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In 1992, Wayne released his second [[Rock Opera]], ''Spartacus'', based on the life of [[Spartacus|the gladiator of the same name]]. It is less well known than ''War Of The Worlds''; while it had an [[All-Star Cast]], Gary Osborne writing the lyrics, and a great story, it didn't recapture the [[Ear Worm]] tunes or novel orchestration of ''War of the Worlds''.

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.

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]], 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.

The tours are still ongoing, with [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Rhydian from X Factor]] playing Parson Nethanial.

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== War Of The Worlds provides examples of ==

* Now has its own page, [[Jeff ~~Waynes~~ Musical Version of ~~the~~ War of ~~The~~ Worlds|here]]

* Now has its own page, [[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds|here]]

== Spartacus provides examples of ==

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* [[Affably Evil]]: Isoricus, in a very jazzy [[Villain Song]]

* [[Book Ends]]

* [[The Cameo]]: Chris Thompson (who sang ''Thunderchild'' in WOTW) reappears as Oenamaus. Unfortunately his song was cut from the final version, and as a result his character gets about 3 lines before having [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|a bridge dropped on him]].

* [[The Cameo]]: Chris Thompson (who sang ''Thunderchild'' in WOTW) reappears as Oenamaus. Unfortunately his song was cut from the final version, and as a result his character gets about 3 lines before having [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|a bridge dropped on him]].

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: While generally not as good as WOTW, it has its moments.

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

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* [[Rousing Speech]]

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To WOTW.

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]] / [[Doomed By Canon]]

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]] / [[Doomed by Canon]]

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Crassus considers Spartacus to be this.

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