I admit it...I was a "Hunchback" hater. Having first seen the movie when I was 13 and deeming it "too dark" I hadn't given it another chance until this past February and...geez louise, I could kick myself in the head for not have realizing what a piece of work this entire film is. I never seem to run out of praise for the absolutely amazing vocals done by Paul Kandel as Clopin (I wish *I* could sing that well), the soaring highs and lows of Alan Menkins score, Stephen Schwartz' ingenius lyrics...it's true, "whatever their pitch you can feel them bewitch you, the rich and the ritual knells, of the bells of Notre Dame."