{"id":55927,"date":"2017-10-13T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T18:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=55927"},"modified":"2017-10-16T09:13:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:13:47","slug":"watch-listen-music-animated-bible-movie-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-listen-music-animated-bible-movie-star.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch (and listen): The music from animated Bible movie <i>The Star<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/10\/star-maryatwindow.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55936\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/10\/star-maryatwindow-1024x413.png\" alt=\"star-maryatwindow\" width=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55936\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are only five weeks to go until <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/07\/watch-first-trailer-sony-animations-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Star<\/a><\/i> \u2014 which tells the story of the Nativity from the animals\u2019 point of view \u2014 comes to theatres, so it\u2019s time for the studio to start ramping up its publicity. Today, Sony Pictures released two featurettes about the music from the film, and in two weeks the studio will be releasing the soundtrack itself.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->First, here\u2019s a video promoting the soundtrack album, which comes out October 27. The video includes soundbites from producer DeVon Franklin and director Timothy Reckart, and it pays special attention to the new theme song, sung by Mariah Carey:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE STAR - The Music From The Film\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWk1cfgcwcE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sony also posted a look at the making of A Great Big World\u2019s song \u2018Life Is Good\u2019:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside The Music From THE STAR \u2013 A Great Big World\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQ9vrjJjKEg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The studio also posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gf50PgOE7Rg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">lyric video<\/a> for \u2018Life Is Good\u2019 at one point, but it appears to have been taken down. Not to worry, though; you can listen to the song via Spotify:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/peterchattaway\/playlist\/3TbhZGtdtr2Eb8bDCg8aXf\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a complete track list for the album that comes out in two weeks; if any more songs are released online before then, I will add them to the Spotify playlist above:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. Mariah Carey \u2013 \u201cThe Star\u201d<br>\n2.    Kelsea Ballerini \u2013 \u201cChildren Go Where I Send You\u201d<br>\n3.    Kirk Franklin \u2013 \u201cWe Three Kings\u201d<br>\n4.    Fifth Harmony \u2013 \u201cCan You See\u201d<br>\n5.    A Great Big World \u2013 \u201cLife Is Good\u201d<br>\n6.    Zara Larsson \u2013 \u201cMary, Did You Know\u201d<br>\n7.    Yolanda Adams \u2013 \u201cO Holy Night\u201d<br>\n8.    Saving Forever \u2013 \u201cWhat Christmas Means to Me\u201d<br>\n9.    Jessie James Decker \u2013 \u201cBreath of Heaven (Mary\u2019s Song)\u201d<br>\n10.  Casting Crowns \u2013 \u201cHis Eye Is on the Sparrow\u201d<br>\n11.  Jake Owen \u2013 \u201cWhat Child Is This?\u201d<br>\n12.  Pentatonix \u2013 \u201cCarol of the Bells\u201d (digital-only bonus track)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The studio also released a new trailer last week that I was too busy to note at the time:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE STAR - Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9NjvYZtwk00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/first-christian-animation-release-in-20-years-the-star-set-to-be-christmas-classic-interview-201819\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Christian Post<\/a> spoke to director Reckart last week as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s divisive times that we\u2019re living in right now, and stressful too, all the violence that we read about all the time. The power of this story is that you have so many people from all different walks of life [involved],\u201d Reckart commented.<\/p>\n<p>The young director pointed to the \u201cthree kings,\u201d calling them upper-class foreigners from another land, and the local shepherds \u201cat the bottom of the working class,\u201d making note that Jesus brought people from all walks of life together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can see video footage of that interview here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FChristianPost.Intl%2Fvideos%2F10155177268078635%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>The Star<\/i> will come to theatres across North America on November 17.<\/p>\n<p><b>October 16 update:<\/b> The lyric video for \u2018Life Is Good\u2019 is now online:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='Lyric Video - \"Life is Good\" by A Great Big World | THE STAR' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XykiQNticxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier <i>The Star<\/i> trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/07\/watch-first-trailer-sony-animations-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The teaser trailer<\/a> (July 26, 2017)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus an interview with the director of the film, which comes out November 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":55936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4175,2187,4171,4168,4176,4174,4169,4170,4159,4177,4173,3782,2924,3473,4172],"class_list":["post-55927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-casting-crowns","tag-devon-franklin","tag-fifth-harmony","tag-great-big-world","tag-jake-owen","tag-jessie-james-decker","tag-kelsea-ballerini","tag-kirk-franklin","tag-mariah-carey","tag-pentatonix","tag-saving-forever","tag-star-2017","tag-timothy-reckart","tag-yolanda-adams","tag-zara-larsson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch (and listen): The music from animated Bible movie The Star<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plus an interview with the director of the film, which comes out November 17.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-listen-music-animated-bible-movie-star.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch (and listen): The music from animated Bible movie The Star\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plus an interview with the director of the film, which comes out November 17.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-listen-music-animated-bible-movie-star.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-13T18:59:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-16T16:13:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/10\/star-maryatwindow.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"310\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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