In the Dark of the Night

"In the Dark of the Night " is a song from the 1997 Fox Animation Studios film Anastasia. It is sung by Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd speaking, Jim Cummings singing) and serves as the villain song.

Synopsis

Rasputin is in his lair singing about how his plan to kill Anastasia, and sends of his minions to do this task.

Critical reception

FilmTracks wrote "The villain's song for Rasputin isn't particularly popular, and some may even wish that Christopher Lloyd had attempted his own vocals. Yet, the deep male vocals paired with high female ghost hauntings are very creative, and outstanding lyrics and a fine balance between the Russian doom and gloom and the slight comedy needed for the genre is decently accomplished. The bass region is well treated in this song, too"^[1] DVDTalk describes the song as grand.^[2] AWN described it as "a wonderful mixture of rock and traditional Russian choral music, with a gaggle of wormettes providing backup."^[3] LegendOfFlaura says "It’s a dark declaration of vengeance, and, in my opinion, it justifies Rasputin’s inclusion in the film at all".^[4] SPLICEDwire listed the song as an example of one of the "over-produced, largely forgettable songs" of the film, describing it as an "I'm-so-evil theme song...so cheesy it could have been a left-over from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.^[5]

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