Les Misérables Wiki
Register
Advertisement
"Overture"
Overture
Information
Composer

Claude-Michel Schönberg

Lyricist

None

Performers

Instrumental

Song Order
Previous

None

Next

"Prologue: Work Song"

"Overture" is an instrumental piece in Les Misérables. It is the first song in the musical.

Role

The overture of the musical is a purely instrumental piece that uses the "Look Down" theme as its main tune. The piece is played in the opening of both the play and the film. It transitions straight into the Prologue and the work song.

Advertisement