Swan asks Winslow to rewrite his cantata with Phoenix in mind for the lead. In a specially built recording studio, Swan provides the Phantom with an electronic voice-box, enabling him to speak and sing. The Phantom confronts Swan who recognizes him as Winslow and offers the composer a chance to have his music produced "his" way. He terrorizes Swan and his musicians and nearly kills The Beach Bums (the former The Juicy Fruits, who have traded doo-wop for surf music). A disoriented, and now deformed, Winslow sneaks into the Paradise costume department and dons a long, black cape and a silver, owl-like mask, becoming the Phantom of the Paradise. A guard startles Winslow as he is destroying the records and presses, causing him to slip and fall face first into a record press, which crushes and burns his face and destroys his vocal cords. After a breakdown Winslow escapes prison in a delivery box and breaks into the Death Records building. Six months later, Winslow hears that The Juicy Fruits have made an anticipated hit record of his music with Swan's backing. Winslow is given a life sentence in Sing Sing Prison and his teeth are extracted and replaced with metal ones (part of an experimental prisoner program to decrease infection amongst inmates, funded by the Swan Foundation.) Swan has Winslow beaten up and framed for drug dealing. In response, Winslow disguises himself as a woman to sneak in and try to speak to Swan. Winslow realizes Swan's plan to open the Paradise with his music after he is thrown out again. One is Phoenix, an aspiring singer, who Winslow deems "perfect" for his music. He sneaks into Swan's private mansion and observes several women rehearsing his music for an audition.
One month later, Winslow goes to Swan's Death Records to follow up about his music but is thrown out. Swan believes Winslow's music perfect to open "The Paradise" – Swan's highly anticipated new concert hall – and has his right-hand man Arnold Philbin steal it under the guise of producing him. The story follows music composer/singer Winslow Leach, heard by satanic record producer Swan as he played an original composition following a set run through by the 1950s' style nostalgia band The Juicy Fruits, which Swan produces.
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