The Bells of Notre Dame

This article is about the song. For the bells at Notre-Dame Cathedral, see Bells of Notre-Dame de Paris.
"The Bells of Notre Dame"
Song by Paul Kandel, David Ogden Stiers and Tony Jay
from the album The Hunchback of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Recording
ReleasedMay 28, 1996
Length6:26
LabelWalt Disney
ComposerAlan Menken
LyricistStephen Schwartz
Producers
  • Alan Menken
  • Stephen Schwartz

"The Bells of Notre Dame" is a song from the 1996 Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, composed by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. It is sung at the beginning of the film by the clown-like gypsy, Clopin. It is set mainly in the key of D minor. The lyrics of the song bear some similarity to the poem The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe, especially the repetition of the word "bells" during the crescendo. The song is reprised at the end of the film.

The music is based on Prelude in C-sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, which is sometimes colloquially referred to as "The Bells of Moscow".

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