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There has never been a French recording of Phantom of the Opera, musical or otherwise, I'm afraid. Or at least, in my experience, I have never, ever come across one. I would have thought they would have made one for the film, but I've never found it.

Are you looking at recordings in other languages, too? There are only two official English cast recordings of Phantom: the original London cast recording and the original Canadian cast recording.

Beyond that, they have cast albums in German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, and Spanish just to name a few.

As for the promotional single you're talking about in the last part of your list, Sarah Brightman sings with Steve Harley, the man who was considered for Phantom before Webber found Crawford.

It's not particularly lame considering how the French generally don't like Phantom of the Opera or musicals. The best way to rankle your tour guide if you ever get to go to the Palais Garnier is ask them if you can go to Box 5, or start prattling about Phantom of the Opera. Yes, I've known some French 'phans' before, but for the most part... the other problem is that musicals never do very well in France because the French are so 'anti-musical', or at least that's been the impression I've always gotten. I could be wrong. In any case, you win some, you loose some, and then you go drive East to Germany where they are the kings of musical theatre.

As for more albums, I'm sure they do, but... if you're going for 'single songs', this is going to be a really, really, really long list. There have been so many people who have done singles of Phantom, not to mention the personal albums of many of the actors and actresses who have been in the show. Just off the top of my head, I can think of... Let's see, Blink 182 did a cover for the title song, so did Me First and Gimme Gimmes. There's the Harajuku cover for the title song, you've already got the Nightwish and... I know there's a cover Robert Marion did in French of the title song, too.

As for the promotional music videos you're talking about, along with Music of the Night and Phantom of the Opera, there is also an All I Ask Of You with Sarah Brightman and another fellow whose name escapes me at the moment, not to mention another Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (though it was startlingly unremarkable.)

And that isn't even nicking the surface. I could go into Michael Crawford solo albums, ex-Phantoms from Broadway, West End, and the tours, etc.

It's kind of exhausting. neutral

He certainly is. Watch "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" and "Hello, Dolly" and your perception of a dark and brooding Phantom will be destroyed forever. XD

Ok: I've the first two collections for PotO, heard the alternatives of both NightWish and Sarah Brightman/Steve Harley promo...there's another one in which there was a concert and Antonio Bandareras (corret my spelling if I'm wrong about the last name) was singing the phantom's part...and that's it.

There is a really cool phan recording that several people did that you can download.... I found it through Phantom Phans. net or something like that...
the guy's name is Jason Kolman (I'm not sure on the Spelling). The do a bunch of different songs that are Phantom related and just awesome.

There is an fun techno remix with just a female singing it as a solo, it is by Harajuku... But most phans know it as The Techno Phantom...

hmmmm... *looks for more*

I forgot Colm Wilkinson (Canadian Phantom)! On his album, Stage Heroes, he has PotO, and MotN!

I'll find more later...

The only one I know that isn't on the list is the Original Canadian Cast: Highlights Recording with Colm Wilkinson and Rebecca Caine.