Her daughter, Miriam, follows the basket and witnesses her baby brother being taken in by the Queen of Egypt and named Moses. The first song ('Deliver Us') shows Hebrew slaves labor away while Jochebed (also spelt Yocheved), seeing her fellow mothers' baby sons being taken away from them, builds a basket for her own son and sets it afloat on the Nile to be preserved by fate, singing her final lullaby ('River Lullaby', A recurring motif in the film) to the baby. (after The Rugrats Movie) The film remained the highest grossing traditionally animated non-Disney film until 2007, when it was out-grossed by The Simpsons Movie. The film went on to gross $218,613,188 worldwide, making it the second traditionally animated feature not released by Disney to gross over $100 million in the U.S.

The song, co-written by Stephen Schwartz, Hans Zimmer and with additional production by Babyface, was nominated for the Best Original Song (Motion Picture) at the 1999 Golden Globes, and was also nominated for Outstanding Performance of a Song for a Feature Film at the ALMA Awards.

The pop version of the song was performed at the ceremonies by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. The film was nominated for best score and won for Best Original Song at the 1999 Academy Awards for 'When You Believe'. The exceptions were Michelle Pfeiffer, Ralph Fiennes, Steve Martin, and Martin Short, who sang their own parts. The voice cast featured a number of major Hollywood actors in the speaking roles, while professional singers replaced them for the songs.

The story follows the life of Moses from his birth, through his childhood as a prince of Egypt, and finally to his ultimate destiny to lead the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt, which is based on the Biblical story of Exodus.ĭirected by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells and Steve Hickner, the film featured songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated film, the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks.

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