the film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films as its narrative explores such mature themes as infanticide, lust, damnation, genocide, and sin, despite the changes made from the original source material in order to ensure a G rating received by the MPAA. The musical score was written by Alan Menken, with songs written by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, whom had previously collaborated on Pocahontas, released the year before.
STARING DOWN AT THE MARKED PLACE
FROM HIGH UP ABOVE
I RING THE BELLS IN MY TOWER CELLS
I DREAM OF SOMETHING PEACEFUL AND WORM
A FREAK OF NATURE I WAS BORN
LONLY WIND TELL HOW TO BEGIN
I'M HIGHER WHEN I'M DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
I AM BOUND TO WALK THE NIGHT
DIVING TO A WISHING WELL
WHERE HOPES AND DREAMS CAN BREAK THE SPELL
A PLACE WHERE I CAN FLY TOWARDS THE SUN... FREE
FREE ME
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
BREAK DOWN THESE WALLS
I CAN TAKE NO MORE
MADE OF FLUSH AND BLOOD... OH DEAR GOD
GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
THERE'S DARKNESS IN MY SOUL
I WANNA LEARN TO LIVE
LIVE TO LEARN
LOOKING OUT OVER PARIS
SO MANY THINGS I COULD CHERISH
SMELL THE GREEN BE A PART OF THE SCENE
CHILDREN PLAY THEIR LAUGHING
AND I'M JUST ANOTHER FAIRYTALE
DREAMS TO ASHES TO DUST
I'M HIGHER WHEN I'M DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
I AM BOUND TO WALK THE NIGHT
DIVING TO A WISHING WELL
WHERE HOPES AND DREAMS CAN BREAK THE SPELL
A PLACE WHERE I CAN FLY TOWARDS THE SUN... FREE
FREE ME
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
BREAK DOWN THESE WALLS
I CAN TAKE NO MORE
MADE OF FLUSH AND BLOOD... OH DEAR GOD
GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG
I'M TRYING HARD NOT TO LOOSE CONTROL
WELCOME TO NOTRE DAME MY FRIENDS
WHERE THE PIGEONS FLY AGAIN
I'M A GHOST IN THIS TOWN
A KING WITHOUT A CROWN
I'M A FIRESTORM
CRAZY... MAY BE
GET READY TO FACE THE DAWN
OH YOU'RE THE BEAUTY AND I AM THE BEAST
IN THIS CATHEDRAL I HOLD THE FEAST
AND I'M IN COMMAND
THIS IS MY LAND
I'M CRAZY MAY BE
AND IT'S ALL THAT I KNOW
THERE'S DARKNESS IN MY SOUL
AND I'M TRYING HARD NOT TO LOOSE CONTROL