Some of Today's Leading Black Voices Including 3 Oscar(R) Winners, 23 Grammy(R) Winners, 8 Emmy(R) Winners, and 5 Golden Globe(R) Winners
The most ambitious, critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible ever produced, Inspired By ... The Bible Experience features a star-studded cast of almost 400 black performers, including multiple Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe winners. The dramatic performances are set to an original musical underscore by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Hollywood-style sound design created at Technicolor Studios.
Highlighting the cast are Academy Award-winning actors Forest Whitaker (Moses), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jonah), and Denzel Washington (Song of Songs, voiced with Pauletta Washington). Additional highlights include Angela Bassett (Esther), Eartha Kitt (Serpent), Bishop T.D. Jakes (Abraham), Blair Underwood (Jesus), Samuel L. Jackson (God, New Testament only), and Bishop Eddie L. Long (Joel) among others.
Honors include the 2007 Audie Audiobook of the Year (the highest honor of the Audio Publisher's Association), an AudioFile Earphones Award, and a nomination for an NAACP Image Award.
Features:
- Complete dramatized audio Bible
- Over 400 world-class talents, including Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Blair Underwood, Angela Bassett, Common, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Levar Burton, Idris Elba, Terry Crews, and Cuba Gooding, Jr., among others
- Original music by the Prague Symphony Orchestra
- 79 digitally mastered audio CDs with a bonus "Making Of" DVD
- Convenient carrying case
"The Bible Experience" features an unprecedented cast of more than 200 entertainment celebrities and a cinematic musical score. Here is the entire Bible in a historic, masterfully engineered production. Unabridged. 80 CDs.
'...a full show of music, sound effects, and a dazzling array of celebrity voices. The producers...put together a cast of...actors who deliver a rich, diverse rendering of the contemporary Today's New International Version (TNIV) translation in gospel-meeting style. Listeners are treated to a sort of aural kaleidoscope with layers of voices, sound, and music....The lavish production pulls out all the stops....If a modern multimedia production experience is what you're after, enjoy the fine voices and often dynamic dramatized readings.'--AudioFile