Music
- A heavy metal song by the band Iron Maiden about the book was recorded for the Iron Maiden album, released in 1980 and in its live singles cover, the band's mascot Eddie is playing organ and holding Phantom's mask.
- Cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes recorded a punk rock version of the title track from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical on their 1999 album Are a Drag.
- Heavy metal band Iced Earth wrote a song titled "The Phantom Opera Ghost," released in 2001. The song is built around an abbreviated retelling of the story, with lead singer Matt Barlow playing the role of the Phantom, and Yunhui Percifield playing the role of Christine.
- Gothic rock band Dreams of Sanity has recorded cover versions of the title track from Lloyd Webber's musical.
- Phantasia is the orchestral interpretation created by Andrew and Julian Lloyd Webber . A cello assumes the role of the Phantom (Julian Lloyd Webber) while a violin assumes the role of Christine (Sarah Chang).
- There is a techno version of the Phantom of the Opera theme song.
- A heavy metal song by the band Cristal y Acero from México covering the main theme of Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.
- A techno song by the band Banya, covering Webber's "Phantom Of The Opera Theme," created to feature in the game Pump It Up.
- Finnish metal band Nightwish and Swiss gothic band Lacrimosa have done a version of the theme song.
- In 2004, for the movie version, Junior Vasquez made remixes of the song.
- DCI corps Santa Clara Vanguard won 1st place with a show based on and using music from the musical in 1989, after finishing 2nd with a similar Phantom of the Opera show in 1988.
- Power metal band HolyHell perform a cover of the Phantom of the Opera live, with Eric Adams of Manowar singing the Phantom's part.
- American singer David Cook sang The Music of the Night for his Top 6 (Andrew Lloyd Webber week) on American Idol (season 7).
- Japanese singer Mika Nakashima sampled the theme song in her song IT'S TOO LATE.
- Singer/Songwriter Bob Dylan mentions The Phantom in his song Desolation Row from the album Highway 61 Revisited. The Phantom is depicted in a scene having dinner with Casanova.
- Japanese rock band D released a single titled "Yami Yori Kurai Doukoku no ACAPELLA to Bara Yori Akai Jounetsu no ARIA" with the title song depicting the Phantom's emotions for Christine.
- Walter Murphy recorded an album entitled "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1978 that heavily featured Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, mixed into songs that all had something to do with the story of Erik and Christine
- Metalcore band Chiodos laments as Erik in their song 'Hey Zeus! The Dungeon'
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