Re: MLJ: Spielberg's Betrayal

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Yes.  And also Godspell and the lyrics to Bernstein's Mass.  In addition to
Pippin, The Baker's Wife, and the more recent Children of Eden.

Bob Wiener
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Hanashir
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Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: MLJ: Spielberg's Betrayal


>Didn't Stephen Schwartz do the music and lyrics for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT?
>
>Eliott Kahn
>
>
>On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Adrian A. Durlester wrote:
>
>> Well, Messrs Spielberg, Geffen and Katzenberg have really blown it in my
>> eyes.
>>
>> Part of the tie-on promotion for "The Prince of Egypt" were two extra
CD's
>> in addition to the soundtrack. One, songs by contemporary country
artists,
>> another, by contemporary Xtian artists-written as responses to or based
on
>> themes of the movie.
>>
>> Well, guess what: not one, single solitary contemporary Jewish
>> songwriter/performer was asked to participate or contribute.
>>
>> That's outrageous! And deserves our complaints to Dreamworks SKG.
>>
>> However, a beautiful irony. A reviewer for the Nashville Tennessean (both
>> CD's were produced and recorded in Nashville by Dreamworks recording
>> subsidiary) basically panned both CDs, stating that even the stellar
>> character of the performers could not overcome the banality of the songs
>> themselves.
>>
>> Well, DUH! Perhaps a Jewish artist might have been able to write stirring
>> and meaningful music from their heart in response to a seminal story in
the
>> Jewish faith!
>>
>> I'm not promoting any particular artist or style either-I'd be happy to
see
>> Debbie Friedman and Abie Rotenberg and Stephen Richards and Yehuda! and
>> Regesh all included. Even Adam Sandler might have done a better job!
>>
>> Naturally, neither the Dreamworks SKG website nor the "Prince of Egypt"
>> website offer any way to contact or send messages to Dreamworks to
express
>> feelings about this insult to the Jewish music community. But you can
write
>> to their address:
>>
>> Dreamworks SKG
>> 100 Universal Plaza, Bungalow 477
>> Universal City, CA 91608
>>
>> Adrian
>>
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>>
>>
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