AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Ralph Fiennes

Artist:Ralph Fiennes f/Amick Byram

Song:The Plagues

Album:The Prince of Egypt: Music from the Original Motion Picture

Of course Ralph Fiennes is a British actor best known for his roles in Schindler's List and The English Patient. His appearance in the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt is to date his only singing appearance in anything. And he only sings a couple of lines. Amick Byram does most of the singing. Anyone familiar with this blog knows I love doing oddball stuff like this. Fiennes was born Dec. 22, 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. His brother is actor Joseph Fiennes. His family moved to Ireland in 1973. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He started out on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, made his TV debut in 1990 and then his film debut in the 1992 film Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Fiennes became an international star in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List. He was nominated for an Oscar and won a BAFTA award. He was nominated for another Oscar for his performance in the 1996 film The English Patient. And that's when he was cast as Rameses in the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt. The thing to keep in mind about this film is that DreamWorks Pictures co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg had wanted to do a biblical animated film for a long time. So he had lofty aspirations for The Prince of Egypt. And that included hiring celebrities like Ralph Fiennes to do the voices. Most of them couldn't sing. So Val Kilmer was the voice of Moses and Amick Byram provided the singing voice. So why wasn't this done for Fiennes? Probably because he was singing one line in one song and Byram sang the rest of the song. It turns out that this is Fiennes' only time singing in anything. I checked everything and he has done spoken word recordings and appeared in other animated films. But no singing. The Prince of Egypt soundtrack is available as a budget CD. Fiennes still appears in films and on stage. He recently starred in a British touring production of Macbeth. Here's Ralph Fiennes featuring Amick Byram performing The Plague from the 1998 film The Prince of Egypt.