jostencredible:

not 2 b dramatic but les mis’ reuse of melodies throughout the musical to bring home parallels is what makes it such a fucking work of art. The “little fall of rain” theme that plays during the first scene we get with Marius and Éponine??? The melodic AND lyrical parallels between Valjean’s soliloquy and Javert’s suicide?????? THE “ON MY OWN” THEME WHEN VALJEAN IS ON HIS DEATHBED???????????? that shit hits me like a goddamn train