<P> "The Phantom of the Opera" song was also specially arranged by the show's original orchestrator, David Cullen, for a virtuoso cello version for cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Andrew's brother, for the CD Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber . </P> <P> Ray Repp sued Andrew Lloyd Webber over the main melody of Phantom, claiming that it was based on his folk song "Till You" which he recorded in 1978 . Webber won the case however, with the counter-claim that the section of "Phantom" in question was actually based on Webber's "Close Every Door", which was written before Till You . Repp ultimately lost the case . </P> <P> In addition, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd had asserted that Andrew Lloyd Webber had plagiarised the intro section from the Pink Floyd song "Echoes", which largely resembles it, although he decided against filing a lawsuit . </P> <P> "Yeah, the beginning of that bloody Phantom song is from Echoes . * DAAAA - da - da - da - da - da * (sic). I couldn't believe it when I heard it . It's the same time signature--it's 12 / 8--and it's the same structure and it's the same notes and it's the same everything . It probably is actionable . It really is! But I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew fucking Lloyd Webber ." </P>

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