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Despite ''Spartacus'' being something of a disappointment, Wayne is still getting significant mileage out of his first work: in 1998 Rage Software produced [[Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (Video Game)]], a PC game based on Wayne's musical, and Wayne himself was involved in producing the remixed soundtrack for the game. In 2005 the original album was re-released, becoming one of the big hits of the year and occupying 10 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Album charts. The new release pushed sales to 3 million albums in the UK, and nearly 14 million worldwide, putting it at the upper end of the "best selling" list since charts began, and among the elite of the longest running albums in chart history. 2006 saw the musical touring the UK as ''War Of The Worlds: Live On Stage'', featuring (among other things) a [[Huge Holographic Head]] of Richard Burton and a 40-foot tall animatronic fighting machine.

 

 

=== War Of The Worlds provides examples of: ===

* [[Dark Reprise]]: Of ''The Eagle And The Hawk'' at the end of ''The Last Battle''

* [[Evil Gloating]]: Crassus once or twice, and also Isoricus during the coda of ''Trust Me''

* [[Hope Spot]]: ''Two Souls With A Single Dream''

* [[Large Ham]]: Anthony Hopkins as Crassus. And it is '''awesome'''

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