The same Oscar-winning composer who wrote the songs for the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt is behind a new musical based on that story that was filmed live in London and is now available on home video.
The Prince of Egypt: The Musical includes a cast and orchestra of 60 performers, which, according to its promoters, makes it “one of the biggest musicals ever staged.” Like the award-winning DreamWorks blockbuster movie, the musical tells the biblical story of Moses leading the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt.
Stephen Schwartz, who won an Oscar for the song When You Believe — which was on the movie’s soundtrack — composed the music for The Prince of Egypt: The Musical. The musical includes classical songs along with new tunes.
It was filmed live at London’s Dominion Theatre. Schwartz says the story of Moses is one of a young man “who has everything and then has it all taken away from him and realizes he has a much higher calling in this world.”
In the movie and the musical, Moses grows up with a brother, Rameses, who himself grows up to become the pharaoh whom Moses must face.
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