This is one of the strongest openings to any animated movie ever. If you haven't seen it yet, Prince of Egypt is well worth watching. Religious or not, it opens up so much imaginatively. This is an excellent movie.
Absolutely! This movie has such a beautiful story told through amazing music and animation. Unlike other religious movies, it doesn't try to preach to you or berate you for being atheist.
Amazing fact: Ofra Haza, the Israeli singer who voiced Moses's mother, was so talented and perfect for the role that they asked her to dub almost every dub possible for the movie She ended up doing the dub and the song in *18 different languages* and nailed it in every single one This is so amazing to think about and appreciate how talented she is
If you didn’t already catch it, Moses actually did remember his last lullaby, later you can hear him whistle in a scene for a brief moment when he’s all grown up, love those small details.
@@arturmonteiro8541 the scene after him and Ramses get scolded for the destruction they caused. He's sitting at the feet of a statue while whistling the tune of the lullaby
I mean it's a pretty explicit detail in the film. When he meets his brother and sister for the first time she sings it too him and he gets upset at it and runs off. It's also a leitmotif that appears rather frequently in the score
That’s one thing I adore about this film. Sure it’s about a religious story, but it doesn’t put all its focus onto the religious aspects of it. Really the story is more about the rift growing between Moses and Rameses
@@l0velydaisys378 uh nope... Moses grow-up with egyptian gods. not the hebrew God. i doubt he believes on any God for that matter (you know before Mt. Sinai). -so theres no "trusting on God again" if theres none to begin with. in short this movie is about the story of Moses as the savior of his people. in general. it also can't be life of Moses, cause his final days where not included.
fr im atheist and it just feels like any other fantasy movie except its based on real religious views, and except that its better than most other dreamworks movies
I literally just came from drunkenly listening to all the hunchback songs on TH-cam and I was thinking what other movie could possibly be this good score wise, and prince of Egypt immediately came to mind, so now here I am 😂 I agree with you! Both criminally underrated movies. Not everyone watches these movies and truly appreciates the scores the way some of us do. Truly masterful!
The thing about the Nile is, it was extremely sacred to the Egyptians at this time. The queen receiving little Moses like this would definitely lead her to believe that the gods were gifting him to her. And it is statistically likely that the house of Pharaoh had experienced at least some recent child death, so it would appear to her that the gods were sending her a replacement baby
Argueably one of the most beutifully composed music of an animated film in my opinion. Ofra Haza has the most beautiful voice. She also sang the song in multiple languages. May she rest in peace.
@@geoboy700, she died of AIDS in 2000. I saw this film with my father and elder siblings in a local cinema. Ofra Haza possessed a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice, perfect for such an amazing opening.
@@geoboy700 She waited years to get married.. only to be blindsided by a POS Doron Ashkenazi, who upon marrying her made her separate from her long-time manager, forced her to sell her beloved home, gave her AIDS but when she became sick, basically kept her a prisoner until the private doctor couldn't do anything and Ofra begged her sisters to help her get to a hospital.. by then she was already in renal failure and died two days later. Then the POS and his mother tried to syphon royalties monies and clear Ofra's bank accts.. before the family stepped and their lawyers stopped him from doing so. The POS end up dying from an overdose. Had Ofra just trusted her instincts and her manager who warned her about Ashkenazi and had not succumbed to tremendous pressure from her family to finally get married and "settle down", she may still be alive today.
The queen being a queen by immediatly adopting the baby while knowing all newborns are to be killed, and has Moses growing up to adulthood with her husband not complaining about it. Legend.
It probably has more to do with the fact that because of the Egyptian religion the queen would probably view a baby just randomly appearing to her in the Nile as a gift from the Gods in which case she literally couldn't refuse it
@@Realhalloweenmanin the bible she knew he was Hebrew. "She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said"
I also think it has to do with how extremely dangerous the river is regardless of the Egyptian mythos, the whole river would flood at certain points in the year and even crocodiles and hippos (yes hippos are supriseingly dangerous when they need to be) and just having a random child appear on her doorstep in a basket that she Might have assumed or beloved it also could have floated down the river would also be something in and of itself
Man when the sister said "Come and deliver us too...." really strike me. For a child to understand and desire to be delivered and her people really speaks volumes of how fast a child have to mature in oppression.
In the Hebrew version it simply goes as "Elokim, hatishmah shav'ateinu harabah" (Oh, G-d, will You hear our many pleads?) That does sound a bit personal. Same goes for "Hoshiah Na" ("Please, deliver us").
@@rosem5041 Oppresed people that can easily get their hands on some pretty expensive weapons such as missiles, that can come and go freely in Israel (and being able to enact such terror attacks as seen last week),... Well, wish my people had been "oppressed" like that over these last centuries instead of the actual oppression we got from both Europeans and Arabs alike.
How this movie didn't win at the Oscar's is beyond me. Yes, When We Believe won best original song, but the movie itself had so much else going for it as well
@@onceyouwheeinyoucantwheeout Back then there was no such category (sadly)....though then again there werent as many animated movies or studios making them each year. So animated movies were mainly nominated for their songs
3:19 "Do you know somewhere, where he can live free? River, deliver him there" Is so heartbreaking. She doesn't want to be parted from her child, but has to, so he gets at least the chance of a better life 💔 The actress did a fantastic job 🫶
Not a chance of a better life, a chance at life at all. Newborn Hebrew baby boys were being slaughtered to control the population of Hebrews, their growing numbers being seend as a threat. Similar to when the Romans appointed Kind Herod to rule Judea, who killed all the male infants following hearing about a royal birth (Jesus).
I like how the queen stares daggers at her servants. That look said, "If either of you saying anything, you'll be sorry. I'm the queen, and I want this baby"
It was even clearer in Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments, when Bithiah, daughter of pharaoh, tells to her servant, Memnet : « Raise your hands, Memnet. What you have buried in the Nile shall remain buried in your heart. Swear it. The day you break that oath will be the last your eyes shall ever see. »
@@matthewblake8485 when i watched this movie, i was a child.. so seeing it as an adult, there are pleeeenty of things im picking up on now, that i never did.
Yep, is just lion king, the opening is so good that the rest of the movie suffers from it, it sets a bar that is impossible to keep for a WHOLE movie, you should save the big guns for the ending
I love how you can hear the desperation and heartbreaking pain in the mother's voice, crying out for God to hear the Israelites and deliver them and praying that she will see her baby boy again. This song brings chills and tears every single time. Highly recommend this film, even if you aren't religious---it is still such a genuinely beautiful movie.
@@dirkdelacroix5949 Actually Jewish (its both an ethnicity and a religion) is the most common and usually most approved of term for Jewish people(Hebrew is the language). But Israelites wouldn't be too far off considering that Isreal is home to not only many Jewish people but many descendants of the freed slaves from Eqypt.
@@Syealxsno, he was correcting the use of the word “Israeli” which at that time would’ve been called “Canaan” also Moses never actually reached the land of Canaan, so the word Hebrew is the most correct phrase, but yeah Jewish would work
@@Sopgie25 yes but the word is Israelite, not Israeli. And it is correct. Jacob was also known as Israel, which is why his descendants are known as Israelites. Nothing to do with geographical location.
The fact that the queen near the end accepted the child as her own regardless of what or where he came from. Not only that she had the heart to save him cause she didn’t know that he sent the guards to go kill all the new borns. She shows that not all of them are like that or think that way. She was my favorite of all times.
@@jaycja1208please don't. There's no possible way I can believe. I know too much of reality. Not only that. I've studied 6 variants of the bible. It's not possible for a deity to exist. Only higher life forms.
Taking makes it seem lighter, murdering is more likely. They just didn't animate blood on his knife when he exited but you can tell even without that included😢
@@jesus_reigns They did? I always thought the babies were alive when the were thrown in the Nile to the crocodiles. But I suppose it would make sense to kill them first in the houses.
I know it's only like 2 seconds of the movie, but Moses whistling her lullaby as an adult makes my heart hurt 😭. Especially when the lullaby says "sleep and remember my last lullaby" 😭😭 I'm going to cry in a corner now
This!! And since he whistled it so casually I figured it meant that throughout his life (although he was raised by his mom in the bible but movie version), he has been remembering her through the lullaby
5:29 Never noticed this as a kid but now re-watching it I can appreciate the details. I love how you can clearly see shock on her handmaidens' faces, which the queen dispels with a single glare.
Another neat detail is little Ramses being set aside so that Moses can be raised up. Despite Ramses attempts to be held again, the queen walks past him, and slowly he becomes completely hidden from view, directly under Moses's shadow. If that ain't some subtle foreshadowing I don't know what is.
@@ohhellobethany I noticed that too, but as an older sibling myself I can say that's pretty much normal when a new baby comes along lol. Still a nice touch from the animators.
When I found out Hans Zimmer scored this film, it immediately made sense to me why the music, lyrical or otherwise, stuck with me from childhood. That dude is a master of his craft.
In the Bible she does actually raise her son. Pharaohs’ daughter (not wife as the movie depicts) kept the child but Moses’ mother was brought in to care for him. So it worked out
This movie makes me feel like I’m there. How it must of been in ancient Egypt with the opulent columns and massive walls and the beauty but also the hardship hebrew slaves went through to build Egypt’s glory.
This song means so much to me... Growing up as a child who was given up for adoption this was the first movie I saw as a kid that actually showed that. I was very angry as a young kid feeling discarded by my birth parents, but it was this song that showed me a different perspective on how my mother must've felt when making that decision. To give me a chance at a better life to be able to grow and prosper. The image at 3:30 has been permanently ingrained into my brain as I would rewind the tape over and over again just to see how much pain she was in. In a weird way it gave me comfort, letting me know that my sadness wasn't just one sided. I know one day we will meet again Mom... (It also helped that I looked very similar to Moses lol)
This is a biblically themed movie, but one part of the Bible story that I love is that Miriam followed the basket. Pharaohs daughter got it and realized Moses was one of the Hebrew children. Miriam went up and asked of Pharaohs daughter would she would like one of the Hebrew mothers to come nurse the child. Pharaohs daughter agreed and Miriam got their mother (Jochebed) to nurse Moses, the child she just sent up the river. I loved that so much
I love that too. I think of how her faith was rewarded. The faith to float your baby down a river never knowing if you’ll see it again, and then getting to go to the palace and being commissioned to feed your own baby. ♥️🥰
Someone who doesnt get enough props for me is the queen, there was no judgement of that baby or care of where he came from, she just picked him up & loved him immediately, she is a mom in the most pure form🤍
Ofra Haza’s voice moves me to tears, it’s so beautiful and ethereal, especially 1:44. As a kid I was wowed by the visuals and drama mostly, but now as a grown adult I have a deep appreciation for the story, the character development and of course the singers. Rest in peace Ofra Haza and Whitney Houston.
If only she sang the entire song! That bit is breathtaking and is a cherry blossom tree because it's so beautiful and gone so quickly it breaks your heart.
As an atheist, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's beautifully & richly animated, the music is phenomenal, the voice acting is excellent, it's just a perfect retelling of Exodus. I think that this movie resonates so much with nonreligious people because of the aspects. Additionally, the story itself is told in a way in which a person that isn't religious can still connect & relate to it by the fact that it's really just a movie about a conflict between brothers. From the Christians that I'm friends with, they've told me that they love this movie because it's a wonderful adaptation and visualization of the biblical story. Overall, fantastic movie. I think Dreamworks should really think about going back to this style of animation, at least for some projects, because it is just stunning.
Definitely. I get teary eyed every time she sings her last lullaby to her baby. Not only does she sing it beautifully, you can just hear the anguish and sorrow in her voice. 🥺
Both Israelis and Palestinians would see themselves in the ancient Israelites, and the other as Egypt, not realizing Hamas and the Zionists are the real enemies, using them as pawns
@@ATEG8374 “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009. Back in the mid-1980s, Cohen even wrote an official report to his superiors warning them not to play divide-and-rule in the Occupied Territories, by backing Palestinian Islamists against Palestinian secularists. “I … suggest focusing our efforts on finding ways to break up this monster before this reality jumps in our face,” he wrote.
Being an ardent Catholic Christian myself, I watched this movie with my family three nights ago. My sister didn't want it at first, as she thought it would be a cheap, boring Biblical movie. By the end of the opening she was already crying her heart out at this masterpiece, along with all of us.
Moses' mother's song revives the inner child in me... I wish I could go back in time and relive my life. Edit: 2K likes? Wow, thanks everyone. I never thought I'd get this many.
There are three moments in this song that imply Rameses felt less loved by his mother compared to Moses. First at 4:41, when the queen is not only holding him, but giving him a lotus and being attentive. Then she sets him down to pick up the basket, turning her full attention on Moses. Rameses's "Mammy?" is another indication, and that that final shot at 5:40 shows Rameses's pleading face, arms outstretched, being eclipsed (visually replaced) by Moses. Obviously the pressure to continue his father's legacy was the ultimate wedge between the brothers, but some of Rameses' jealousy over Moses getting to goof off freely could've also been jealousy over his mother preferring Moses.
LMAO literally , i find that when companies try to “keep up with the times” they just disappoint us 😭 classics are so much better and i stand by that (kung fu panda movies are an exception & how to train your dragon anything after that can go)
They went from “Epic Bible story that rivals the 50s version” to “a clever parody of Disney” to “a too-real movie about redemptions and r/nice guy” to “a bad baby-themed acid trip” to “spin-off of the Disney parody with themes of death and mortality”. Whether they fail or succeed, they always go all out
0:54 I don't know why, but this is my favorite visual in the whole film. There's something so simple yet profound about another person offering a hand in need to a suffering soul.
Even without considering this scene’s significance and all the layers to it, this music alone turns the heart inside out. I extend my sincerest respect to Ofra Haza’s memory and to Eden Riegel, and tip my hat to Hans Zimmer and Stephen Schwartz. The shadow of an empire, a mother’s loving lullaby, a mother’s pain, a heart-wrenchingly difficult decision, searing hope, a prayer of lament and faith, a sister’s anxiety watching all that could go wrong, a Queen’s mercy and motherhood saving a baby, and a little girl’s relief and prayer to her little brother all within six and a half minutes.
Where's the hat tip for Stephen Schwartz, who composed the songs? Zimmer arranged and produced them, and did the score, but Schwartz did the original songs and lyrics. A collaboration of two giants.
I'm the bible, young Miriam actually offered her mother to the queen/empress to nurse the baby. So not only did Moses's mom still get to raise him under protection/permission from the palace, but she was also well paid/compensated to do so ( for two years or so) Of course, having to give up your baby is never a happy thing, but God still blessed her with some time with her son when she thought she would never see him again
if they had put that in the movie, Moses wouldn't have the identity conflict he had when he found out he was actually a Hebrew, so I think it's pretty fitting that they cut him out of the movie.
@@liacarmona2869I think he still would have had that conflict. I doubt he would have clear memories from his first 2 years. However, the way they went with the narrative makes it more heartbreaking and moving I think.
when I first saw the film it imprinted on me, but I didn't watch the movie for numerous years after, and when I saw it again, it hit the very depths of my heart. The song, the composition, the setting, the colors and like you said, the emotion all come together at one single brilliant moment.
You know the heart break the mother felt through her singing. She didn’t was to have Moses float to wherever and who knows where. She wanted him safe. And she took a very bad risk.
As scripture tells us, Moses's mother, Jochebed, would see him again not long after she put him in the basket. She sent her daughter, Miriam, to look after Moses to make sure things went well. When Pharaoh's daughter discovered Moses and decided to keep him, she noticed his sister and told her to find Moses a wet nurse. Miriam brought her little brother back to his own mother to be nursed in safety protected by the word of Pharaoh's daughter until he could be weened. Then, he was given to Pharaoh's daughter to raise.
I loved this film before. I still love it now, even with the liberties it takes. I am a mom now, with three babies of my own. I can't keep myself from wanting to cry.
I'm only learning Hebrew, so hope I got it right: this little phrase that Yoheved, Moses' mom is singing in Hebrew means 'My good and loving child will grow and be different'. In case someone was wondering. Edit: A correction from Hebrew speakers: it actually means 'My good and gentle son, don't be scared'.
Check the word "different". It may be related to the word for "holy", which means "set apart". I only have Bible knowledge to contribute here, but it adds to context in your search maybe?
I've listened to this so many times but the wail at 1:43 always sends chills down my spine. I can imagine the despair and heart-wrenching agony at watching your baby get murdered in front of you
What I love about the Moses story and what it doesn’t show in this movie is that Moses’ mother was able to nurse and care for him until he was weaned. When the Pharaoh’s daughter finds him in the river Miriam is watching and offers to go find a woman to nurse the baby and she brings her mother back to the palace. She is able to take back her son (for a time) until he’s given back to be adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter.
yess I agreee which makes sense why miriam was so confident to say that moses will meet them specifically when he is ready. and that he is their brother. and then saying "they never told you?". also makes sense cuz he was able to rememeber the lullaby. i don't think he will remember it if he never heard it again after the queen found him.
My little sister was about 5 years old. She loved the bed time stories I made up. But one night I ran out of stories , and remembered the story of Moses. I told it in detail . and every night as I spoke , her eyes were lit with curiosity , emotion , and imagination. Then I told her it was a true story , and she couldn’t believe it. I even told her there was a movie on it. I showed her The Prince of Egypt , and she watched it 10 more times . Top 5 greatest movies of all time. No debate. Moses life from beginning to end , was absolutely incredible. Thankyou dreamworks.
I'm not religious anymore, but since I grew up in a Christian household and went to a religious private school my entire childhood, this movie means so much to me. How powerful and wrathful God can be is so incredible. I think everyone should watch this movie at least once in their life. The story of the Bible is so important
I'm in a similar boat. If God exists he doesn't care about humans. But the stories of the Bible are definitely worth learning if only as a common frame of reference and beautiful literature
@Trenz0 actually God cares and a lot, but humans don't care about God & God doesn't want to force people to love Him, so, He let us do whatever we want, but He makes it clear that everything we do we have to give account to Him in the day of judgment
The prince of egypt is without a doubt one of the most underrated masterpieces of all time. Its score, accuracy to its source and its visuals are just... amazing.
Imagine if they still kept 2D animation and did the Revelation chapter. It would be frickin wild and the music (would go waaayyy too hard for us to keep our sanity in the cinema seats.
0:09 the way “pull” was sung / said here really makes me emotional. kudos to the voice actor capturing in half a second the absolute strain in the voice of a tired elderly man that has absolutely nothing left in his body except for the fear of being whipped.
@@tonis5140 "The circle of Life" is a great opening, no doubt about that, and certainly, one of the most iconic ever produced. That being said, as a professional musician I can tell you it isn't even remotely close to this in terms of musical brilliance... the Harmonic and melodic complexity, Ofra Haza's voice, the sheer power and weight of the male chorus and the beauty and emotion of the main vocal. The orchestral arrangement, fully adapted to the thematics involved... Not to talk about the emotional range present in just 6 and a half minutes of story. One has to be a rock, not to feel goosebumps while watching this. And I'm agnostic... Mate is right... there is nothing in the animated movies library that can come remotely close to this intro. Absolute masterpiece.
I convinced my grandma to watch this with me(she was never a fan of movies) and she kept praising God. She was very religious and hoped that her grandchildren at least held God close to our hearts. I stopped going to church years ago but I still pray and sing my praises to Him everyday.
Aw man, this song and scene made me emotional. I’ve only seen this movie once as an adult before my Christian journey but now I want to watch it again now that I know more information
This hits different now being a mom with anxiety especially understanding what they did to those poor babies. There's a special place for people who can do that stuff 💔💔
@@chlorhex6785 that was payback in my opinion. The Egyptian parorah killed all newborn baby boys and God was fed up so he killed all Egyptian firstborn for parorah to finally realize that the slaves deserved to be free.
I know the sequence in it’s entirety is quite serious and heart wrenching but I laugh every time at 4:54. Moses looks like he’s saying “what’s up girl?”
I've watched this movie so many times, and it was great how DreamWorks made this story of the Bible a masterpiece of a movie. It was all very moving, gave the imagination of how many Hebrews died as slaves for Egypt, how God chose Moses to free them from their suffering, and they did a phenomenal job on the 10 plagues
This movie put into context how God made these problems and then solved them. When he never needed to create the problems in the first place. He didn't need to harden pharaoh's heart, but since he is a vain, jealous and petty god, he took many lives to prove and display his glory. What a childish god.
@@dxcSOUL God did not create those problems for the Hebrews or anyone who believes in him, the Pharoah feared the Hebrews would turn against them so he turned them into slaves. He only created problems for those were stubborn or didn't believe in him
@@dxcSOUL If you don't like the message of the song or the movie then why are you even here? For the record you are completely incorrect. God always had a plan to redeem a people. To anoint them as His own to worship Him, to be blessed by Him. He is worthy, and if you think that He does these things because He is petty I point you to this from the book of Job 38, vs 4-6 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Tell Me if you have understanding. Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who set the line on it? On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone"? If you have a modicum of humility I would point you to read the entirety of Job 38. If someone as smart as you cares for context. Man is a small thing compared to the mighty power and control of God, yet He chooses to love and bless us. To forgive in our disobedience and guide us in our unknowing. We are his creation and He could easily wipe us out or leave us to our own doom yet ultimately He has and will deliver us.
You can feel the love and protection she had for her son in this movie. I've have never felt this strongly to a mother or father in any animated movie before and it chokes me up as an adult that she loved her son that much to put his life in someone else's hands in the hopes they wouldn't turn him over to the guards. I want to have that much love and protection as a mother for my kids when I have them.
I'm now 21 and my sister is 22. But this movie was always our favorite growing up. May God deliver us from this world and sin through the blood of Christ the lamb. Amen
The sheer scale of this movie is amazing, and it so clearly proves the certain dramatic strengths animation has over live-action. The shot demonstrating the massive size of the Pharaoh's palace as Moses is carried into it that then transitions to the dozens of slaves working at 5:50 is something that says so much, and yet it probably would be near-impossible to accomplish without animation. The way that the entire movie enforces how excessively dwarfed the characters are by the Egyptian architecture surrounding them is so brilliant and meaningful
You'll be glad to know that this masterpiece has been gaining more fans as the years pass by. The sudden surge of TH-camrs deciding to review it has helped immensely. 😊
Lyrics: Mud! Sand! Water! Straw! Faster! Mud and lift! Sand and pull! Water and raise up! Straw! Faster! With the sting of the whip on my shoulder With the salt of my sweat on my brow Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry? Help us now This dark hour Deliver us Hear our call, deliver us Lord of all, remember us Here in this burning sand Deliver us There's a land You promised us Deliver us to the Promised Land ילדי הטוב והרך אל תירא ואל תפחד My son, I have nothing I can give But this chance that you may live I pray we'll meet again if He will Deliver us (deliver us) Hear our prayer, deliver us From despair, these years of slavery Grown too cruel to stand Deliver us There's a land You promised us Deliver us from the bondage And deliver us to the Promised Land Hush now my baby, be still, love, don't cry Sleep as you're rocked by the stream Sleep and remember my last lullaby So I'll be with you when you dream River, oh, river, flow gently for me Such precious cargo you bear Do you know somewhere he can live free? River, deliver him there Hee-eee Hee-eee Brother, you're safe now and safe may you stay For I have a prayer just for you Grow, baby brother, come back someday Come and deliver us, too Deliver us Send a shepherd to shepherd us And deliver us to the Promised Land Deliver us to the Promised Land Deliver us
Ofra Haza, one of the rarest vocalists to ever live! they took her for all the languages for this song, all of them wanted her for this... you must go and hear the full Hebrew version of it
religious or not, this movie is still a masterpiece in its storytelling, and im sure in some areas it takes creative liberties to overall make it better. im not religious at all, but this was a part of my childhood, and as someone who loves art, animation, and anything to do with film, this is absolutely one of my favorite movies because of how genuinely beautiful it is. and as someone who also loves musicals, the songs and absolutely gorgeous!
Don’t know why but I’ve seen this video and watched the movies dozens of times over my lifetime, and I still kinda choke up at 2:30 when mom starts to sing to baby Moses “Sleep and remember my last lullaby, so I’ll be with you when you dream” 🥹😭
This movie is a cinematic masterpiece. Breathtaking animation. Beautiful music. I loved watching it when I was a kid and I love watching it as an adult. Dreamworks did an amazing job.
Truly amazing song. You can really feel their pain at 0:51 . When they mention the burning sand I can almost feel the stinging sand on their feet as they toil away. This song truly brings tears to my eyes as I watch the horrors that the ancient Egyptians did to the Hebrews. I thank God that he delivered them out of Egypt and to the land of Israel
Each part of this song gives me chills. One of the most powerful movie openings I've seen. Each performer put in so much emotion, and Ofra Haza's performance could bring me to tears each time. I'm so thankful to have this movie!
The scene where the mother gives up Moses hits you differently as an adult and a mother for sure 😢. Also his sister made sure that her little brother got there safely was amazing
This is one of the strongest openings to any animated movie ever. If you haven't seen it yet, Prince of Egypt is well worth watching. Religious or not, it opens up so much imaginatively. This is an excellent movie.
3:57 my family and I loved this movie.
This is one of the strongest opening of ANY MOVIE ever. Animated or not.
@@AguedaG 100%
Absolutely! This movie has such a beautiful story told through amazing music and animation. Unlike other religious movies, it doesn't try to preach to you or berate you for being atheist.
i got the original also from the 50s
Amazing fact: Ofra Haza, the Israeli singer who voiced Moses's mother, was so talented and perfect for the role that they asked her to dub almost every dub possible for the movie
She ended up doing the dub and the song in *18 different languages* and nailed it in every single one
This is so amazing to think about and appreciate how talented she is
They also re-drew Yocheved when they saw Ofra, they thought she was so beautiful that they modelled the character after her.
She unfortunately passed away in 2000 from aids. May she rest in peace.
@@huntercool2232 She died of AIDS-related organ failure, as well.
She's had a very beautiful voice
WONDERFUL!!!! AWESOME MOVIE. VERY TRUE TO LIFE.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😇❤️❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜💜💜❤️❤️❤️
If you didn’t already catch it, Moses actually did remember his last lullaby, later you can hear him whistle in a scene for a brief moment when he’s all grown up, love those small details.
what scene is it
@@arturmonteiro8541 the scene after him and Ramses get scolded for the destruction they caused. He's sitting at the feet of a statue while whistling the tune of the lullaby
@@MsSesshy253 THANK YOU SO MUCH
I mean it's a pretty explicit detail in the film. When he meets his brother and sister for the first time she sings it too him and he gets upset at it and runs off.
It's also a leitmotif that appears rather frequently in the score
If you watched the movie, it was pretty obvious, seeing that they mention it at least three times
Even if you’re not religious, this movie is so worth seeing. The animation, execution, musical score it’s all so good
That’s one thing I adore about this film. Sure it’s about a religious story, but it doesn’t put all its focus onto the religious aspects of it. Really the story is more about the rift growing between Moses and Rameses
@@Cabinet_Juice not really.. it’s about Moses trusting in God again.
@@l0velydaisys378 uh nope... Moses grow-up with egyptian gods. not the hebrew God. i doubt he believes on any God for that matter (you know before Mt. Sinai). -so theres no "trusting on God again" if theres none to begin with.
in short this movie is about the story of Moses as the savior of his people. in general. it also can't be life of Moses, cause his final days where not included.
well, im an athiest, but i enjoy this movie. i mean its just a good movie with amazing music.
fr im atheist and it just feels like any other fantasy movie except its based on real religious views, and except that its better than most other dreamworks movies
The Prince of Egypt and The Hunchback of Notre Dame are two animated musical movies that are on another level
Ironically both were done under DreamWorks CEO Jeffery Katzenberg and they had the same songwriters Stephen Schwartz
Funny enough Stephen Schwartz was the songwriter for both
I literally just came from drunkenly listening to all the hunchback songs on TH-cam and I was thinking what other movie could possibly be this good score wise, and prince of Egypt immediately came to mind, so now here I am 😂 I agree with you! Both criminally underrated movies. Not everyone watches these movies and truly appreciates the scores the way some of us do. Truly masterful!
These are the two movies. when I meet a new person, that I ask if they’ve seen.
Interesting parallel and contrast
between Pharaoh's daughter finding infant Moses
and Frollo finding infant Quasimodo
the “Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry?” line goes insanely hard for some reason
Now too of all times
He hears and He will always send His anointed deliverer!!
Real
Always get me
YES! I’m introducing my daughter more to Christ and she loved this song!!
The thing about the Nile is, it was extremely sacred to the Egyptians at this time. The queen receiving little Moses like this would definitely lead her to believe that the gods were gifting him to her. And it is statistically likely that the house of Pharaoh had experienced at least some recent child death, so it would appear to her that the gods were sending her a replacement baby
Given that pharaos married their family members to keep their bloodline pure wouldnt suprise me that she would have lost some babies.
Little did she know 😂
Wow..I like that @carlycrays2831
The predecessor to amazon prime, Nile prime be same day delivering babies
😂😂😂😂
Argueably one of the most beutifully composed music of an animated film in my opinion. Ofra Haza has the most beautiful voice. She also sang the song in multiple languages. May she rest in peace.
Wow did she really die cuz she did an amazing verse on thsi
@@geoboy700, she died of AIDS in 2000. I saw this film with my father and elder siblings in a local cinema. Ofra Haza possessed a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice, perfect for such an amazing opening.
@@geoboy700 She waited years to get married.. only to be blindsided by a POS Doron Ashkenazi, who upon marrying her made her separate from her long-time manager, forced her to sell her beloved home, gave her AIDS but when she became sick, basically kept her a prisoner until the private doctor couldn't do anything and Ofra begged her sisters to help her get to a hospital.. by then she was already in renal failure and died two days later. Then the POS and his mother tried to syphon royalties monies and clear Ofra's bank accts.. before the family stepped and their lawyers stopped him from doing so. The POS end up dying from an overdose. Had Ofra just trusted her instincts and her manager who warned her about Ashkenazi and had not succumbed to tremendous pressure from her family to finally get married and "settle down", she may still be alive today.
I agree!!
Rip to a skinny legend ❤❤❤
The queen being a queen by immediatly adopting the baby while knowing all newborns are to be killed, and has Moses growing up to adulthood with her husband not complaining about it. Legend.
It probably has more to do with the fact that because of the Egyptian religion the queen would probably view a baby just randomly appearing to her in the Nile as a gift from the Gods in which case she literally couldn't refuse it
@@Realhalloweenmanin the bible she knew he was Hebrew. "She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said"
@@ameliaaman3334she saw moses was circumcised. Egyptians didn’t get circumcised but Jewish nation did. She saw that and knew.
I also think it has to do with how extremely dangerous the river is regardless of the Egyptian mythos, the whole river would flood at certain points in the year and even crocodiles and hippos (yes hippos are supriseingly dangerous when they need to be) and just having a random child appear on her doorstep in a basket that she
Might have assumed or beloved it also could have floated down the river would also be something in and of itself
@@MothMan-or3rb Yeah hippos are one of the most dangerous animals actually, if one charges at you you can kiss your life goodbye.
Man when the sister said "Come and deliver us too...." really strike me. For a child to understand and desire to be delivered and her people really speaks volumes of how fast a child have to mature in oppression.
She was a prophet! Miriam
kq5bc7tq3r@ I don't think wemen can be prophets only men
People barely lived to 40 from 10 kya to 1600. Makes sense to grow up fast.
I don't think that that was scriptural...
@@justjared2009the whole story is Scriptural...
Did you huff bleach again?
The closing, "deliver us," always struck a cord with me. Even to this day. Beautiful.
Same here
Yup she did an amazing job singing in this rip ofra 🙏
I get chills every time
🙏
Same it’s a beautiful song
We need films like this again... even if you aren't Christian, there are some incredible stories in the Old Testament.
I am not a Christian nor am I Jewish, but I enjoy reading Bible stories sm (especially in the Old Testament)
Old Testament is not christian.
@@lukasbachan4285its literally apart of the Holy Bible man
@lukasbachan4285 yes it is. Christians study the old and new testaments. While Hebrews only study the old testament, otherwise known as the Torah.
@@Muhammadwasapedo👍
"Elohim, god on high, can you hear your people cry" I can repeat that all day and it still gives me the chills lmao
Even better that it's a clever wordplay. The phrase is "Elohim, Adonai" or "God, Lord above" which also translates to "Elohim, Lord on High"
In the Hebrew version it simply goes as "Elokim, hatishmah shav'ateinu harabah" (Oh, G-d, will You hear our many pleads?)
That does sound a bit personal. Same goes for "Hoshiah Na" ("Please, deliver us").
Yes he hears the call of the oppressed, the Palestinians have been oppressed for over 70 years. Elohim does not like injustice and oppression.
@@rosem5041 Oppresed people that can easily get their hands on some pretty expensive weapons such as missiles, that can come and go freely in Israel (and being able to enact such terror attacks as seen last week),...
Well, wish my people had been "oppressed" like that over these last centuries instead of the actual oppression we got from both Europeans and Arabs alike.
@@rosem5041 the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians for 400 years
How this movie didn't win at the Oscar's is beyond me. Yes, When We Believe won best original song, but the movie itself had so much else going for it as well
Should have won best animated film
@@onceyouwheeinyoucantwheeout Back then there was no such category (sadly)....though then again there werent as many animated movies or studios making them each year. So animated movies were mainly nominated for their songs
they should do honorable oscars for animated films that came out before it was a category.
sadly i believe up to this day the Oscars doesn’t regard animation as highly as its live action films…
Better yet, I wish DreamWorks's Prince Of Egypt should have got an Oscar nomination for BEST PICTURE just like Disney's Beauty And The Beast did it.
3:19 "Do you know somewhere, where he can live free? River, deliver him there"
Is so heartbreaking. She doesn't want to be parted from her child, but has to, so he gets at least the chance of a better life 💔 The actress did a fantastic job 🫶
Not a chance of a better life, a chance at life at all. Newborn Hebrew baby boys were being slaughtered to control the population of Hebrews, their growing numbers being seend as a threat.
Similar to when the Romans appointed Kind Herod to rule Judea, who killed all the male infants following hearing about a royal birth (Jesus).
That took guts, I can tell you that.
Not only that but she probably thought she was surely sending him off to his death on the chance he’d make it somewhere safe
I fully believe that the vocalization at 3:37 are supposed to be the mothers cry of agony
my eyes watered so hard at this scene. over 20 yrs later, and this is still and eternally a Masterpiece.
I like how the queen stares daggers at her servants. That look said, "If either of you saying anything, you'll be sorry. I'm the queen, and I want this baby"
It was even clearer in Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments, when Bithiah, daughter of pharaoh, tells to her servant, Memnet : « Raise your hands, Memnet. What you have buried in the Nile shall remain buried in your heart. Swear it. The day you break that oath will be the last your eyes shall ever see. »
I’m just now getting why she glared at them like that. All these years 😮😩
Where did the queen tell the pharaoh Moses came from? Did he think she had birthed him?
@@matthewblake8485 when i watched this movie, i was a child.. so seeing it as an adult, there are pleeeenty of things im picking up on now, that i never did.
@@tula1433 She probably told a story of the gods sending him down like an angel to her and pharaoh or something like that!
Dreamworks did not have to go this hard in the beginning.
What did you mean?
@@vladdracul2379 he means it’s a MASTERPIECE!!! And I agree 💯
Didn't have to but they did and we thank them for doing so.
Yep, is just lion king, the opening is so good that the rest of the movie suffers from it, it sets a bar that is impossible to keep for a WHOLE movie, you should save the big guns for the ending
@@estefanymoreno8399 I disagree. I think the movie is also a masterpiece in its entirety. Way ahead of it’s time too!
I love how you can hear the desperation and heartbreaking pain in the mother's voice, crying out for God to hear the Israelites and deliver them and praying that she will see her baby boy again. This song brings chills and tears every single time. Highly recommend this film, even if you aren't religious---it is still such a genuinely beautiful movie.
the hebrews*
@@dirkdelacroix5949 Actually Jewish (its both an ethnicity and a religion) is the most common and usually most approved of term for Jewish people(Hebrew is the language). But Israelites wouldn't be too far off considering that Isreal is home to not only many Jewish people but many descendants of the freed slaves from Eqypt.
@@Syealxsno, he was correcting the use of the word “Israeli” which at that time would’ve been called “Canaan” also Moses never actually reached the land of Canaan, so the word Hebrew is the most correct phrase, but yeah Jewish would work
@@Sopgie25 yes but the word is Israelite, not Israeli. And it is correct. Jacob was also known as Israel, which is why his descendants are known as Israelites. Nothing to do with geographical location.
@@shevrollet354 I'm not very aware, but I thought it was due to the fact that the kingdom was divided into Israel and Judah after Solomon's death
The fact that the queen near the end accepted the child as her own regardless of what or where he came from. Not only that she had the heart to save him cause she didn’t know that he sent the guards to go kill all the new borns. She shows that not all of them are like that or think that way. She was my favorite of all times.
And the looks she gave to the handmaidens to that they'd keep quiet about it too
@@stijnvdv2 did you really just do a whole analogy on how a religion is stupid.
Um what do you think happens after you die?
Mam or seer
God placed on her heart to accept the child
My grandparents are jehovas witness, my mom is an athiest, my dad is a catholic and my whole family loves this movie. Speaks volumes
I was a catholic but am now an atheist and I can still appreciate this movie.
@@jaycja1208 it'd take more than that. I never believed in the first place. Mi
@@jaycja1208please don't. There's no possible way I can believe. I know too much of reality. Not only that. I've studied 6 variants of the bible. It's not possible for a deity to exist. Only higher life forms.
@@michaelversace456i agree, religion is false but the influence it has on people and our world is undeniable
@Jaycja ill pray for you to get common sense :D
The mother trying to block them from entering and taking her baby at 1:47 always brings tears to my eyes.
She tried her hardest.
Taking makes it seem lighter, murdering is more likely. They just didn't animate blood on his knife when he exited but you can tell even without that included😢
@@jesus_reigns They did? I always thought the babies were alive when the were thrown in the Nile to the crocodiles.
But I suppose it would make sense to kill them first in the houses.
@@hafmeyjanKolkrabbiI can’t tell if that’s sarcasm or not
@@acesandjacks7241 it's not. My thinking is that being killed by the crocodiles (eaten alive!) would’ve been worser experience.
I know it's only like 2 seconds of the movie, but Moses whistling her lullaby as an adult makes my heart hurt 😭. Especially when the lullaby says "sleep and remember my last lullaby" 😭😭
I'm going to cry in a corner now
This!! And since he whistled it so casually I figured it meant that throughout his life (although he was raised by his mom in the bible but movie version), he has been remembering her through the lullaby
@@Brook_55 yes
Lol that was cute
Ayo guys, we have archeological evidence for biblical events, if you’re interested
I KNOW!!! I realized this the other day when I rewatched it years after and it made me really emotional. ❤
5:29 Never noticed this as a kid but now re-watching it I can appreciate the details. I love how you can clearly see shock on her handmaidens' faces, which the queen dispels with a single glare.
Yeah, the queen pretty much told them that the baby was hers then. And all she had to do was have Pharaoh say it and it would be so
Another neat detail is little Ramses being set aside so that Moses can be raised up. Despite Ramses attempts to be held again, the queen walks past him, and slowly he becomes completely hidden from view, directly under Moses's shadow. If that ain't some subtle foreshadowing I don't know what is.
@@ohhellobethany I noticed that too, but as an older sibling myself I can say that's pretty much normal when a new baby comes along lol.
Still a nice touch from the animators.
@@ariadnefrolich7243 yea whatever the case I appreciate the addition because it is all basically leading to one thing- being overshadowed
because it is said that the maids didnt hurry to bring her tha baby because it was againt the Pharo order
When I found out Hans Zimmer scored this film, it immediately made sense to me why the music, lyrical or otherwise, stuck with me from childhood. That dude is a master of his craft.
This scene always makes me tear up, i cant bear to imagine what Moses's mother was feeling knowing she had to do this
In the Bible she does actually raise her son. Pharaohs’ daughter (not wife as the movie depicts) kept the child but Moses’ mother was brought in to care for him. So it worked out
This movie makes me feel like I’m there. How it must of been in ancient Egypt with the opulent columns and massive walls and the beauty but also the hardship hebrew slaves went through to build Egypt’s glory.
@@sailorarwen6101 this is biblical facts 👌🏾💯
:( can't imagine all those mothers who lost their sons because Pharaoh put out a kill order.
@@claretheworm yeah firstborns. It was brutal then also
This song means so much to me... Growing up as a child who was given up for adoption this was the first movie I saw as a kid that actually showed that. I was very angry as a young kid feeling discarded by my birth parents, but it was this song that showed me a different perspective on how my mother must've felt when making that decision. To give me a chance at a better life to be able to grow and prosper. The image at 3:30 has been permanently ingrained into my brain as I would rewind the tape over and over again just to see how much pain she was in. In a weird way it gave me comfort, letting me know that my sadness wasn't just one sided. I know one day we will meet again Mom...
(It also helped that I looked very similar to Moses lol)
You a protagonist Fr fr man. Know I'm somewhere out in this world routing for you.
Beautiful.
That is so beautiful. I was close to crying at that scene, but actually did it after reading your comment.
🧡🧡🧡🧡
This is beautiful, I'm glad you came to this conclusion and I pray for healing in your life
This is a biblically themed movie, but one part of the Bible story that I love is that Miriam followed the basket. Pharaohs daughter got it and realized Moses was one of the Hebrew children. Miriam went up and asked of Pharaohs daughter would she would like one of the Hebrew mothers to come nurse the child. Pharaohs daughter agreed and Miriam got their mother (Jochebed) to nurse Moses, the child she just sent up the river.
I loved that so much
To think such a sister/daughter of the century move is engraved in memory by the Scriptures is wonderful.
This part of what Moses sister did was also captured in the Qur'an
Yes, she followed her baby brother. She sounds so cute at the end.
I love that too. I think of how her faith was rewarded. The faith to float your baby down a river never knowing if you’ll see it again, and then getting to go to the palace and being commissioned to feed your own baby. ♥️🥰
It’s also a quranic story .pls get ur facts correct and name it an abrahamic story
Someone who doesnt get enough props for me is the queen, there was no judgement of that baby or care of where he came from, she just picked him up & loved him immediately, she is a mom in the most pure form🤍
Absolutely. She served humanitarian icon. She is the moment. ❤
The look she gave to her servants says it all😂😂😂
It’s cuz he came from the Nile which meant to her the baby was sent by the gods. In her own words when the gods send you something you don’t ask why.
@@ellis1469I was going to say that too.
Jochebed and the Queen were both queens IMHO
“Elohiem, God on high. Can you hear your people cry?”
That line is so beautiful.
Elohiem in hebrew is god
@@skybuildingdeck332elohim means god on high
That's my favourite too
I'm converting to Judaism and these sings get me every time
Especially now 😢 my heart breaks for the people.
Ofra Haza’s voice moves me to tears, it’s so beautiful and ethereal, especially 1:44. As a kid I was wowed by the visuals and drama mostly, but now as a grown adult I have a deep appreciation for the story, the character development and of course the singers. Rest in peace Ofra Haza and Whitney Houston.
If only she sang the entire song! That bit is breathtaking and is a cherry blossom tree because it's so beautiful and gone so quickly it breaks your heart.
5:30
Love the look the Queen gives to her servants.
“This is my son, do you have a problem with that? I didn’t think so.”
Her attitude is everything ✨💅
@@yogun1922bruh
They wouldn't dare Question the Queen,they know they would be Deader than Fried Chicken 🤷♂️
I was adopted and whenever someone looked at my mother and I, she gave them that "look". ❤❤❤
3:37 always gives me chills. The grief of a mother who is forced to give up her child.
Always touching when mother prayed only for her son's safety and freedom, while sister prayed her brother's growth and freedom for them.
As an atheist, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's beautifully & richly animated, the music is phenomenal, the voice acting is excellent, it's just a perfect retelling of Exodus. I think that this movie resonates so much with nonreligious people because of the aspects. Additionally, the story itself is told in a way in which a person that isn't religious can still connect & relate to it by the fact that it's really just a movie about a conflict between brothers. From the Christians that I'm friends with, they've told me that they love this movie because it's a wonderful adaptation and visualization of the biblical story. Overall, fantastic movie. I think Dreamworks should really think about going back to this style of animation, at least for some projects, because it is just stunning.
Just because you don't believe in God scientifically doesn't mean you can't appreciate the idea
@@gerdtt79 that's literally what I said
One of my favorite movies too! Jesus loves you.
The best Christian movies are those that want to tell a story.
But the !movie is based on bible it's not based on your atheist value's
What an incredible vocalist Ofra Haza was.
Indeed, we miss her a lot here in Israel
One more angel taken from us
@@talzohar6966 She had an angels voice indeed
Definitely. I get teary eyed every time she sings her last lullaby to her baby. Not only does she sing it beautifully, you can just hear the anguish and sorrow in her voice. 🥺
death to israel but yes what a nice voice
@@talzohar6966 her voice was blessed by God, may she rest in his embrace for all time.
Imagine if this was put back in theaters today
Would still get critically acclaimed, I think.
Both Israelis and Palestinians would see themselves in the ancient Israelites, and the other as Egypt, not realizing Hamas and the Zionists are the real enemies, using them as pawns
@@ATEG8374 “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009. Back in the mid-1980s, Cohen even wrote an official report to his superiors warning them not to play divide-and-rule in the Occupied Territories, by backing Palestinian Islamists against Palestinian secularists. “I … suggest focusing our efforts on finding ways to break up this monster before this reality jumps in our face,” he wrote.
Yeeees OMG my dream
@@ATEG8374Fr their are basically brothers
Being an ardent Catholic Christian myself, I watched this movie with my family three nights ago. My sister didn't want it at first, as she thought it would be a cheap, boring Biblical movie. By the end of the opening she was already crying her heart out at this masterpiece, along with all of us.
Ofra Haza's angelic voice
@@נטלישלי-ז4מ Right?
Good.
So she knows what a treasure this movie is
Moses' mother's song revives the inner child in me... I wish I could go back in time and relive my life.
Edit: 2K likes? Wow, thanks everyone. I never thought I'd get this many.
Which one?
@@Bread12321 her part in the whole "Deliver Us" piece. I think it's called "River Lullaby" or something.
@@beautymukisha212 ?
Yeah its beautiful, ofra haza the singer sings her
@@ישראלישבוז Oh, really? I had no idea. Thank you.
Bro rizzed her up into adopting him😭❤️ 4:55
Pov: baby rizz be like 4:55
Bible brain rot
Oh no
There are three moments in this song that imply Rameses felt less loved by his mother compared to Moses. First at 4:41, when the queen is not only holding him, but giving him a lotus and being attentive. Then she sets him down to pick up the basket, turning her full attention on Moses.
Rameses's "Mammy?" is another indication, and that that final shot at 5:40 shows Rameses's pleading face, arms outstretched, being eclipsed (visually replaced) by Moses.
Obviously the pressure to continue his father's legacy was the ultimate wedge between the brothers, but some of Rameses' jealousy over Moses getting to goof off freely could've also been jealousy over his mother preferring Moses.
You said it so well! I totally agree. Beautifully implied and percepted.
This scene also means that Rameses knew that Moses wasn't his brother by birth, but he just didn't care because he was his brother anyways
Which only makes it more tragic as it was absolutely not true. The Queen loved them both equally.
How did DreamWorks go from this masterpiece to Boss Baby...
Who is your favourite fearless he-e-ro
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FEARLESS HEROOOOO
LMAO literally , i find that when companies try to “keep up with the times” they just disappoint us 😭 classics are so much better and i stand by that (kung fu panda movies are an exception & how to train your dragon anything after that can go)
They went from “Epic Bible story that rivals the 50s version” to “a clever parody of Disney” to “a too-real movie about redemptions and r/nice guy” to “a bad baby-themed acid trip” to “spin-off of the Disney parody with themes of death and mortality”.
Whether they fail or succeed, they always go all out
Due to traditional animation wasn't selling well as it once did sadly
2:45 "Sleep and remember my last lullaby" and years later his sister repeats the same lullaby and he remembers 🥲
Her hair also takes the same shape as her mom as she sings it which is also cool
0:54 I don't know why, but this is my favorite visual in the whole film. There's something so simple yet profound about another person offering a hand in need to a suffering soul.
It’s epic / humanity shines in even the darkest of times
Even without considering this scene’s significance and all the layers to it, this music alone turns the heart inside out. I extend my sincerest respect to Ofra Haza’s memory and to Eden Riegel, and tip my hat to Hans Zimmer and Stephen Schwartz. The shadow of an empire, a mother’s loving lullaby, a mother’s pain, a heart-wrenchingly difficult decision, searing hope, a prayer of lament and faith, a sister’s anxiety watching all that could go wrong, a Queen’s mercy and motherhood saving a baby, and a little girl’s relief and prayer to her little brother all within six and a half minutes.
Where's the hat tip for Stephen Schwartz, who composed the songs? Zimmer arranged and produced them, and did the score, but Schwartz did the original songs and lyrics. A collaboration of two giants.
@@Historian212 I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know
4:47 I think what's the most impressive is the speed of this little girl traveling just in time to see her brother.
I'm the bible, young Miriam actually offered her mother to the queen/empress to nurse the baby.
So not only did Moses's mom still get to raise him under protection/permission from the palace, but she was also well paid/compensated to do so ( for two years or so)
Of course, having to give up your baby is never a happy thing, but God still blessed her with some time with her son when she thought she would never see him again
❤
Beautiful
if they had put that in the movie, Moses wouldn't have the identity conflict he had when he found out he was actually a Hebrew, so I think it's pretty fitting that they cut him out of the movie.
@@liacarmona2869I think he still would have had that conflict. I doubt he would have clear memories from his first 2 years. However, the way they went with the narrative makes it more heartbreaking and moving I think.
In the Quranic version as well
Ofra Haza’s voice is haunting. Gives me chills up and down my arms and legs.
3:26 I don’t think a single shot in an animated film has ever captured more emotion in me than this one.
I think you might just be right
when I first saw the film it imprinted on me, but I didn't watch the movie for numerous years after, and when I saw it again, it hit the very depths of my heart. The song, the composition, the setting, the colors and like you said, the emotion all come together at one single brilliant moment.
You know the heart break the mother felt through her singing. She didn’t was to have Moses float to wherever and who knows where. She wanted him safe. And she took a very bad risk.
Especially by sending him down a river full of crocodiles 🧺 🐊
@@effooo2000 3:58 not only that, but the 🦛.
As scripture tells us, Moses's mother, Jochebed, would see him again not long after she put him in the basket. She sent her daughter, Miriam, to look after Moses to make sure things went well. When Pharaoh's daughter discovered Moses and decided to keep him, she noticed his sister and told her to find Moses a wet nurse. Miriam brought her little brother back to his own mother to be nursed in safety protected by the word of Pharaoh's daughter until he could be weened. Then, he was given to Pharaoh's daughter to raise.
I loved this film before. I still love it now, even with the liberties it takes. I am a mom now, with three babies of my own. I can't keep myself from wanting to cry.
Given what was going on, she had no other choice. As bad as it was, she saw it as his best shot.
I'm only learning Hebrew, so hope I got it right: this little phrase that Yoheved, Moses' mom is singing in Hebrew means 'My good and loving child will grow and be different'.
In case someone was wondering.
Edit:
A correction from Hebrew speakers: it actually means 'My good and gentle son, don't be scared'.
pretty close the last line is dont be afraid but really good. good luck on the hebrew studying
@@משהמגן-ט9ש תודה רבה:)))
I was curious
Check the word "different". It may be related to the word for "holy", which means "set apart". I only have Bible knowledge to contribute here, but it adds to context in your search maybe?
It says My good and gentle son, don't be scared
1:20 THE QUEEN! THE MADONNA OF THE MIDDLE EAST! May she rest in peace ❤️🕊
I've listened to this so many times but the wail at 1:43 always sends chills down my spine. I can imagine the despair and heart-wrenching agony at watching your baby get murdered in front of you
😲
So sad
What I love about the Moses story and what it doesn’t show in this movie is that Moses’ mother was able to nurse and care for him until he was weaned. When the Pharaoh’s daughter finds him in the river Miriam is watching and offers to go find a woman to nurse the baby and she brings her mother back to the palace. She is able to take back her son (for a time) until he’s given back to be adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter.
yess I agreee which makes sense why miriam was so confident to say that moses will meet them specifically when he is ready. and that he is their brother. and then saying "they never told you?". also makes sense cuz he was able to rememeber the lullaby. i don't think he will remember it if he never heard it again after the queen found him.
My little sister was about 5 years old. She loved the bed time stories I made up. But one night I ran out of stories , and remembered the story of Moses. I told it in detail . and every night as I spoke , her eyes were lit with curiosity , emotion , and imagination. Then I told her it was a true story , and she couldn’t believe it. I even told her there was a movie on it. I showed her The Prince of Egypt , and she watched it 10 more times . Top 5 greatest movies of all time. No debate. Moses life from beginning to end , was absolutely incredible. Thankyou dreamworks.
"River, oh river, flow gently for me"
God: ayo watch me do a trick shot off a hippo with this baby
LMAO 😂
Ded, lmao!
God: now watch this drive.
I tear up and choke back tears every time I hear and sing this song . A masterpiece indeed.
I'm not religious anymore, but since I grew up in a Christian household and went to a religious private school my entire childhood, this movie means so much to me. How powerful and wrathful God can be is so incredible. I think everyone should watch this movie at least once in their life. The story of the Bible is so important
I'm in a similar boat. If God exists he doesn't care about humans. But the stories of the Bible are definitely worth learning if only as a common frame of reference and beautiful literature
@@Trenz0 If he didn't care, he would have never sent his son Jesus for salvation of his people. It is your free will to accept God's grace.
@@Trenz0Why does he not care?
@@Trenz0what you’re describing it’s the problem of evil. it has been debunked thousands of times 🥰🥰
@Trenz0 actually God cares and a lot, but humans don't care about God & God doesn't want to force people to love Him, so, He let us do whatever we want, but He makes it clear that everything we do we have to give account to Him in the day of judgment
The prince of egypt is without a doubt one of the most underrated masterpieces of all time. Its score, accuracy to its source and its visuals are just... amazing.
I wish Dreamworks would tell more bible stories like this 😭
Same here, luckily DreamWorks did made a direct-to-video prequel movie "Joseph King Of Dreams".
Imagine if they still kept 2D animation and did the Revelation chapter. It would be frickin wild and the music (would go waaayyy too hard for us to keep our sanity in the cinema seats.
A Jesus Christ anime would be pretty dope. But has to be Japanese anime style with an Japanese rock band intro.
@@libertas_americana Well...we have Saint Young Men I guess?
@@libertas_americana that would be dope to see I hope some day we get that
0:09 the way “pull” was sung / said here really makes me emotional. kudos to the voice actor capturing in half a second the absolute strain in the voice of a tired elderly man that has absolutely nothing left in his body except for the fear of being whipped.
my mom used to sing the lullaby to me when i was a baby, i cry so much everytime i hear it, i miss her so much it hurts
Im sorry for your loss 😞
@@dynomitejones thank you i appreciate it
@@boing1oingssorry for your loss😢
Love you man
@@blissseeker4719 🫶🫶🫶🫶
There's nothing in the history of Disney musicals, or musical cinema of any kind, that can compete with this song.
Circle of Life. Try again.
Admittedly, this is an awesome song as well. I just happen to disagree with you. ☺️
The only comparison imo? Shrek 2’s ending “I need a hero”
@@tonis5140 "The circle of Life" is a great opening, no doubt about that, and certainly, one of the most iconic ever produced. That being said, as a professional musician I can tell you it isn't even remotely close to this in terms of musical brilliance... the Harmonic and melodic complexity, Ofra Haza's voice, the sheer power and weight of the male chorus and the beauty and emotion of the main vocal. The orchestral arrangement, fully adapted to the thematics involved... Not to talk about the emotional range present in just 6 and a half minutes of story. One has to be a rock, not to feel goosebumps while watching this. And I'm agnostic...
Mate is right... there is nothing in the animated movies library that can come remotely close to this intro.
Absolute masterpiece.
@@DuartePapel Hans Zimmer did both.
Come on, let’s be real here
I convinced my grandma to watch this with me(she was never a fan of movies) and she kept praising God. She was very religious and hoped that her grandchildren at least held God close to our hearts. I stopped going to church years ago but I still pray and sing my praises to Him everyday.
Aw man, this song and scene made me emotional. I’ve only seen this movie once as an adult before my Christian journey but now I want to watch it again now that I know more information
Same...I also get emotional....watching this movie especially Moses mother sent to river nile in order save his life from evil pharaoh.
Please remember this is a Jewish story and all based on how they were set free by the help and love of god ❤
@@GamingGirl2003 this story is actually shared between Judaism, islam, and Christianity!!
@@lucycaroline6943 This
4:55 this pose and face is so funny to me I can't help but let out a lil giggle 🤧
One of the most beautifully animated non-Disney movies I’ve seen. Right up there with the iron giant.
This hits different now being a mom with anxiety especially understanding what they did to those poor babies. There's a special place for people who can do that stuff 💔💔
And some symbolism with the Nile turning to blood something that gave the Egyptians life ripped from them and stained with their sin
@@Gooberwares wow i never noticed that. Well spotted. Bless you
I was literally just thinking this when I saw your comment. I haven’t seen this since I became a mother and yeah...it hits different now
@@sailorarwen6101 and to the Pharaoh this was population control based on a paranoia hunch. Truly despicable
@@chlorhex6785 that was payback in my opinion. The Egyptian parorah killed all newborn baby boys and God was fed up so he killed all Egyptian firstborn for parorah to finally realize that the slaves deserved to be free.
The mother's lullaby always shuts a tear from my eye
Literally one of the best films ever animated. From the voices acting to the music. This movie will always enrapture me
Oh dear god, Ofra Haza….what an angelic voice ❤. She touches your soul when she sings.
1:43 that note coming out of no where… I have chills all over my body
Then get a blanket.
I know the sequence in it’s entirety is quite serious and heart wrenching but I laugh every time at 4:54. Moses looks like he’s saying “what’s up girl?”
He’s a sly baby, huh? So cute.
Baby got that rizz
I remember watching this opening song with a friend at a young age, and it literally drove us to tears. It was the first time ANY movie made me cry!
I've watched this movie so many times, and it was great how DreamWorks made this story of the Bible a masterpiece of a movie. It was all very moving, gave the imagination of how many Hebrews died as slaves for Egypt, how God chose Moses to free them from their suffering, and they did a phenomenal job on the 10 plagues
*"WHO MADE MAN'S MOUTH?! WHO MADE THE MUTE?! THE DEAF?! THE SEEING OR THE BLIND?! DID NOT I?! NOW GO!!!"*
@@BigBWolf90 Exodus 4:11-12
This movie put into context how God made these problems and then solved them. When he never needed to create the problems in the first place. He didn't need to harden pharaoh's heart, but since he is a vain, jealous and petty god, he took many lives to prove and display his glory. What a childish god.
@@dxcSOUL God did not create those problems for the Hebrews or anyone who believes in him, the Pharoah feared the Hebrews would turn against them so he turned them into slaves. He only created problems for those were stubborn or didn't believe in him
@@dxcSOUL If you don't like the message of the song or the movie then why are you even here? For the record you are completely incorrect. God always had a plan to redeem a people. To anoint them as His own to worship Him, to be blessed by Him. He is worthy, and if you think that He does these things because He is petty I point you to this from the book of Job 38, vs 4-6 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Tell Me if you have understanding. Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who set the line on it?
On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone"?
If you have a modicum of humility I would point you to read the entirety of Job 38. If someone as smart as you cares for context.
Man is a small thing compared to the mighty power and control of God, yet He chooses to love and bless us. To forgive in our disobedience and guide us in our unknowing. We are his creation and He could easily wipe us out or leave us to our own doom yet ultimately He has and will deliver us.
They really put the bar for the rest of the movie in the sky with this opening. I held my tears till Moseses sis started singing
Stephen Schwartz didn't have to go so hard, but he did, and we're forever thankful!
Yup, similar like The Bells Of Notre Dame to DELIVER US and all I can say Stephen Schwartz is an awesome person to write EPIC music.
You can feel the love and protection she had for her son in this movie. I've have never felt this strongly to a mother or father in any animated movie before and it chokes me up as an adult that she loved her son that much to put his life in someone else's hands in the hopes they wouldn't turn him over to the guards. I want to have that much love and protection as a mother for my kids when I have them.
Imagine what it was like for God to send His Only Begotten Son to earth, knowing full well the pain He would suffer for all of humanity.
@@mella8296God allowed man to beat Him to death!!!! To spit in His face.
Goosebumps everytime Moses mother starts singing absolutely beautiful
These 6 minutes right here are an absolute masterpiece, in any and every aspect of art, music and humanity in general
The Right song that Nigeria needs now...deliver us...
Whats happening in Nigeria?
Are you me??? God!! I just said this now 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I'm now 21 and my sister is 22. But this movie was always our favorite growing up. May God deliver us from this world and sin through the blood of Christ the lamb. Amen
The sheer scale of this movie is amazing, and it so clearly proves the certain dramatic strengths animation has over live-action. The shot demonstrating the massive size of the Pharaoh's palace as Moses is carried into it that then transitions to the dozens of slaves working at 5:50 is something that says so much, and yet it probably would be near-impossible to accomplish without animation.
The way that the entire movie enforces how excessively dwarfed the characters are by the Egyptian architecture surrounding them is so brilliant and meaningful
This is one of the most underrated animated films ever produced.
You'll be glad to know that this masterpiece has been gaining more fans as the years pass by. The sudden surge of TH-camrs deciding to review it has helped immensely. 😊
Moses's mother in the italian version sings with lots of love and affection for her baby son. In this version, you can mostly hear pain in her voice❤
It's the same woman voicing both this version and the Italian. Ofra Haza
@@VidiaReePhoenix doesn't Ofra Haza only voice the part where she speaks hebrew? Or does she voice Yocheved's whole part?
@@Anime-yr7jq Whole part. She sings for 17 or 18 of the languages the movie was dubbed in, including Italian.
@@VidiaReePhoenix oh I understand. It means she did a great job then, giving a character to each language! Also thank u so much for replying to me
@@Anime-yr7jq No problem! I just find it so very interesting that I had to share.
Lyrics:
Mud!
Sand!
Water!
Straw!
Faster!
Mud and lift!
Sand and pull!
Water and raise up!
Straw!
Faster!
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry?
Help us now
This dark hour
Deliver us
Hear our call, deliver us
Lord of all, remember us
Here in this burning sand
Deliver us
There's a land You promised us
Deliver us to the Promised Land
ילדי הטוב והרך
אל תירא ואל תפחד
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again if He will
Deliver us (deliver us)
Hear our prayer, deliver us
From despair, these years of slavery
Grown too cruel to stand
Deliver us
There's a land You promised us
Deliver us from the bondage
And deliver us to the Promised Land
Hush now my baby, be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
So I'll be with you when you dream
River, oh, river, flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere he can live free?
River, deliver him there
Hee-eee
Hee-eee
Brother, you're safe now and safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you
Grow, baby brother, come back someday
Come and deliver us, too
Deliver us
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us to the Promised Land
Deliver us to the Promised Land
Deliver us
Finally found you
🖤🖤
I have no love to give.
Ofra Haza, one of the rarest vocalists to ever live! they took her for all the languages for this song, all of them wanted her for this... you must go and hear the full Hebrew version of it
Still brings a tear, I need this, I need deliverance
we all do
the chorus of men singing deliver us is like magic to my ears!!! goosebumps!
religious or not, this movie is still a masterpiece in its storytelling, and im sure in some areas it takes creative liberties to overall make it better. im not religious at all, but this was a part of my childhood, and as someone who loves art, animation, and anything to do with film, this is absolutely one of my favorite movies because of how genuinely beautiful it is. and as someone who also loves musicals, the songs and absolutely gorgeous!
It was pretty sad to watch as a little girl, but now I'm a mother it completely breaks my heart to imagine what Moses' mother went through.
Although you don’t see direct killing, it’s really something to see an animated film portraying a mass slaughter of children. Such a powerful movie.
This movie gives me chills front to back, absolute freaking masterpiece, about to watch it again
Despite the fact that I grew up with this and I have almost every scene committed to memory, this never gets old. 10/10 movie.
Don’t know why but I’ve seen this video and watched the movies dozens of times over my lifetime, and I still kinda choke up at 2:30 when mom starts to sing to baby Moses
“Sleep and remember my last lullaby, so I’ll be with you when you dream”
🥹😭
This movie is a cinematic masterpiece. Breathtaking animation. Beautiful music. I loved watching it when I was a kid and I love watching it as an adult. Dreamworks did an amazing job.
Truly amazing song. You can really feel their pain at 0:51 . When they mention the burning sand I can almost feel the stinging sand on their feet as they toil away. This song truly brings tears to my eyes as I watch the horrors that the ancient Egyptians did to the Hebrews. I thank God that he delivered them out of Egypt and to the land of Israel
This was only DreamWorks second movie, and they came out of the gate guns blazing for this one. Hands down the greatest animated movie ever made
I cried as a child when I watched this. As a mother of 4 this has me 🤧😭😭😭😭😭 bawling. It hits different
Each part of this song gives me chills. One of the most powerful movie openings I've seen. Each performer put in so much emotion, and Ofra Haza's performance could bring me to tears each time. I'm so thankful to have this movie!
Omg Moses's mother always gives me chills when she sings
The scene where the mother gives up Moses hits you differently as an adult and a mother for sure 😢. Also his sister made sure that her little brother got there safely was amazing