La música en el cine: Los miserables

Esta semana todo un clásico en el mundo de los musicales Los miserables con el tema principal del mismo I dreamt a dream.

There was a time when men were kind

When their voices were soft

And their words inviting

There was a time when love was blind

And the world was a song

And the song was exciting

There was a time

Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in times gone by

When hope was high and life worth living

I dreamed, that love would never die

I dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid

And dreams were made and used and wasted

There was no ransom to be paid

No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night

With their voices soft as thunder

As they tear your hope apart

As they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side

He filled my days with endless wonder

He took my childhood in his stride

But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'll come to me

That we will live the years together

But there are dreams that cannot be

And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be

So different from this hell I'm living

So different now from what it seemed

Now life has killed the dream

I dreamed

Los Miserables es un musical completamente cantado basado en la novela homónima de Victor Hugo, con música de Claude-Michel Schönberg, letras originales en francés de Alain Boublil y Jean-Marc Natel, y adaptación al inglés de Herbert Kretzmer. Su partitura ganadora del Tony incluye canciones tan conocidas como "I Dreamed a Dream", "On My Own", "Do You Hear the People Sing?", "One Day More", "Bring Him Home", "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables", "Master of the House" y "Castle on a Cloud".

Ambientado en la Francia de principios del siglo XIX, el espectáculo cuenta la historia de Jean Valjean, un exconvicto de extraordinaria fuerza que busca la redención tras cumplir diecinueve años en prisión por haber robado una hogaza de pan. Incapaz de conseguir un trabajo honrado por culpa de su pasado, Valjean encuentra su camino gracias a la compasión de un bondadoso obispo, quien le inspira para romper su libertad condicional y comenzar una nueva vida bajo una identidad falsa, mientras sufre la implacable persecución del inspector Javert a través de los años. Por el camino, Valjean y una serie de personajes se verán envueltos en medio de una revolución, en la que un grupo de jóvenes estudiantes luchan por sus ideales en las calles de París.