The Bells of Notre Dame Lyrics

[@patatakap]

Nobody can top the original singer that hit that UNBELIEVABLY high note at the end of the song.Show's how gifted he is.

[@AveMaria82100]

I wonder who it is that sung this song.

[@roorooboo]

AveMaria82100 I don't really know much of the singer... actually I just know his name, Paul Kandel ^-^

[@AveMaria82100]

Rocio Mutizabal Thanks for telling me!

[@andrewa9064]

patatakap look up Johnathan Young's cover and his buddy gets close

[@Jyromi]

patatakap what is his name

[@sanrihoe698]

DISNEY, GROW SOME BALLS AND MAKE A DARK, TWISTED MASTERPIECE JUST LIKE THIS AGAIN.

[@nelihmazen1420]

they shouldn't really make a dark movie like this again... Remember Black Cauldron?? It was a failure... The only thing that saved this movie was the music from Alan Menken... Else, it would be a failure too.. And still, you see that today Disney does not give a lot of attention to this movie... That's justified though... The movie is way too dark for little kids and it's not really as powerful as other Disney films like, say, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Mulan, Tarzan, Tangled or Frozen...

[@nelihmazen1420]

They've already made tons of masterpieces like this... Pay attention.

[@sanrihoe698]

TRIMC95 Not really

[@Rayder2341]

TRIMC95 That's a joke, right? I mean, I know they don't give this movie attention, but this movie is by far better than those you listed, except perhaps Beauty and the Beast. The ending of that one never sat right with me though.

[@nelihmazen1420]

Rayder2341 I'll give you that it's better than Lion King(since I think that Lion King is the most overrated Disney movie ever made).. But this movie being better than the others?? Nah, I really don't think so.. But that's of course my opinion. I respect yours.

[@cpyles4]

"You can lie to yourself and your minions" "You can claim that you haven't a qualm" "But you NEVER can run from or hide what you've done from the eyes....." "the very eyes of Notre DAAAAAAAAME" I get chills every time.

[@GodlygolfgalPhantom]

I just got chill reading it lol

[@cpyles4]

GodlygolfgalPhantom Then my work here is done XD

[@ericcb1]

Christopher Pyles Damn, me too, damn chills.

[@KeshaFan103]

***** AMEN

[@Hannah-vt7lc]

I get the chills to if I hear that part!!!

[@1TopGunPaintballer]

"Who is the monster and who is the man?" Deep.

[@TheDusty321]

+TopGunPaintballer My thoughts exactly. The initial answer would be Frollo as the man and Quasimodo as the monster. That is until you see both characters for who they really are. Then, it would be the other way around or Frollo as both.

[@MsNick126]

+TopGunPaintballer I think I might have been a more perceptive kid because of my upbringing, but I immediately saw Frollo as the monster and Quasimodo as the man. Even as a child, I knew that by Frollo killing Quasimodo's innocent mother that it made him evil, and despite Quasimodo's deformities, he was far more pure of heart and morally straight that Frollo ever could be.

[@ratking5039]

And it's not even a thing where halfway through the movie where you just go "Oh! Frollo's the monster." It's a change you don't notice until, again, they mention a monster and a man again, and it dawns on you.

[@deadlyriffs3253]

+MsNick126 its not a matter of perception,it was in purpose done this way so that kids realise who is the bad guy from start.It's not like it was a hidden riddle for smart or grown up people,Disney did everything in their power to give the message to kids that the one who seems righteous and good is not always what it seems,that's why the opening with killing his mother.

[@MsNick126]

DeadlyRiffs I'm not saying that its a matter of perception and that it's only something that grown adults and smart people can figure out. What I mean is that sometimes children don't always see the meaning behind particularly horrible act and that it signifies that the person who committed it is monster and a bad person. But there are a lot of children that d understand that and this movie really helps teach children this concept

[@inmyheadathousandworlds]

"And he saw corruption everywhere except within" SHOTS FIRED

[@fsdx416]

" *Who is the Monster and who is the Man* ?" Justify your answer using evidence from the text.

[@victoriaburroughs8399]

I felt that....

[@WanderingKat]

Based on the Merriam-Webster definition of 'Monster' or 'something monstrous'; "a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty" There is no man only monsters.

[@darkmagician2521]

The Frankenstein monster from Van Helsing: "I have not done anything to you and yet you and your kind all wish me dead!"

[@dmgphoenixcultist4895]

Make sure it's in MLA format

[@mariasnow2753]

Oh god

[@icarus7198]

In case anyone was wondering, the thing they're yelling in the background (Kyrie Eleison) is a Latin phrase used in Catholic masses meaning "Lord have mercy". Makes sense for a song about a man who ruthlessly kills others and claims he's a man of God.

[@marilia11p]

Brendan West It's not Latin. It's Greek. And yes it does mean "Lord have mercy". It is used in orthodox masses. I think they use it in catholic masses too, even though I have no idea why they use Greek instead of Latin like the rest.

[@icarus7198]

marilia11p It's Greek? I had just assumed it was Latin (also I am Catholic so I am absolutely sure they use it in Catholic masses)

[@markjohnson598]

Brendan West Kyrie ( Κύριε) is the voctaive of Lord ( Κύριος) and eleyson ( ελέησον ) is the ancient greek word for have mercy.

[@Animuse94]

Brendan West It's 100% greek. No idea why they use it. It sounds cool I guess.

[@markjohnson598]

It does sound quite awesome

[@lottechristiansen4526]

Clopin - Perhaps the most underrated, yet best male singer from Disney

[@omnistpagan3282]

I like that technically his character is based on a lot of characters from the original novel.

[@makeshiftmasquerade]

Every voice actor or singer in this film had serious pipes… Like they needed a raise… and some cough drops.

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

He's a puppeteer

[@AviRox1154]

That final note that Clopin nails never fails to give me goosebumps, especially with the visuals from the movie. Such a beautiful and stirring opening to the most under-rated films of the Disney Renaissance.

[@proud2bpagan]

I feel the same way! I was hesitant about watching it when it came out,because I don't normally like musicals,but that amazing voice drew me in,and I'm *so* glad I watched it. I'd be hacking up a lung if I tried to hold a note like that,and I greatly admire anyone who can.It's one of my favorite movies,too. Though they *really* diverted from Hugo's work to make it kid friendly.

[@HieiFan4Life]

proud2bpagan Kid friendly?! I cant imagine what Hugos original work was like! I hadnt seen this movie in a while and watched it for the nostalgia and realized that this movie is DARK. A beautiful and moving movie but dark nonetheless

[@proud2bpagan]

Oh yeah,Esmerelda was a twelve yr old girl,and Claude Frollo wasn't a judge,he was a priest,but he was still obsessed w/her.

[@proud2bpagan]

Oh yeah,Esmerelda was a 12 yr old girl,and Claude Frollo was a priest,not a judge.He was still obsessed w/her,though.

[@ricksaburai]

proud2bpagan well don't know about her age, but frollo was clearly between lust and hate. When Phoebus and Esmeralda were about to have a night stand (because he was engaged, but convinced her that he had feelings for her), Frollo stabbed him in the back out of jealousy (wounding him badly, but not fatally), and when Esmeralda refused to have the same for Frollo, he actually got her hanged (right in front of Phoebus, who watched indifferently at his WIFE's side). Quasimodo is dreaded by this, pushes Frollo off of Notre Dame's tower, and holds Esmeralda's corpse until he dies of starvation. And yeah, watching after more than a decade makes you realize how strong is the adult context in the movie. It is beautiful and dark because the original work is A LOT darker, but Disney adapted many of these plot points (the stabbing, the hanging, Frollo as the sole casualty) to a happy ending.

[@0uterspaced0ut11]

I'm sorry, but clopin puts Elsa to shame in this song! that high note!

[@Lipscomb917]

he does put her to shame.

[@futurehollywoodman]

Elsa ain't even mad though. Elsa knocked her song out of the park but Clopin knocked it out of reality.

[@johnsullivan9064]

You see the thing i, they're playing in two different leagues. Minor vs Major. One aspires to greatness. The other is.

[@taylorevans124]

He traded super powers for that high note. And it was 100% a fair trade.

[@katherineknapp4370]

I agree

[@mariekano9730]

Man when they start chanting in Latin that was literally moving me it was so powerful that choir

[@Matrix-tx5ff]

+Evey Kano I swear, adding a Latin choir can make anything 200% more epic. There's a certain archaic charm to the language.

[@Amy-ri4dh]

+Evey Kano Fun fact: the type of chanting in the beginning has a special name. It's called Gregorian chant, and it's different because unlike most music today, there are no bar lines, numbered measures, or time measurements (2/4 or 4/4 time). It's all just sung fluidly and naturally with no restrictions.

[@mariekano9730]

Amy Wittmeyer wow that's insane I had no idea and I'm a music person that's cool info

[@Amy-ri4dh]

I've sung some Gregorian chant in my high school choir and my current college choir. They're really cool to listen to (and sing!)

[@Potterhead4Vida]

+Kita Lorraine That chant in Latin is called "Dies Irae." We're performing Mozart's rendition in my high school choir and it's amazing!

[@GingerTurquoise]

Clopin in the prelude: "It is a tale. A tale of a man..and a monster" Clopin after telling the story of a disfigured/grotesque child and a/an (average looking) man: "Who is the monster and who is the man?" Clopin at the END of the movie, when Quasimodo saves the town: "What makes a monster, and what makes a man?" ARGH. This song is powerful beyond belief, especially in it's choice of words (well this entire movie just has breathtaking lyrics). I can't believe it took me so long to piece things together, but I had never really paid attention to this movie as a child, and now it's been my favorite for years. :')

[@michaeledmunds7266]

Clopin somewhere in the middle: "Hey look, it's Quasimodo... let's kill him."

[@madisoncastle5138]

Yeah!

[@omnistpagan3282]

I like the music I think it reminds me of prince of Egypt almost. I’m not religious I just like the symbolism of old kids films.

[@miracledecipher3947]

"Now here is a riddle to guess if you can sing the bells of Notre Dame! Now WHO IS THE MONSTER AND WHO IS THE MAN?!" I love that line.

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

miracle decipher TOTALLY!!!XD

[@raven3067]

miracle decipher me too😉

[@irenejensen6133]

Vi

[@MrFleshyMan]

I love how the line ties in to what the archdeacon said to Frollo earlier in the song. Notre Dame knows what Frollo did, God knows what Frollo did.

[@fable23]

The most chill-inducing, spine-tingling, jaw-droppingly awesome song that has ever been in a Disney movie.

[@3RoseNoire3]

jabberwagon Agreed!

[@potato4534]

And also hellfire

[@junhashimtm3078]

Can you guys just imagine Skrillet-Monster for Frollo.Cus I could :)

[@overyonder3076]

+jabberwagon If only Disney had made more like such

[@TheSupergamer300Show]

+Amber Governale I wouldn't call those "Spine-Tingling" but another certain Pocohantas song, known as Savages is very Spine-Chilling.

[@ladyofthesith1943]

This is my favorite Disney movie, and in humble opinion, one of the most underrated of the Disney Renaissance films.

[@notthecamper]

when you say renaissance, do you mean Disney movies based in the renaissance period or a renaissance of Disney movies

[@ladyofthesith1943]

notthecamper The renaissance of Disney movies, not Disney movies set during the renaissance.

[@HassenBeea]

notthecamper OM FREAKIN G!! THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME WAS SET DURING THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES!!!!!! NOT THE RENAISSANCE!! God! Learn the time periods!

[@xKaidoh]

I agree it is very underrated, but to be honest, it for some reason lacked impact after my first viewing. I really didn't have particularly strong feelings when I first watched the movie in 1996 when I was 8. Perhaps the subject matter was just too advanced for its target audience, as I didn't even really understand the story until I revisited this movie years later, more out of curiosity than anything else, only to realize how good it actually was.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Hassen Peterson I think Jon means the "renaissance" of Disney movies that took place during 1989-1996 or so, not the actual time period of the Renaissance. (Many fans would disagree on exactly when the Disney Renaissance ENDED. IMO, this is the last--until Enchanted--of the truly great Alan Menken scores.)

[@JRod527763]

That note he hits at 6:05 just impregnated everyone. Everywhere. Forever.

[@HassenBeea]

Even men? Srry I'm a smart ass. I love his voice too! AND I can hit that note!

[@Snowflake1425Stattr]

Hassen Peterson Dude, if you can hit that note... God praise you. Seriously. Though if you listen, you hear the girl's voice dominate his voice. >.>

[@LivesAmongWolves]

It's a High D for anyone wondering! ;)

[@cpyles4]

I can hit that note XD On a good day, of course. (Male head voice ftw)

[@MsSunnyMuffins]

YES! IT'S LITERALLY THE BEST PART! He has such range. I wish they would've animated the character singing that bit in the movie. I love that nameless guy just because of his voice!

[@TMega5612]

Freaking high D for the last note. Absolutely insane for something like that to be written into a musical piece, yet the Soprano 1s in the choir hit it perfectly. Truly remarkable.

[@OcioCamaraMx]

My favorite part is the "Sing the bells" part at the end, it makes me get goosebumps EVERYTIME!! Just a master piece!

[@Bat-talk]

It's an underrated movie .. I'm surprised it wasn't pg

[@ambuknight]

Hmmmm every time Capile dang that note I start singing with him hehe when music was ballsy in the Disney films like don't get me wrong Disney does amazing when makeing musicals but this is just... Choirs and loud Oprea like signing.. that's amazing to hear like in Moana the music is beautiful but conoare to this... Nothing...

[@Pikachu15actrice]

''Here's a riddle to guess if you can, sing the bells of Notre-Dame, who is the *monster* and who is the _man_...?'' I love this part so much. Really makes you think. Is the one who _looks_ like a monster the monster, and is the man who _looks_ like a man the man?

[@SekhmetReverence]

Pikachu15actrice so true, often the true monster is the beauty

[@attentialkane]

In the italian version it says “chi è brutto dentro o chi è brutto a veder?” It means literally “is the one that is ugly inside or the one that is ugly outside?

[@Renji9031]

But is Frollo really a monster or just a really shitty person? Did Quasimodo have to call on the powers of the Grid to bring Frollo down or was gravity enough?

[@renatoramos8834]

You mean the monster that looks like a man.

[@omnistpagan3282]

It’s like Beaumont’s Belle y la Bete the original fairytale was very different. Beaumont and Villeneuve were two different Frenchwomen so modern English lit majors and let’s be honest women of the former British empire get offended by French literature. Mary Shelly Jane Austen the Bronte sisters were considered British and Americanas love that tradition. Jekyll and Hyde was by a Scottish author and Dracula was by an Irish author. They think it’s racist if you bring that up or something. I guess because Hitler used the Brothers Grimm and the Icelandic Sagas to fuel his propaganda. Tolkien was a linguist and an academic he created his legacy and it’s amazing but no one even wants to understand his legacy. Michael Moorcock made Elric of Melnibone Sapkowski made the Witcher Ursula ke la Guinne made earth sea Madeleine de Engle made a Wrinkle in Time Charles Perrault wrote fairytales, the tale of tales was another saga from Italy. All Disney did was rip off great literature and English speaking Americans actually believed that it was ‘theirs’ or something. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t listen in school and go play video games like Mario Cart. I swear everyone deserves to cherish their own child hood but learn to allow kids under the age of twenty to enjoy their child hood. If you hurt children then you will be cursed or have bad karma or something. It’s in every recorded religion. But some people only pretend to care about kids that’s what you have to learn. Mi abuelitos called it the evil eye it’s a superstition but one that I have actually experienced. Anyways I wish I had majored in English maybe I’ll write a book someday. Maybe not who knows it just feels like I’m in an echo chamber. Blessed be on los hijos.

[@ScarletDusk99]

I love this whole movie and mythos so much. I love David Ogden Stiers' role, especially how strong, bold, and just pious he sounds when he says, "You can lie to yourself and your minions." When he says he can never lie to The Eyes, I just get chills. Such a wonderful song

[@Isildun9]

The statues around Notre-Dame de Paris are like that too. you walk around them and it feels like they are all watching you

[@MissE_Art]

Don't blink ;)

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

Try visualizing Jumba singing those lines...!

[@3RoseNoire3]

PLEASE DISNEY, make another dark movie like this underrated masterpiece. Thank you!

[@GKIRA89]

meytisss It was rated very vell, actually. I was 7 when it came out and there is no one in my generation who didn't see and enjoy it - plus, include our parents who watched it witch us, in the cinema and later on VHS. Everyone loved it and it aged well. It is remembered as one of the best classics of Disney. What I particularly love in classic Disney - in retrospect - that it treated us kids the same way it treated adults: it didn't treat us like little idiots, but rather found the courage to introduce us to a darker tone and atmosphere (the same reason why we loved the original Wrner Bros. Batman animated series). The story, the characters, the message were complex and it offered just as much to kids as to adults. In fact, to fully understand a movie like this one, one has to watch it also as an adult. And about your request to Disney: if the atmosphere/tone themselves did not come back, the complexity you can find in aDisney (Pixar) movie surely are, eg. Up!, Wall-E, Inside Out. But that's just my opinion.

[@abigailkuntz3158]

YYYEEESSS!!!!!!!

[@munchhecks250]

+meytisss the black cualdron is good. although i seem to often be alone on that one.

[@dave1411]

You ain't alone there, when I was growing up that was among my favorites

[@abigailkuntz3158]

I know exactly how you feel! :)

[@SoulStealerSlayers]

God...Them chills...Right from the very start...Beautiful.

[@RAM243VALDEZ]

SoulStealerSlayers look up chant is u like that kindnof music

[@iceluvndiva21]

SoulStealerSlayers I can actually got those notes for the closing part of the song. *small blush*

[@jordancross1747]

Samee

[@dracothedrangonful]

How many people have actually wanted to run into a cathedral and shout "BELLS OF NOTRE DAME!"? I have.

[@annabananag3962]

I volunteer helping with the upkeep of a really old Catholic Church near where I live. My job is to take care of the bell and ring it before the start of each mass and at the end. I climbed up into the bell tower one day to find three teenage boys up there singing this song, and I joined in. Scared the heck out of them. We all have a good laugh about it now, though. ; )

[@dracothedrangonful]

XD Now that's funny. That's my kind of humor.

[@dragoneye6229]

dracothedrangonful Two lines you can say to any religious person who is being unreasonable and watch them completely flip within a day exist within this song. "You can lie to yourself and your minions, you can claim that you haven't a qualm. But you never can run from nor hide what you've done from the eyes of your own God.". Scared the hell out of a bishop from my local church when I said that to him. I don't know why it scared him but it did. It also helps if you hold up a holy symbol of some sort while saying it, such as the bible or crucifix.

[@kibty2191]

DragonEye Maybe they sinned and thought you knew what they had done?

[@michaeledmunds1767]

DragonEye I do believe it's because you destroyed his illusion of surety, and doubts about his trip to the afterlife. It can be a powerful thing, I know from personal experience.

[@D1ceDealer]

Everyone commenting on how dark this movie is just baffles me. Has nobody here ever considered that The Hunchback of Notre Dame was originally a book written by the same man who wrote Les Miserables? Of course it's gonna be dark.

[@jessiesoul3821]

Whoa. I did not know that. That's really cool! Now I know y it's so dark xD but I love movies with a dark theme to it.

[@batspam1013]

They're saying how dark it was in the Disney version

[@DarkHeroesForever]

+puppie406 They were talking about how dark it was compare to other Disney movies.

[@batspam1013]

+DarkHeroesForever see! Someone gets it

[@wanderingboober6144]

+puppie406 It has less to do with the source material and more to do with who actually made the movie. Nowadays, with the kinds of kid-friendly animated films Disney is known for, of course something like this would be surprising to people seeing this for the first time.

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

"The fisherman fishes, The bakerman bakes" YOU DON'T SAY

[@sailorsun8612]

+Henrique Carballo Aranha Ah, but they have to do it to the Bells of Notre Dame

[@Echodonut]

+Henrique Carballo Aranha Secretly the bakerman is baking after smoking a big rollup

[@lizzyoconnell2386]

lol

[@billjohnson5117]

that Lars face works perfectly with your comment.

[@NPC1921]

The disliker dislikes

[@NoNameThoughtOfYet]

Here Are The Links To All The Latin Sections Of The Song With The Words In Latin And English Translation: 00:00 - 0:29: Olim Olim Deus Accelere Hoc Saeculum Splendium Accelere Fiat Venire Olim - Someday Someday God Speed This Bright Millennium Let It Come Someday 2:35 - 2:38: Kyrie Eleison Kyrie Eleison - Lord Have Mercy Lord Have Mercy 3:03 - 3:22 Dies Iræ Dies Illa Solvet Sæclum In Favilla Teste David Cum Sibylla Quantus Tremor Est Futurus Quando Judex Est Venturus Cuncta Stricte Discussurus! - The Day Of Wrath That Day Will Dissolve The World In Ashes As Foretold By David And The Sibyl How Much Tremor There Will Be When The Judge Will Come Investigating Everything Strictly!

[@joebykaeby]

M. Cloak Thank you!! This is the reason a Disney movie is my favorite musically of all time - amid all the horribly un-Christian things going on throughout the story, the score is constantly making use of these Latin chants, as if to remind everyone, "this is what they're supposed to be saying". It's brilliance.

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

+M. Cloak You might be surprised, but at those parts, I tend to turn the volume all the way up, on my headphones!

[@1Uzisaysbiteme]

thank u :)

[@alexanderm5728]

"How much tremor there will be, when the Judge will come". I just noticed the double meaning in that line, and that explains why it's repeated at 3:29 - right when Judge Claude Frollo kills Quasimodo's mother.

[@_gossipgirlxoxo]

Thanks for the info 😊

[@xXSkyifyXx]

Hit that note. Finally.

[@zacharyharwell351]

That build up at the end always gives me goosebumps; WHOO! I love this movie, by far one of the darker Disney movies. I wish they would make more of them like this (The gravity in certain scenes is so satisfying (and no, not the force that keeps us in contact with the planet's surface, among other things))

[@1TopGunPaintballer]

I think that Tarzan was the last movie that touched a dark scene. When the bad guy (forgot the name) hangs from a tree at the end of the movie.

[@hamiltrash183]

+TopGunPaintballer Clayton

[@cjones0210]

Hamiltrash #1 clayton! *gunshot sound*

[@BeriiQueen]

Excellent opening. Out of The Hunch Back of Notre Dame and The Prince of Egypt openings, I don't know which one it better.

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

So true they have the best intros. They let you know from the start you are about to watch a classic!

[@poop91]

Yes those two movies are just great and powerful

[@christopherburke3821]

On par I think! Both amazing and underrated movies with some of the mostamazing musical numbers ever!

[@joneslikethesoda]

the first time I saw Quasimodo ringing the bells of Notre Dame my goosebumps got goosebumps.

[@thatonepersonyouwontremember]

R.L Stine got goosebumps

[@artloverivy]

@@thatonepersonyouwontremember Clever 😂

[@aburaraiger1855]

Just the RHYMES in the song are genius! Particularly anything before they sing the title: "A figure whose clutches were iron as much as the bells..." etc. Aah, so good!

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

"Who is the monster ans who is the man?" Ask Scooby-Doo.

[@RAM243VALDEZ]

Henrique Carballo Aranha rut ohs

[@PrinceSoph]

Prudence Frein *that meddling hunchback(?

[@Nela1481]

Jajajaja😂 que risa

[@Bacontats]

Such great music. Dark movie, but great music!

[@cheriluna615]

spoiler: Frollo was a catholic priest, not a judge. And when he died, he dragged Quasimodo with him.

[@machogrubba14]

Jessica Fields Don't forget that Pheobus was also evil!

[@cheriluna615]

machogrubba14 yep!

[@Bacontats]

Still the darkest elder disney movie out there.

[@cheriluna615]

Beg to differ. Read this ----> www.buzzfeed.com/adamellis/super-dark-origins-behind-your-favorite-disney-movies Behold, the origins of the Disney movies.

[@reaganpaulino7195]

Does anyone else notice the intro is 'Hellfire'?

[@shiningarmor2838]

Hellfire is the reprise of this

[@zacharylahana2883]

Shining Armor Not really. They both use the same medley. The reprise to this is the song at the end of the movie when the crowd carries Quasimodo through the city, called the Bells of Notre Dame Reprise (shocker)

[@SonofSethoitae]

It isn't. The Latin at the beginning of this song is: "Olim, olim, Deus accelere (Someday, someday, God speed) Hoc sæculum splendium (This bright millenium) Accelere fiat venire olim (Let it come someday)" While in Hellfire, it's; "Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti (I confess to God almighty) Beatae Mariae semper Virgini (To blessed Mary ever Virgin) Beato Michaeli archangel (To the blessed archangel Michael) Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis (To the holy apostles, to all the saints)"

[@beanvillus]

It's the same melody.

[@Icarusinhischariot]

@@SonofSethoitae they don't mean the lyrics the music in the beginning is the same not the latin or the lyrics just the instrumental

[@lrosex8953]

THIS IS SO DARK AND SINISTER BUT CUTE AND LOVELY AT THE SAME TIME THIS FILM HAS SUCH BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IT IS SO UNDERRATED I LOVE THIS FILM

[@quentinvincent5621]

I think Frollo is the most evil of all of the villains in disney movies.

[@StewardofAutumn]

He is the most human, so we can judge him on our level.

[@alexf4653]

you guys obviously never met cruella de fucking making coats out of puppies

[@kyah3560]

+Alex F This dude was gonna kill a baby (even on holy ground). Abused a young man his whole life. *skip ahead in the movie* He said Esmeralda should either be with him (essentially sleep with him) or go to hell. I think (sadly) he might win in the villain department.

[@StewardofAutumn]

+Kyah Scimone he also did kill a woman on holy ground, and almost burned a family alive.

[@1TopGunPaintballer]

+Steward of Autumn "but... But the puppies" You are absolutely right.

[@CaryPohlhammer]

This is one of the eeriest Disney songs all of all of them. It gives me chills in most parts.

[@mollygerlach8289]

I was in Paris recently and got to visit Notre Dame, this place is beautiful i went inside because they do give tours humming this song to myself though i got several looks because i was singing in English (Sorry my french sucks when it comes to singing) I had a very old man smile and begin singing with me then tell the little kids in our group that when you sing the song the mysterious bell ringer will ring the bells. We had maybe ten little kids all singing and the bells rang making all of them smile. (It was just signally the time but they didn't care)

[@freyamccullough8326]

+molly gerlach You're awesome

[@mollygerlach8289]

+Freya Stuart I would do it all over again if I got the chance

[@yeasurepandas]

The last 30 seconds are my favorite, so gorgeous

[@poptartsforfrodo1282]

Clopin can reach the vocal pitch no man i've every met can...

[@proud2bagamergirl]

i love the line who's the monster and who's the man

[@Hinata8778]

This song always manages to give me goosebumps..

[@meghansteinberger5117]

this is my favorite Disney movie!

[@SamPasserdoodlesandhappenings]

And now, after 5 long years, those bells ring once more.

[@emile5921]

After 5:40, goosebumps all over the place..

[@madisonarnett4194]

For those wondering the translation for the Latin part, it's as follows Dies irae, dies illa (Day of wrath, that day) Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes) Teste David cum sibylla (As prophesied by David and the sibyl) Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be) Quando Judex est venturus (When the Judge is come) Pretty dark if i must say

[@3RoseNoire3]

Wait What Thank you! Very dark and I personally love it.

[@eliasnayme3545]

Kids need to watch movies like this so for them to think independently.

[@Bailskywalker]

They would be whinning of how then charactors are flat and aren't like toy story or Pixar movies.

[@Skribbification]

Bailskywalker Oh get over yourselves, people. Kids just enjoy Disney movies period. It doesn't matter what type of animation is used.

[@benkulbago9966]

Kids don't have the intelligence to think for themselves. They need to be taught to live their lives the right way. Wait for them to get older to try to say "Think for yourself". When they have the brains to think straight.

[@ellysophia4143]

this generation will have mushy brains growing up with films like Frozen

[@Bailskywalker]

I'm serious. I showed this to the little in my neighborhood and they whined and bitched about the animation

[@SuperWhoPotterLockerOnYouTube]

Undoubtedly, Hunchback of Notre Dame has the best soundtrack of any Disney movie.

[@sarahmooney9381]

Clopin is my favorite character in this movie. It's hard not to love the quirky narrator character! I wish there was more about him in this, there's a lot of potential there. The movie is still brilliant on its own though.

[@neeltjeschmidt]

The ending with the big chorus "beeeeelllls oooooofff NoooOOOOTTRRREEEEEEEE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!" HO!!!! Gives me chills EVERY TIME!!!!

[@MazMurder56]

Perfect start to one of the greatest movies ever.

[@_ytnahs]

Who the heck can sing that last part!?!

[@mythloverb5931]

+NakiNaki Serrano Someone with lots of great vocal training.

[@pikachulearnedfly5189]

+NakiNaki Serrano Me

[@Onyxkokoro96]

crazy breath support bro. seriously build your diaphram up and it will help with pitch accuracy and the ability to sustain notes.

[@LeopardGeckoTree]

Me if someone squeezes my balls.

[@elmakarov]

+NakiNaki Serrano A Choir of very talented people.

[@auggun14]

Lyrics Translation: Dies irae, dies illa (Day of wrath, that day) Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes) Teste David cum sibylla (As prophesied by David and the sibyl) Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be) Quando Judex est venturus (When the Judge is come) Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)

[@brittmcv21]

my god, that last note just sends chills all though your body

[@xenon_monster]

One of the most brilliant openings to a movie Disney has ever made!

[@3RoseNoire3]

yuritanndesu Yes! We do want a dark movie again!!!

[@tylercarta433]

"Who is the monster and who is the man?" That Lyric and part is one of the most powerful scenes in all of disney.

[@itzorin600]

best song that Disney ever made next to hell fire my opinion

[@iibioxica]

these and i can go the distance from hercules. 90s Disney music is amazing. can you believe we got like broadway level music for our childhood cartoon movies?

[@NarutoCypriotFun]

My childish years were awesome and that's because the great movies and music has disney made! :) Just love Disney

[@Sashi_Mee]

this movie was more like a operah rather than a disney animated movie.

[@hithedragon7842]

true

[@shiruotakuno28]

"There's literally nothing bad about Opera. That's fact."

[@justinharvey7398]

5:48 the vocals, the build-up, the instrumentation... easily one of the best moments in ANY Disney song or movie and it never fails to give me chills.

[@blkluvchnl]

I didn't watch this movie until only a couple months ago, and it's now one of my favorites. I don't know why I kept slipping over it. I'm glad my curiosity won me over!

[@drabarski]

That long note at the end, just brilliant. It gave me good goosebumps.

[@ZedanB]

_The Bells of Notre Dame_ still makes me tear up every now and again when I listen to it. If Disney did stuff this powerful still, I might not dislike them as much as I do...

[@tmdxoo]

My favorite part is 05:53 - I love how you can hear the bells in the background. In the actual scene you can hear them much clearer and for some reason I find that one of my favorite parts of the film!

[@theGagarianplanet]

Oh I love hearing the bells too :')

[@buzzoffbozo4162]

The chorus on the back it's so gothic and dark it gives me shivers everytime.

[@gumdropangels]

This song is so powerful along with the movie...that last note in this song gives me chills still to this day!

[@roukerasati9611]

I always ALWAYS get goosebumps from this song. Just the beginning...It's awesome!

[@juliav8159]

My absolute favorite Disney movie, and one of my favorite movies and soundtracks of all time. Also, I have to say that I love the use of the Dies Irae from Gregorian chant!! The music in this film is so carefully crafted and so intricate. Hunchback is not talked about nearly as much as it should be.

[@mattgerrish908]

4:19 🎵You can lie to yourself and your minions🎵 🎵You can claim that you haven't a qualm🎵 🎵But you never can run from nor hide what you've done from the eyes🎵 🎵The very eyes of Notre Dame🎵 Best part, I swear! I get chills every time!

[@bbsyduam2452]

Perfect piece of music.

[@ManatoonProductions]

I will say, whoever sung that last part as Clopun, THAT is a set of lungs there!

[@Lilverde]

"Clopun"????

[@MrLildiamond78]

Paul Kandel is the man who sings this song

[@lord_ozymandias]

@@Lilverde 5 years later here to tell you Clopun is the main singer and narrator of this song

[@willowthefox654]

@@lord_ozymandias they know it, but they wanted to point that it's not "clopun" but "clopin"

[@lord_ozymandias]

@@willowthefox654 ohhh. i didn’t see the “” the last time 😳 woops

[@ravent2631]

That falsetto and belting at the end though! DAMN Every time!

[@13Okuni1]

Tried singing along. Hit everything but that last note. I technically got the pitch but I couldn't even hold it for a full second. I need to learn to breath when I sing...

[@c0sm1c-d0ll]

just tried singing that last note my throat hurts now .-.

[@Lycan4]

I'm a chick, and I tried singing that note. I couldn't talk for an hour...

[@pjek5730]

That Thing In the Corner I tried and nearly suffocated, couldn't breathe

[@wavygyal9078]

That part when frollo starts speaking I get chills. This whole song gives me chills. Hands down the best Disney song/intro

[@janelles9312]

Behold, the intro to one of the most complicated productions in Disney history

[@silversamurai0267]

Intros like this are how you know the movie you're about to watch is going to be fucking epic. XD (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan, and my personal favorite, Prince of Egypt, are shining examples of this. :D)

[@iceluvndiva21]

Debatably the balliest movie that Disney made but also had the best jokes and songs! So I give it a 10/10

[@Mswordx23]

3:04 - 3:58 Favorite part.

[@lylli9888]

couldn't agree more!

[@Carzedazetaco]

When i was younger i used too rewind this scene over and over again

[@tarniabook3076]

I did that with other movies too! I loved the songs in The lady and the tramp 2, but I didn't have any way to look up the songs, so I just played the movie to listen to them.

[@bladewolf39]

just gotta love how Ratcliffe accuses Frollo of sin lol (The Archdeacon/Ratcliffe is played by David Ogden Stiers who also happens to play Cogsworth and Jumba)

[@Lycan4]

O.O Omg, how did I never notice this before?!

[@amirat.9805]

The music in this film is haunting and exceptional. Just wow. Surely this is the pinnacle of Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s compositional collaboration.

[@jzonay97]

I never really understood that question " who is the monster? and who is the man?" when I was younger watching the movie again is just to amazing.

[@lppurplegirl11]

This song is really one of the best intros to a Disney movie ever.

[@amandaguenascimento]

This song and the performance of this story makes me think of the greatness of man's doings... How beautiful can something be? And yet this is not the end, there's still a lot of beauty and meaning the human being will instill in something that ought to be even better than this story. This makes me hopeful, proud and emotional like nothing else. The bells and the choir, the tragic, humane tale, makes me love to be human

[@ricardoparente5824]

"See there the innocent blood you have spilt (...)" "I am guiltless. She ran, I pursued (...) My conscience is clear" Now why does this sound so eerily familiar, I wonder?

[@mr.shepherd_1776]

Cops beating blacks

[@Onyxkokoro96]

+Gamer Wardog well I'm so glad somebody else sees it.

[@mr.shepherd_1776]

***** ur welcome

[@Onyxkokoro96]

Respect.

[@Piledriver86]

Authority absolves the killer of everything in their own mind. The soldier, the doctor, the police, the executioner. But if there is such a thing as God, they will answer for their monstrous actions one day.

[@yudcrazy4964]

The song while very dramatic and intense also catch all the elements of church songs like the ancient latin chorus, and even the typical repetitive melody of such songs.. Truly a masterpiece

[@fakename3407]

In 2020 listening to this. Still slaps like its 96! But also congratulations to the singer that hit that high note at the end.

[@codchannel1025]

The best intro song to any Disney film in my opinion.

[@sebasrm1]

"Who is the monster and who is the man?", damn there's a crazy amount of work on music, lyrics and choirs :O!

[@misterminutes4504]

When the music suddenly falls and rises so high. I feel the divine

[@gingaddict]

my hairs always go up when I listen to this brilliant song! Best opening Disney song ever!

[@JeanetteSchramm]

The Latin in the beginning translates to: "Day is a day of wrath, that day Will dissolve the world in ashes, as foretold by David and the Sibyll, how great a tremor is to be, when the judge shall come To [Sanctuary, please give us sanctuary!]"

[@trinityjillian5243]

I grew up with Hunchback being one of my favorite Disney movies, and this still never fails to give me chills, especially at the end.

[@nick-ish]

gives me the chills at 5:59

[@avianawkward8436]

The "who is the monster and who is the man?" and the ending note both always give me chills.

[@lordonard]

This song always gives me goosebumps. This may be a kids film but there are few films that work as well as musicals as this one.

[@kianal7084]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE IT DESERVED AN AWARD!!! SMH

[@logankozlowski1950]

this soundtrack is one of Disney's best... Good work on the lyrics too!

[@Sun_Shine]

i'm sorry but i just love how the creator misspelled "Demon" it makes me smile every time i listen to this

[@souleaterisawesome13]

There are different ways to spell Demon. Deamon is a misspell of Daemon, which was the way it was spelled in the movie The Golden Compass. There are different "demons" you could say. Demon: unclean spirit, Pagan God; Daemon: "helpful little spirit" (pronounced demon); Daimon: first spelling, "guardian angel" to Pagans, (pronounced die-mon); all derive from the Greek word δαεμων (websites: daimon, Google translate: daemon). Hope this helped! I don't mean to sound rude or anything, I was raised around this sort of stuff all my life, like Greek mythology and spellings, as well as Latin and things like that. Once again, sorry if it comes off rude, I didn't mean that.

[@Sun_Shine]

actually. that was awesome info. THANKS!

[@souleaterisawesome13]

You are very welcome! ^__^

[@souleaterisawesome13]

***** I learned it from my dad and he sometimes gets it wrong. ^__^

[@Lobster222]

***** But I'm sure you're a very intelligent person, right, "anime wolf chick"? [Pft hahahaha]

[@danielgioiosa9845]

Best Disney song. No other has this feel. The other half is hellfire.

[@pol1229]

"This is an unholy demon, I'm sending it back to hell where it belongs!" - *Dads on the first day back at school.*