However, the composer felt that Stilgoe's lyrics were too witty and clever, rather than romantic. Richard Stilgoe, who also wrote the lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, then wrote lyrics for the production, as well as devising most of the titles for the songs.
After his first choice turned him down.Īlan Jay Lerner was then recruited, but died soon after beginning the project, and none of his contributions remained in the show. Phantom itself went through three lyricists. He later decided to rework it into Phantom. When Lloyd-Webber began his relationship with Sarah Brightman he wrote a song for her titled “Married Man” with lyrics by Trevor Nunn. The song actually started with a different title and completely different lyrics.
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