Dear Ophelia
Alan Menken & Santino Fontana * Track #4 On Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording)
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Album Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording)
- #1Overture (God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater)
Alan Menken
- #2The Rosewater Foundation
Alan Menken & Rebecca Naomi Jones & Santino Fontana
- #3
The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise)Alan Menken & Santino Fontana
- #4Dear Ophelia
Alan Menken & Santino Fontana
- #5Thank God for the Volunteer Fire Brigade
Alan Menken & Kevin Ligon & Kevin Del Aguila & Eddie Cooper & Nick Choksi & Derrick Baskin & Santino Fontana
- #6Mushari’s Waltz (Magical Moment)
Alan Menken & Skylar Astin
- #7Thirty Miles From the Banks of the Ohio / Look Who’s Here
Alan Menken & Liz McCartney & Kate Wetherhead & Rebecca Naomi Jones & Santino Fontana
- #8Cheese Nips
Alan Menken & Eddie Cooper & Liz McCartney & Kate Wetherhead & Santino Fontana & Brynn O’Malley
- #9The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise II)
Alan Menken & Santino Fontana & Rebecca Naomi Jones & Derrick Baskin
- #10Since You Came to This Town
Alan Menken & Eddie Cooper & Kevin Ligon & Rebecca Naomi Jones & Liz McCartney
- #11A Poem by William Blake
Alan Menken & James Earl Jones
- #12The Rhode Island Tango
Alan Menken & Skylar Astin & Kate Wetherhead & Kevin Del Aguila
- #13Eliot/Sylvia
Alan Menken & Brynn O’Malley & Santino Fontana
- #14Plain Clean Average Americans
Alan Menken & Rebecca Naomi Jones & Kate Wetherhead & Kevin Del Aguila & Skylar Astin
- #15A Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis
Alan Menken & Santino Fontana
- #16Dear Ophelia (Reprise)
Alan Menken & Brynn O’Malley
- #17I, Eliot Rosewater
Alan Menken & Santino Fontana
Dear Ophelia by Alan Menken (Ft. Santino Fontana)
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[Verse 1: ELIOT]
Dear Ophelia, here's a letter
Though it's sure to leave a question in your mind
Why I've gone away, why I've left our world behind
When I don't know what it is I hope to find
[Verse 2: ELIOT]
Still, Ophelia, I must wander
With a suitcase and a road map in my hand
Down the highways of a lost and lonely land
Looking close and trying hard to understand
[Bridge: ELIOT]
Believe me, Ophelia
Believe in what I do
Trust me and love me
As much as I love you
Until I'm through
[Verse 3: ELIOT]
Dear Ophelia, don't be frightened
Don't be sad, and don't sit waiting by the phone
I've got questions
I need answers of my own
Dear Ophelia, the only place to find them is
(spoken)
Alone
Dear Ophelia Q&A
Who wrote Dear Ophelia's ?
Dear Ophelia was written by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken.
Who produced Dear Ophelia's ?
Dear Ophelia was produced by Michael Kosarin & Alan Menken.
When did Alan Menken release Dear Ophelia?
Alan Menken released Dear Ophelia on Fri Jul 28 2017.
What did Alan Menken say about "Dear Ophelia"?
Menken:
This is Elliot’s declaration of why he has made such a dramatic U-turn in his life. He likens himself to Hamlet as he explains his motivations and intentions to his wife, Sylvia, who he addresses as Hamlet’s would-be wife, “Ophelia.” This is the first turn of the score into the American fol...