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Amazing Grace: Music Inspired By the Motion Picture is a soundtrack for the movie Amazing Grace starring Ioan Gruffudd.The album features new versions of old hymns recorded by some of Christian music's more prominent artists as well as one of the most popular country artists around today.
David Arnold, who is best known for composing scores for films, such as Independence Day, Stargate, and Godzilla, completed his journey from the film genres of action-adventure to art house. Amazing Grace is based on the 20-year crusade of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire, as Arnold includes the scores of quasi-folk ...
In 1835, it was paired with the lyrics of John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" in William Walker's The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. This sold over 600,000 copies in multiple editions. Walker named the tune "New Britain" in that work and the combination was reprinted in The Sacred Harp (1844) which was even more influential.
An 1847 publication of Southern Harmony, showing the title "New Britain" ("Amazing Grace") and shape note music. Play ⓘ. The roots of Southern Harmony singing, like the Sacred Harp, are found in the American colonial era, when singing schools convened to provide instruction in choral singing, especially for use in church services.
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.
Amazing Grace, a documentary/concert film directed by Sydney Pollack for Warner Bros., was set to be released as part of a double bill with Super Fly in 1972. [10] However, Pollack was unable to complete the film because he had not used a clapperboard to synchronize the picture and sound at the beginning of each take. [11]
Amazing Grace was released in the United States on digital download and DVD on August 6, 2019, by Universal Studios. [citation needed] In the UK, StudioCanal released the film on DVD, digital and Blu-ray on September 2, 2019. [citation needed] The film debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Music Video Sales chart
"Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song)" is a song written by Russell Smith, first recorded in Montreal in 1974 by Jesse Winchester and his band the Rhythm Aces, assisted by Smith. During the winter of 1976, it became a hit by the Amazing Rhythm Aces on their 1975 album Stacked Deck .