<P> Anthony Pratt and Celia Bobak were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as was John Mathieson for Cinematography . However, both categories were awarded to The Aviator . Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Charles Hart were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Learn to Be Lonely") but lost to "Al otro lado del río" from The Motorcycle Diaries . The song was also nominated for the Golden Globe but it lost to Alfie's "Old Habits Die Hard". In the same ceremony, Emmy Rossum was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, losing to Annette Bening in Being Julia . At the Saturn Awards, Rossum won for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, while The Phantom of the Opera was nominated for Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Film and Alexandra Byrne was nominated for Costume Design . </P> <P> The soundtrack of the film was released in two separate CD formats on 23 November 2004 as a two - disc deluxe edition which includes dialogue from the film and a single - disc highlights edition . </P> <P> The film had its initial North America video release on DVD and VHS on 3 May 2005, following its first digital release on HD - DVD on 18 April 2006 and a Blu - ray edition on 31 October 2006 . </P> <P> The film received mixed to negative reviews from film critics but received highly positive reviews from audiences . Rotten Tomatoes gives it 32% rotten with an average score of 5 / 10 . "The music of the night has hit something of a sour note: Critics are calling the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical histrionic, boring and lacking in both romance and danger", the consensus read . "Still, some have praised the film for its sheer spectacle". By comparison, Metacritic calculated an average score of 40 / 100 from its 39 reviews collected . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while it currently holds a 7.3 / 10 rating on IMDB . </P>

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