The Prince of Egypt

[Night Fury]

Speaking of awesome soundtracks... How brilliant is The Prince of Egypt?

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[Loony BoB]

I liked that one song by Mariah & Whitney and I can't remember the rest. D:

[charliepanayi]

The reason why Exodus: Gods and Kings was rubbish was the absence of anything like You're Playing With the Big Boys Now

[Loony BoB]

Was that song from that movie!? Man, I can't remember anything. But I know that song.

[Aerith's Knight]

I liked that one song by Mariah & Whitney and I can't remember the rest. D:

Deliver us?

Anyway, all the songs from that movie are AWESOME. Also one of the songs from the second movie, about joseph, was pretty good. The one where he is in prison.

[Night Fury]

NO MAN IT IS THIS ONE

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THERE CAN BE MIRACLESSSSSSS, WHEN YOU BELIEEEEEEEEVE.
(I do like the in movie one better though...)


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[Omni-Odin]

Ya I'm not even very religious, but the Prince of Egypt was great all around I thought, especially the soundtrack. Brings me back.

[Jinx]

I love this movie, dude. I don't even care that it's a Bible movie and I'm atheist. I cry EVERY FREAKING TIME.

And the music is phenomenal. I personally love When You Believe, Deliver Us, and Through Heaven's Eyes.

[Night Fury]

IT IS A FREAKING MASTERPIECE OF MASTERPIECES.

[Ayen]

The movie was pretty awesome, yes.

[Shauna]

I love this film, it is wonderful. Dreamworks hammered out some right belters back in their 2D animation days.

[Aerith's Knight]

I think this was also one of the most expensive animation movies of its day.

[Depression Moon]

One of my favorite animated films period.

[Mr. Carnelian]

The reason why Exodus: Gods and Kings was rubbish was the absence of anything like You're Playing With the Big Boys Now

It's still one of my favourite songs from an animated film.

[DMKA]

It was great, I very much enjoyed it. It had a great soundtrack and great animation (the backgrounds are GORGEOUS), and did a hell of a job telling the Exodus story while staying G rated. I wouldn't have thought it possible but they did it. I also very much like When You Believe, both in the film's narrative and the single version by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

That Joseph: King of Dreams follow up movie they made was so lame in comparison.

[Kossage]

The Prince of Egypt is a fine animated film and arguably the best film in Dreamworks's oeuvre so far. Everything about it is big like a Biblical epic should be, yet it doesn't become stiff like certain epics of yesteryear, and it does give room for more intimate scenes that show us the characters' growth and motivation. The animation is top notch, and CGI is used for breathtaking sequences (the opening shots, the Burning Bush, the Plagues sequence and most impressively the parting of the Red Sea which is a sight to behold), the actors do a fine job (although I'd argue that our Finnish dub is even better than the English original) and God is handled in a very interesting yet respectful manner.

The music is equally phenomenal. Stephen Schwartz continued his streak of great songs with equally intriguing lyrics that work very well. It says something when the weakest song in the film is "Playing with the Big Boys Now" which is already good; although that song becomes a bit too comedic for my taste, it's still a very catchy tune with great visuals. The powerful opening has "Deliver Us", arguably one of the best opening scenes in any animated film; it's even more awesome when you learn that Efra Haza, who played the role of the Mother, actually sang her part phonetically in over two dozen dubs, including our Finnish one. Based on what I've heard of those dubs, she did a very good job, and I can understand why the film makers wanted her to reprise her role for the dubs as her voice is one of those unforgettable ones without which the song wouldn't quite be the same. We also have "All I Ever Wanted", which is sadly rather short but has a very haunting feel to it and helps convey Moses's troubled thoughts. "Through Heaven's Eyes" is a joyous celebration which lifts us from the darkness into the light, and Brian Stokes Mitchell shines in it with his powerful voice. "The Plagues" is downright apocalyptic, and what really impressed me in it was the duet between Moses and Ramses, the latter being none other than Ralph Fiennes himself who showed he could sing. The emotional highlight is, fittingly, "When You Believe" which accompanies a great montage sequence with a very touching, memorable melody and a nice duet between Michelle Pfeiffer and Sally Dworsky which adds in a Hebrew children's choir and, ultimately, the entire might of the full ensemble.

Hans Zimmer and his team of ghostwriters (many of whom would become notable composers later on like Harry Gregson-Williams) managed to tackle the score in a suitably bombastic yet ethnic manner that respected the location, era and the source text. Zimmer was really worried about how he'd musically depict God as he didn't want to imitate the religious film scores of past greats like Alfred Newman and Miklós Rózsa. What resulted from it was a very flexible theme which can just as easily be caring, threatening, majestic and mystical. God's Theme shows up in all its glory in one of the best scenes in the film, "the Burning Bush" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CASqqDI63c), which shows us everything we need to know about God in this story. Zimmer may have composed quite a bit of mediocre stuff since then, but God's Theme is one of his and his team's greatest compositions in how simple it is yet how well it works in and out of the film.


Also one of the songs from the second movie, about joseph, was pretty good. The one where he is in prison.

You mean "You Know Better Than I" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9LiGFXZYts)? Yeah, it's a good song (my favourite from that film) even if a bit too contemporary. I really like the balance between the piano and the singer in it until the orchestra slowly comes in and lifts it up just like Joseph's spirit is lifted up by his faith in God. :)

[maybee]

- Is one of the best animated movies of all time

- Is somehow underrated, overlooked and ignored


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[Ayen]

The Plagues is my favorite song in the entire movie. Still listen to it on occasion.