▁public ity ▁materials ▁for ▁P oc ah ont as ▁and ▁The ▁H unch back ▁of ▁Notre ▁D ame . ▁Michael ▁E is ner ▁ph oned ▁Schw art z , ▁and ▁ur ged ▁him ▁to ▁back ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁commit ment ▁to ▁Dream Work s , ▁but ▁he ▁refused ▁and ▁left ▁the ▁project . ▁After ▁Schw art z ' s ▁departure , ▁his ▁three ▁songs , ▁" W ritten ▁in ▁Stone ", ▁" Dest iny ", ▁and ▁" Ch ina ▁D oll ", ▁were ▁dropped ▁amid ▁story ▁and ▁character ▁changes ▁by ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁Short ly ▁after , ▁Disney ▁music ▁executive ▁Chris ▁Mont an ▁heard ▁Matthew ▁W ilder ' s ▁demo ▁for ▁a ▁stage ▁musical ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Anne ▁R ice ' s ▁Cry ▁to ▁Heaven , ▁and ▁selected ▁W ilder ▁to ▁replace ▁Schw art z . ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁David ▁Z ipp el ▁joined ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁lyr ics . ▁The ▁film ▁featured ▁five ▁songs ▁composed ▁by ▁W ilder ▁and ▁Z ipp el , ▁with ▁a ▁sixth ▁originally ▁planned ▁for ▁M ush u , ▁but ▁dropped ▁following ▁Edd ie ▁Mur phy ' s ▁invol vement ▁with ▁the ▁character . ▁ ▁Although ▁D anny ▁El f man ▁and ▁Thomas ▁New man ▁were ▁considered ▁to ▁score ▁the ▁film , ▁English ▁composer ▁Rach el ▁Port man ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁the ▁film ▁composer . ▁However , ▁Port man ▁became ▁pre gn ant ▁during ▁production , ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁back ▁out . ▁Following ▁Port man ' s ▁departure , ▁R andy