Development
Development
of Les Misérables, based on the stage musical, began
in the late 1980s. After the musical's 25th Anniversary concert
in October 2010, producer Cameron Mackintosh announced that the
film had resumed development.
Hooper
and Nicholson were approached in March 2011 and the main characters
were cast in 2011. Principal photography commenced in March 2012,
and took place in various locations including Greenwich, London,
Chatham, Winchester and Portsmouth, as well as Gourdon, France.
Music
The
film contains every song from the original stage musical itself,
with the exception of "I Saw Him Once" and "Dog Eats
Dog". The lyrics of some songs were altered to suit the changes
in setting or narrative to the stage musical. In addition to the
cuts, a new song, "Suddenly" was added, new music was
composed for the battle scenes, and the order of several songs has
changed from the stage musical.
1. "Look Down" †§ – Chain Gang, Javert,
Valjean
2. "On Parole" § – Valjean, Bishop of Digne
3. "Valjean Arrested, Valjean Forgiven (The Bishop)" †§
– Bishop of Digne
4. "Valjean's Soliloquy (What Have I Done?)" †§
– Valjean
5. "At the End of the Day" †§ – Poor,
Foreman, Workers, Factory Women, Fantine, Valjean
6. "The Runaway Cart" – Valjean, Javert
7. "Lovely Ladies" § – Sailors, Old Woman,
Fantine, Crone, Whores, Pimp, Toothman
8. "I Dreamed a Dream" †§ – Fantine
9. "Fantine's Arrest" § – Bamatabois, Fantine,
Javert, Valjean
10. "Who Am I? / The Trial" § – Valjean
11. "Come to Me (Fantine's Death)" § – Fantine,
Valjean
12. "The Confrontation" †§ – Javert,
Valjean
13. "Castle on a Cloud" †§ – Young Cosette,
Mme. Thénardier
14. "Master of the House" †§ – Thénardier,
Mme. Thénardier, Inn Patrons
15. "The Well Scene" § – Valjean, Young Cosette
16. "The Bargain" § - Valjean, Thénardier,
Mme. Thénardier
17. "The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery" §
– Thénardier, Valjean, Mme. Thénardier, young
Cosette
18. "Suddenly" †§ – Valjean
19. "The Convent" § - Valjean
20. "Stars" †§ – Javert
21. "Look Down" § – Gavroche, Beggars, Enjolras,
Marius, Students
22. "The Robbery" § – Thénardier, Mme.
Thénardier, Éponine, Valjean
23. "Javert's Intervention" § – Javert, Thénardier
24. "Éponine's Errand" – Éponine,
Marius
25. "ABC Café / Red and Black" †§ –
Students, Enjolras, Marius, Grantaire, Gavroche
26. "Rue Plumet / In My Life" § – Cosette,
Valjean, Marius, Éponine
27. "A Heart Full of Love" †§ – Marius,
Cosette, Éponine
28. "The Attack on Rue Plumet" – Thénardier,
Thieves, Éponine
29. "On My Own" †§ – Éponine
30. "One Day More" †§ – Valjean, Marius,
Cosette, Éponine, Enjolras, Javert, Thénardier, Mme.
Thénardier, Cast of Les Misérables
31. "Do You Hear the People Sing?" § – Enjolras,
Students, Beggars
32. "Building the Barricade (Upon These Stones)" §
– Enjolras, Javert, Gavroche, Students
33. "Javert's Arrival" § – Javert, Enjolras
34. "Little People" § – Gavroche, Students,
Enjolras, Javert
35. "The First Attack" § – Enjolras, Students
36. "A Little Fall of Rain" § – Éponine,
Marius
37. "Night of Anguish" – Enjolras, Marius, Valjean,
Javert, Students
38. "Drink With Me" †§ – Grantaire, Marius,
Gavroche, Students
39. "Bring Him Home" †§ – Valjean
40. "Dawn of Anguish" § – Enjolras, Gavroche,
Students
41. "The Second Attack" (Death of Gavroche) § –
Gavroche, Students
42. "The Final Battle" †§ – Army officer,
Enjolras, Courfeyrac, Combeferre, Students
43. "Javert's Suicide" †§ – Javert, Valjean
44. "Turning" § – Parisian women
45. "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" †§ –
Marius
46. "Every Day / A Heart Full of Love [Reprise]" §
– Marius, Cosette, Valjean, Gillenormand
47. "Valjean's Confession" § – Valjean, Marius
48. "Suddenly [Reprise]" § – Marius, Cosette
49. "Wedding Chorale" § – Chorus, Marius, Thérnardier,
Mme. Thérnardier
50. "Beggars at the Feast" § – Thénardier,
Mme. Thénardier
51. "Valjean's Death" †§ – Valjean, Fantine,
Cosette, Marius, Bishop of Digne
52. "Do You Hear the People Sing? [Reprise]" †§
– The Cast of Les Misérables
†
Included on the highlights edition soundtrack CD
§
Included on the deluxe edition soundtrack CD
Production
With a production budget of $61 million, principal photography of
the film began on 8 March 2012 in Gourdon, in France. Filming locations
also included Winchester College, Winchester Cathedral Close, Her
Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth, Chatham Dockyard, Oxford, St Mary
the Virgin Church in Ewelme, South Oxfordshire and Pinewood Studios
in England.
In
April 2012, a replica of the Elephant of the Bastille was constructed
in Greenwich. In the novel, Gavroche lives in the decaying monument.
Principal filming was completed in June 2012. Some late filming
was carried out in Bath, Somerset, in October 2012, where stunt
shots for Javert's suicide scene had to be reshot due to an error
found with this footage during post-production. Bath was not the
original filming location for this scene, but the late footage was
captured at Pulteney Weir, which is unmistakable in the film.
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