Awesome Music / The Phantom of the Opera

• Erik's signature organ chords (whether lifted from Pink Floyd or not, it is still awesome). Also the five-chord progression that concludes "Music of the Night" and later the show itself.
• Christine's cadenza at the end of the title song. Even when it sounds like she's singing her vocal cord out, she goes even HIGHER on the next go at the melody, ending in a high E that sounds like a scream.
• The huge "BEEE!" and ethereal "soar" also from "Music of the Night" certainly deserve recognition.
• "Notes I", "Notes II", "Prima Donna", and the "Point of No Return" are also exceptional standouts. The two "Notes" songs are extremely fast and contain some hilarious lines ("No one likes a debtor so it's better that my orders are obeyed!" and "...And that third trombone has to go; the man could not be deafer, so please preferably one who plays in tune!"), while "Prima Donna" has almost the entire cast singing at the same time.
• "You will curse the day you did not doooooooo all that the Phantom asked of youuuuuuuu!!" And using that single line to transition seamlessly from the tune of Christine and Raoul's love theme to a crashing rendition of the Phantom's theme.
• In the film's cut edition, Gerard Butler's Phantom sings a song called "No One Would Listen" to the same tune as "Learn to be Lonely". Say what you may of the film and Butler's singing skills, but that man sold the song like Billy Mays sold Oxiclean.
• "The Mirror" is notable for being the first time the Phantom appears on-stage, and his lines as he lures Christine through the mirror are both eerie and awesome: "I am your angel of music! Come to me, angel of music!"
• "Masquerade" may be an Irrelevant Act Opener, but it's also a really awesome song. "Masquerade! Paper faces on parade! Masquerade! Hide your face so the world can never find you!"
• "The Solo", or, the solo violin during the transition into "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again", is technically tricky to play and nerve-rackingly exposed. And there are players who've been pulling it off for decades.

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