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Anastasia
Anastasia-don-bluth.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Produced by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Written by
Susan Gauthier
Bruce Graham
Bob Tzudiker
Noni White
Eric Tuchman
Based on
Anastasia
by Anatole Litvak
Starring
Meg Ryan
John Cusack
Kelsey Grammer
Christopher Lloyd
Hank Azaria
Bernadette Peters
Angela Lansbury
Music by
David Newman
Editing by
Bob Bender
Fiona Trayler
Studio
Fox Animation Studios
Fox Family Films
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
November 14, 1997 (premiere)
November 21, 1997 (United States)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$53 million
Box office
$139,804,348[2]
Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical fantasy drama film produced by Fox Animation Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, the film is an animated adaptation of the 1956 live-action film of the same name, both based on the urban legend claiming that the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, in fact survived the execution of her family. It tells the story of an eighteen-year-old orphan named Anya who, in hopes of finding some trace of her family, sides with a pair of con men who wish to take advantage of her likeness to the Grand Duchess. The film features the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, and Angela Lansbury.
The film premiered on November 14, 1997 in New York City, and was released on November 21, 1997 in the United States and, despite the objections of some historians to its fantastical retelling of the life of the Grand Duchess, enjoyed a positive reception from many critics. From a $53 million budget, the film grossed $139,804,348 worldwide, making Anastasia a box office success. The film also received nominations for several awards, including two Oscars for Best Original Song ("Journey to the Past") and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. It is the most profitable film from Don Bluth and Fox Animation Studios to date.
The success of Anastasia spawned various adaptations of the film into other media, including a direct-to-video spin-off film, a computer game,[3] books, toys, and an upcoming stage adaptation.[4]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Music
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Box office
4.3 Accolades
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
In 1916, Tsar Nicholas II hosts a ball at the Catherine Palace to celebrate the Romanov tricentennial. His mother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, is visiting from Paris and gives a music box and a necklace inscribed with the words “Together in Paris” as parting gifts to her eight-year-old granddaughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. The ball is suddenly interrupted by Grigori Rasputin, a sorcerer who was banished by the Tsar for treason. Rasputin had then sold his soul in exchange for an unholy reliquary, which he uses to cast a curse on the Romanov family in revenge, sparking a revolution that forces them to flee the palace. Only Marie and Anastasia are able to escape, thanks to a young servant boy named Dimitri, who shows them a secret passageway in Anastasia's room. Rasputin confronts the two royals outside, only to fall through the ice and drown. The pair manage to reach a moving train, but only Marie climbs aboard while Anastasia falls, hitting her head on the platform.
Ten years later, in 1926, Russia is under communist rule, and Marie has publicly offered ten million rubles for the safe return of her granddaughter. Dimitri and his friend and partner Vladimir thus search for an Anastasia lookalike to present to Marie in Paris and collect the reward. Elsewhere, Anastasia, now under the name "Anya", leaves the rural orphanage where she grew up, having lost her memory prior to arriving there. Accompanied by a stray puppy she names "Pooka", she turns down a job at a fish factory in favor of going to St. Petersburg after her necklace inspires her to seek out her family in Paris. In the deserted palace she encounters Dimitri and Vladimir, who—impressed by her resemblance to the "real" Anastasia—decide to take her with them.
Bartok, Rasputin's white bat minion is nearby and notices his master's dormant reliquary suddenly revived by Anastasia's presence; it drags him to limbo, where Rasputin survives. Enraged to hear that Anastasia escaped the curse, Rasputin sends demonic spirits from the reliquary to kill her; despite two attempts, the trio manage to (unwittingly) foil him, forcing Rasputin and Bartok to travel back to the surface.
Anastasia, Dimitri, and Vladimir eventually reach Paris and go to meet Marie, who refuses to see her, having been fooled numerously before by impostors. Despite this, Sophie—Marie's cousin—quizzes Anastasia to confirm her identity. Dimitri and Vladimir had taught Anastasia all the answers, but when Anastasia independently (though dimly) recalls how Dimitri saved her ten years ago, Dimitri finally realizes that she is the real Grand Duchess, and later informs Vladimir at the Russian Ballet. Dimitri, however, insists they do not reveal this truth to Anastasia. Sophie, convinced as well, arranges for Anastasia to meet Marie after a Russian ballet. However, Marie wants nothing to do with Dimitri, having heard of him and his initial scheme to trick her. Horrified that Dimitri was using her all along, Anastasia slaps him across the face and storms out. Dimitri, having fallen in love with Anastasia, manages to change Marie's mind by presenting her with Anastasia's music box, which he had found after their escape. Anastasia's memory returns upon meeting Marie, and grandmother and granddaughter are reunited at long last.
The next day, Marie offers Dimitri the reward money, but to her surprise he refuses it and leaves for Russia, convinced that he cannot be with Anastasia. That night, at Anastasia's return celebration, Marie informs her of Dimitri's gesture and leaves her to her thoughts. Anastasia then wanders through a garden and onto the Pont Alexandre III, where she is trapped and attacked by Rasputin. Dimitri returns to save her, but is injured and knocked unconscious. Anastasia manages to kill Rasputin by crushing the reliquary under her foot. With Rasputin's soul having been tied to the object, he promptly dies and turns to dust.
Afterwards, Dimitri and Anastasia reconcile; the two then elope and Anastasia sends a farewell letter to Marie and Sophie, promising to return someday. The film ends with the couple sharing a kiss as they sail out of Paris with Pooka, while Bartok falls in love with a female bat who kisses him.
Cast[edit]
Kirsten Dunst and Meg Ryan as the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia ("Anya"), the youngest daughter and one of two surviving members of the Imperial family. Her young and adult singing voices were, respectively, supplied by Lacey Chabert and Liz Callaway.
John Cusack as Dimitri, a young conman who falls for Anastasia. His singing voice is provided by Jonathan Dokuchitz.
Christopher Lloyd as Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a dangerous and power-mad sorcerer who in 1916 cast a curse that would claim the lives of all but two members of the Imperial family: Anastasia and Marie. His singing voice is dubbed by Jim Cummings.[5]
Kelsey Grammer as Vladimir Vanya Voinitsky Vasilovich, a former nobleman.
Angela Lansbury as the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II and Anastasia's grandmother.
Hank Azaria as Bartok, Rasputin's bumbling bat sidekick who serves as the film's comic relief.
Bernadette Peters as Sophie Stanislovskievna Somorkov-Smirnoff, Marie's first cousin and lady-in-waiting.
Andrea Martin as Phlegmenkoff, the orphanage's inconsiderate owner.
Rick Jones as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Russian Emperor and Anastasia's father.
Production[edit]
Music[edit]
See also: Anastasia (soundtrack)
The film score was composed, co-orchestrated, and conducted by David Newman, whose father, Alfred Newman composed the score of the 1956 film of the same name.[6] The songs, of which "Journey to the Past" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, were written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.[7] The film's soundtrack was released in CD and audio cassette format on October 28, 1997.[8]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Anastasia has received positive reception from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 86% based on 51 reviews, indicating predominantly positive reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Beautiful animation, an affable take on Russian history, and strong voice performances make Anastasia a winning first film from Fox animation studios."[9] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, writing, "The result is entertaining and sometimes exciting".[10] Margaret A. McGurk of The Cincinnati Enquirer described Anastasia as "charming" and "entertaining," concluding, "Anastasia serves up a tasty tale about a fairy-tale princess."[11] Lisa Osbourne of Boxoffice called the film "pure family entertainment."[12] Awarding the film three out of five stars, Empire's Philip Thomas wrote, "Historical inaccuracies aside, Anastasia manages to be a charming little movie".[13]
Several critics have drawn positive comparisons between Anastasia and animated films released by Walt Disney Pictures, noting similarities in their story and animation styles. Marjorie Baumgarten of The Austin Chronicle awarded the film three out of five stars. Likening its quality to that of a Disney animated film, Baumgarten wrote, "Anastasia...may not beat Disney at its own game, but it sure won't be for lack of trying." Baumgarten continued, "[t]his sumptuous-looking film clearly spared no expense in its visual rendering; its optical flourishes and attention to detail aim for the Disney gold standard and, for the most part, come pretty darn close."[14] The Phoenix's Jeffrey Gantz jokingly stated, "[i]f imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then the folks at Disney should feel royally complimented by Twentieth Century Fox's new animated feature about Tsar Nicholas II's youngest daughter."[15] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Fox's challenge to the Disney empire is a beautifully animated musical". However, Gleiberman continued, "Anastasia has the Disney house style down cold, yet the magic is missing."[16]
Critical reception in Russia was also, for the most part, positive despite the artistic liberties that the film took with Russian history. Gemini Films, the Russian distributor of Anastasia, stressed the fact that the story was "not history", but rather "a fairy tale set against the background of real Russian events" in the film's Russian marketing campaign so that its Russian audience would not view Anastasia "as a historical film".[17] As a result, many Russians praised the film for its art and storytelling and saw it as "not so much a piece of history but another Western import to be consumed and enjoyed".[17]
Certain Russian Orthodox Christians, on the other hand, found Anastasia to be an offensive depiction of the Grand Duchess, who was canonized as a passion bearer in 2000 by the Russian Orthodox Church.[18] Many historians echoed their sentiments, criticizing the film as a "sanitized, sugar-coated reworking of the story of the [Tsar's] youngest daughter."[19] While the filmmakers acknowledged the fact that "Anastasia uses history only as a starting point", others complained that the film would provide its audience with misleading facts about Russian history, which, according to the author and historian Suzanne Massie, "has been falsified for so many years."[20] Similarly, the amateur historian Bob Atchison said that Anastasia was akin to someone making a film in which "Anne Frank moves to Orlando and opens a crocodile farm with a guy named Mort."[20]
Some of Anastasia's contemporary relatives also felt that the film was distasteful, but most Romanovs have come to accept the "repeated exploitation of Anastasia's romantic tale ... with equanimity."[20]
Box office[edit]
A limited release of Anastasia at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on the weekend of November 14, 1997 grossed $120,541.[21] The following week, the wide release of Anastasia in the United States made $14,104,933 (for an average of about $5,692 from 2,478 theaters), which placed it as the #2 film for the weekend of November 21–23, 1997. By the end of its theatrical run, Anastasia had grossed $58,406,347 in the North American box office and $81,398,001 internationally.[2] The worldwide gross totaled $139,804,348, making it Don Bluth's highest-grossing film to date.[22]
Accolades[edit]
Anastasia received the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film[23] and was nominated for 7 others, including two Academy Awards in the categories of "Best Original Musical or Comedy Score" (lost to The Full Monty) and "Best Original Song" for "Journey to the Past" (lost to My Heart Will Go On from Titanic).[24][25] The R&B singer Aaliyah performed her pop single version of "Journey to the Past" at the 70th Academy Awards.[26]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "ANASTASIA (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 1997-12-05. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Anastasia (1997) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
3.Jump up ^ "IGN: Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok". IGN. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
4.Jump up ^ Chatter, Rialto (July 28, 2012). "Exclusive: Crawford, Barrett, Halston, Page Join Tveit, Lansbury, Lazar in ANASTASIA Reading!". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
5.Jump up ^ Hill, Jim (19 September 2011). "Has Disney Been 'Lion' About Jeremy Irons' Singing Voice?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Newman". MTV. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "The Making of Anastasia: The Music of Anastasia". 20th Century Fox. Archived from the original on 1998-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
8.Jump up ^ "Anastasia (Atlantic) - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
9.Jump up ^ "Anastasia (1997)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster, Inc. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
10.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (November 21, 1997). "Anastasia". Roger Ebert. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
11.Jump up ^ McGurk, Margaret. "Dancing around history". The Cincinnati Enquirer. news.cincinnati.com. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Osborne, Lisa (November 14, 1997). "Anastasia". Boxoffice. Boxoffice Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Thomas, Philip. "Anastasia". Empire. Bauer Consumer Media. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Baumgarten, Marjorie (November 21, 1997). "Anastasia". The Austin Chronicle. Austin Chronicle Corp. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Gantz, Jeffrey (November 20, 1997). "Anastasia". The Phoenix. The Phoenix. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen (Oct 27, 1997). "Anastasia (1997)". Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly Inc. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
17.^ Jump up to: a b Saffron, Ingra (March 19, 1998). "A Cartoon 'Anastasia' Charms a New Russia / Bolsheviks Get Written Out.". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. A01.
18.Jump up ^ Mattingly, Terry (November 29, 1997). "Upset about Anastasia's movie portrayal". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
19.Jump up ^ Holden, Stephen (November 14, 1997). "FILM REVIEW; A Feeling We're Not in Russia Anymore". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
20.^ Jump up to: a b c Goldberg, Carey (November 9, 1997). "After the Revolution, Comes 'Anastasia' the Cartoon". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
21.Jump up ^ Welkos, Robert W. (1997-11-18). "Moviegoers Track 'The Jackal'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
22.Jump up ^ "Don Bluth Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
23.Jump up ^ " "The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1997". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
24.Jump up ^ "Anastasia - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
25.Jump up ^ "Anastasia (1997) - Plot, Details & Awards". Moviefone. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
26.Jump up ^ "Remembering Aaliyah". BET.com. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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Journey to the Past
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"Journey to the Past"
Single by Aaliyah
from the album Anastasia Original Soundtrack
Released
March 31, 1998 (U.S. Adult Contemporary radio)
April 18, 1998 (UK CD single)
Format
CD single, airplay
Recorded
August 1997
Genre
Pop, R&B
Length
4:03
Label
Atlantic
Writer(s)
Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty
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"Journey to the Past" is a song by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah, from 20th Century Fox's 1997 animated feature film, Anastasia. It was written by lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty, and originally recorded by American actress and singer Liz Callaway in her role as the film's title character, Anastasia. Aaliyah's pop rendition of the song is played over a portion of the film's end credits, and was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album. "Journey to the Past" is a predominantly pop ballad that draws influence from contemporary R&B music.
"Journey to the Past" has received mixed to positive reception, many praising Callaway's version, but criticizing Aaliyah's pop rendition. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic. The song was also nominated alongside "Once Upon a December" for a Golden Globe Award in the same category, but again lost to the theme song from Titanic. It became a moderately successful pop hit in the UK. The song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released it only received minor Adult Contemporary airplay in the U.S. It stayed on the chart for only 4 weeks. The song was released to U.S. Adult Contemporary radio on March 31, 1998 as the soundtracks second single.
Contents [hide]
1 Reception
2 Music video
3 Charts
4 References
Reception[edit]
Critical reception for "Journey to the Past" has been generally mixed to positive. Erin McCarty of Epinions praised the original Liz Callaway version of the song, saying Callaway "voices Anastasia with a clear-throated exuberance and beauty that reminds me of Jodi Benson from The Little Mermaid." Her review of Aaliyah's pop rendition of the song was more mixed: "...as is almost always the case with these animated musicals that produce radio hits, I prefer the in-movie version."[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave a somewhat positive review of Aaliyah's rendition, calling it a good version of a song that sounds better in its original form.[2] Filmtracks called Callaway's version of the song "attractive."[3]
Music video[edit]
The music video begins in a modern-day American neighborhood on a seemingly warm day. Aaliyah is seen singing in the windows of a small grocery store and on the street where children are playing. Tying in to the theme of going back to the past, Aaliyah goes back and forth from the real modern-day world to the animated world of Russia in the 1920s,[4] the time in which Anastasia is set. She is then seen in several of the movie's iconic scenes such as balancing on a log with Anastasia behind her, out in the snow where the "Journey to the Past" song is featured in the film, in the ballroom in the "Once Upon a December" sequence, ascending the lift in the Eiffel Tower (the "Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)" scene) and on stage in the Russian ballet scene. The fountains of Jardins du Trocadéro can be seen briefly. The music video ends with her sitting on the rooftop seemingly overlooking the final scene in which Dimitri and Anya kiss and finally on the clouds above St. Petersburg with the children.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1998)[5]
Peak
position
UK Top 40 R&B Singles 6
UK Top 75 Singles 22
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs 28
Eurochart Hot 100 98
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Erin McCarty. "The Anastasia Soundtrack". Retrieved 19 August 2012. "I love this song, and as is almost always the case with these animated musicals that produce radio hits, I prefer the in-movie version. There’s such an air of wonder and anticipation, as well as trepidation, about it, and I can relate so well to that tug-of-war between a longing for adventure and a fear of leaving the familiar. The song reminds me a lot of I Have Confidence from The Sound of Music, and it’s one of my two favorites in the movie. The piano and violins evoke the snowflakes and wind that accompany her as she sets out. Liz Callaway, singing in place of Meg Ryan, voices Anastasia with a clear-throated exuberance and beauty that reminds me of Jodi Benson from The Little Mermaid."
2.Jump up ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Anastasia - Original Soundtrack". Retrieved 19 August 2012. "In this case, it's Aaliyah singing "Journey to the Past," and Deana Carter's cover of "Once Upon a December," and the Donna Lewis and Richard Marx duet on "At the Beginning" -- fine versions of fine songs that sound better in their original incarnation (also included on the disc)"
3.Jump up ^ "Anastasia (Stephen Flaherty/David Newman)". Retrieved 19 August 2012. "The songs "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December" both feature the vocals of Liz Callaway, and their appeal as the "leading lady's songs" are equally attractive"
4.Jump up ^ "Journey to the Past"
5.Jump up ^ "Chart Data: Aaliyah". Mariah Charts. November 21, 2007.
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Anastasia (soundtrack)
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Anastasia: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released
October 28, 1997
Recorded
1996 - 1997
Genre
Musical theater, pop
Label
Atlantic
Producer
David Newman
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
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The Pebble and the Penguin
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Anastasia: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack for the 1997 Fox Animation Studios film Anastasia. It contains songs from the film written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, selections of the original score composed by David Newman, and performed by Liz Callaway, Jim Cummings, Jonathan Dokuchitz, and Kelsey Grammer, among others, and featured singles by Aaliyah and a duet with Richard Marx and Donna Lewis, along with tracks from the film's score composed by David Newman. It was released on October 28, 1997 on CD and audio cassette.
The songs "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December" were given nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Newman also received his first Oscar nomination for the score. The single "At the Beginning" managed to position #45 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also to #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary. The Missing Song (That Didn't Make It On The Soundtrack) Was "The Final Conflict" (Between Anastasia & Rasputin).
Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charts
4 References
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Lynn Ahrens, all music composed by David Newman and Stephen Flaherty.
No.
Title
Recording Artist(s)
Length
1. "Rumor in St. Petersburg" Jonathan Dokuchitz and Kelsey Grammer 3:25
2. "Journey to the Past" Liz Callaway 2:55
3. "Once Upon a December" Liz Callaway 2:48
4. "In the Dark of the Night" Jim Cummings 3:21
5. "Learn to Do It" Jonathan Dokuchitz, Kelsey Grammer, and Liz Callaway 2:36
6. "Learn to Do It (Waltz Reprise)" Jonathan Dokuchitz, Kelsey Grammer, and Liz Callaway 1:45
7. "Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)" Jonathan Dokuchitz and Bernadette Peters 3:02
8. "At the Beginning" Richard Marx and Donna Lewis 3:40
9. "Journey to the Past" Aaliyah 4:04
10. "Once Upon a December" Deana Carter 3:34
11. "Prologue" 6:23
12. "Speaking of Sophie" 2:36
13. "The Nightmare" 3:05
14. "Kidnap and Reunion" 4:29
15. "Reminiscing with Grandma" 3:17
16. "Finale" 2:59
17. "Viaje Tiempo Atras (Journey to the Past)" Thalía 3:07
Personnel[edit]
Aaliyah – Performer, Finger Snaps
Lynn Ahrens – Producer
Brooks Almy – Vocals, Ensemble
Eric Altenburger – Design
Alexander Areteds – Mixing Assistant
Patricia P. Azar – Translation
Randall Barlow – Programming
Tom Bender – Assistant Engineer
Ellen Bernfeld – Vocals, Ensemble
Douglas Besterman – Orchestration
Judy Blazer – Vocals, Ensemble
Jeff Blumenkrantz – Vocals, Ensemble
Edwin Bonilla – Percussion
Ted Brunetti – Vocals, Ensemble
Glen Burtnik – Vocals, Ensemble
Liz Callaway – Performer
Deana Carter – Performer
Sue Ann Carwell – Vocals (bckgr)
Sean Chambers – Engineer
Vivian Cherry – Vocals, Ensemble
Robin Clark – Vocals, Ensemble
Victoria Clark – Vocals, Ensemble
Jim Cummings – Performer
Tony Dawsey – Mastering
Darius de Haas – Vocals, Ensemble
Madeleine Doherty – Vocals, Ensemble
Jonathan Dokuchitz – Performer
Anne Dudley – Piano
Robert DuSold – Vocals, Ensemble
Gregg Edelman – Vocals, Ensemble
Emilio Estefan, Jr. – Producer
Alfred Figueroa – Assistant Engineer
Steve Fitzmaurice – Engineer
Stephen Flaherty – Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Marty Frasu – Synthesizer
Al Fritsch – Vocals, Ensemble
Juan Carlos García – Translation
Javier Garza – Engineer, Mixing
Jim Gilstrap – Vocals (bckgr)
Kyle Gordon – Vocals, Ensemble
Kelsey Grammer – Performer
Mick Guzauski – Mixing
Nikki Harris – Vocals (bckgr)
Reggie Hamilton – Bass
Daniel Hamuy – Orchestration
Mike Harvey – Vocals, Ensemble
Darren Higman – Executive Producer
Trevor Horn – Producer
Jan Horvath – Vocals, Ensemble
Henry Jackman – Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements
Randy Jackson – Bass
John Jellison – Vocals, Ensemble
Xandy Jenko – Orchestration
Marlena Jeter – Vocals (bckgr)
Jeanette Jurado – Shaker
Craig Kallman – Executive Producer
Kenny Karen – Vocals, Ensemble
Curtis Rance King, Jr. – Vocals, Ensemble
Selina King-Murrell – Vocals (bckgr)
Michael Knobloch – Production Coordination
Joseph Kolinski – Vocals, Ensemble
Alix Korey – Vocals, Ensemble
John Kurlander – Engineer, Mixing
Angela Lansbury – Performer
Donna Lewis – Performer
David Lowenstein – Vocals, Ensemble
Mario Lucy – Engineer
Steve MacMillan – Mixing
Richard Marx – Arranger
Richard Marz – Performer
Cindy Mizelle – Vocals, Ensemble
David Newman – Conductor, Producer, Orchestration, Score Selections
Bill Nolte – Vocals, Ensemble
Michael Omartian – Producer
Michele Pawk – Vocals, Ensemble
Michael Perfitt – Mixing Assistant
Bernadette Peters – Performer
Darryl Phinnessee – Vocals (bckgr)
Tim Pierce – Guitar
Freddy Piñero, Jr. – Engineer
Billy Porter – Vocals, Ensemble
Patrick Quinn – Vocals, Ensemble
Guy Roche – Arranger, Programming, Producer
Karen Silver – Vocals, Ensemble
J.K. Simmons – Vocals, Ensemble
Frank Simms – Vocals, Ensemble
Emily Skinner – Vocals, Ensemble
Ted Sperling – Vocals, Ensemble
Moana Suchard – Engineer
Thalía – Performer
Vaneese Thomas – Vocals, Ensemble
Michael Thompson – Guitar (Electric)
Rene Toledo – Guitar (Acoustic)
Dan Wallin – Engineer
Tim Weidner – Keyboards, Programming, Engineer
Lillias White – Vocals, Ensemble
Aaron Zigman – String Ar
Charts[edit]
Chart (1997–1998)[3]
Peak
position
Certification
US Billboard 200 41 Gold
References[edit]
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2.Jump up ^ Filmtracks review
3.Jump up ^ [1]. Billboard - Chart History
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"At The Beginning"
Single by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx
from the album Anastasia Original Soundtrack
Released
October 21, 1997
Format
CD Single Cassette Single
Recorded
Sarm West Coast, O'Henry
Genre
Adult Contemporary, Pop
Length
3:42
Label
Atlantic
Writer(s)
Lynn Ahrens
Producer(s)
Trevor Horn
Donna Lewis and Richard Marx singles chronology
Donna Lewis
"Mother"
Richard Marx
"Until I Find You Again"
(1994) "At the Beginning"
(1997) Donna Lewis
"I Could Be the One"
(1998)
Richard Marx
"Days In Avalon"
(2000)
"At the Beginning" is a song by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx, released as the first single from the Anastasia soundtrack. It was released as a CD and cassette single on October 21, 1997 on Atlantic Records.
The song reached No. 45 on the Hot 100 giving Lewis her third Hot 100 hit and Marx his 17th. To date, neither has hit the Hot 100 since "At the Beginning" dropped out. It reached No. 2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart, but did spend a week at No. 1 on Radio & Records' Adult Contemporary Chart before being knocked out by Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".
The song gave Marx his eighth and final number one hit single as a singer. Lewis would go on to have one more song topping a chart.
Music video[edit]
A music video for the song features a girl (a live action version of Anastasia) visiting an old building. Throughout the video, Marx and Lewis are shown performing the song, intercut with scenes from Anastasia.
It is unknown who directed the music video.
Track listing[edit]
1.At the Beginning (Album Version)
2.At the Beginning (Instrumental)
3.At the Beginning (Remix)
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Anastasia
Anastasia-don-bluth.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Produced by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Written by
Susan Gauthier
Bruce Graham
Bob Tzudiker
Noni White
Eric Tuchman
Based on
Anastasia
by Anatole Litvak
Starring
Meg Ryan
John Cusack
Kelsey Grammer
Christopher Lloyd
Hank Azaria
Bernadette Peters
Angela Lansbury
Music by
David Newman
Editing by
Bob Bender
Fiona Trayler
Studio
Fox Animation Studios
Fox Family Films
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
November 14, 1997 (premiere)
November 21, 1997 (United States)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$53 million
Box office
$139,804,348[2]
Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical fantasy drama film produced by Fox Animation Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, the film is an animated adaptation of the 1956 live-action film of the same name, both based on the urban legend claiming that the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, in fact survived the execution of her family. It tells the story of an eighteen-year-old orphan named Anya who, in hopes of finding some trace of her family, sides with a pair of con men who wish to take advantage of her likeness to the Grand Duchess. The film features the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, and Angela Lansbury.
The film premiered on November 14, 1997 in New York City, and was released on November 21, 1997 in the United States and, despite the objections of some historians to its fantastical retelling of the life of the Grand Duchess, enjoyed a positive reception from many critics. From a $53 million budget, the film grossed $139,804,348 worldwide, making Anastasia a box office success. The film also received nominations for several awards, including two Oscars for Best Original Song ("Journey to the Past") and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. It is the most profitable film from Don Bluth and Fox Animation Studios to date.
The success of Anastasia spawned various adaptations of the film into other media, including a direct-to-video spin-off film, a computer game,[3] books, toys, and an upcoming stage adaptation.[4]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Music
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Box office
4.3 Accolades
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
In 1916, Tsar Nicholas II hosts a ball at the Catherine Palace to celebrate the Romanov tricentennial. His mother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, is visiting from Paris and gives a music box and a necklace inscribed with the words “Together in Paris” as parting gifts to her eight-year-old granddaughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. The ball is suddenly interrupted by Grigori Rasputin, a sorcerer who was banished by the Tsar for treason. Rasputin had then sold his soul in exchange for an unholy reliquary, which he uses to cast a curse on the Romanov family in revenge, sparking a revolution that forces them to flee the palace. Only Marie and Anastasia are able to escape, thanks to a young servant boy named Dimitri, who shows them a secret passageway in Anastasia's room. Rasputin confronts the two royals outside, only to fall through the ice and drown. The pair manage to reach a moving train, but only Marie climbs aboard while Anastasia falls, hitting her head on the platform.
Ten years later, in 1926, Russia is under communist rule, and Marie has publicly offered ten million rubles for the safe return of her granddaughter. Dimitri and his friend and partner Vladimir thus search for an Anastasia lookalike to present to Marie in Paris and collect the reward. Elsewhere, Anastasia, now under the name "Anya", leaves the rural orphanage where she grew up, having lost her memory prior to arriving there. Accompanied by a stray puppy she names "Pooka", she turns down a job at a fish factory in favor of going to St. Petersburg after her necklace inspires her to seek out her family in Paris. In the deserted palace she encounters Dimitri and Vladimir, who—impressed by her resemblance to the "real" Anastasia—decide to take her with them.
Bartok, Rasputin's white bat minion is nearby and notices his master's dormant reliquary suddenly revived by Anastasia's presence; it drags him to limbo, where Rasputin survives. Enraged to hear that Anastasia escaped the curse, Rasputin sends demonic spirits from the reliquary to kill her; despite two attempts, the trio manage to (unwittingly) foil him, forcing Rasputin and Bartok to travel back to the surface.
Anastasia, Dimitri, and Vladimir eventually reach Paris and go to meet Marie, who refuses to see her, having been fooled numerously before by impostors. Despite this, Sophie—Marie's cousin—quizzes Anastasia to confirm her identity. Dimitri and Vladimir had taught Anastasia all the answers, but when Anastasia independently (though dimly) recalls how Dimitri saved her ten years ago, Dimitri finally realizes that she is the real Grand Duchess, and later informs Vladimir at the Russian Ballet. Dimitri, however, insists they do not reveal this truth to Anastasia. Sophie, convinced as well, arranges for Anastasia to meet Marie after a Russian ballet. However, Marie wants nothing to do with Dimitri, having heard of him and his initial scheme to trick her. Horrified that Dimitri was using her all along, Anastasia slaps him across the face and storms out. Dimitri, having fallen in love with Anastasia, manages to change Marie's mind by presenting her with Anastasia's music box, which he had found after their escape. Anastasia's memory returns upon meeting Marie, and grandmother and granddaughter are reunited at long last.
The next day, Marie offers Dimitri the reward money, but to her surprise he refuses it and leaves for Russia, convinced that he cannot be with Anastasia. That night, at Anastasia's return celebration, Marie informs her of Dimitri's gesture and leaves her to her thoughts. Anastasia then wanders through a garden and onto the Pont Alexandre III, where she is trapped and attacked by Rasputin. Dimitri returns to save her, but is injured and knocked unconscious. Anastasia manages to kill Rasputin by crushing the reliquary under her foot. With Rasputin's soul having been tied to the object, he promptly dies and turns to dust.
Afterwards, Dimitri and Anastasia reconcile; the two then elope and Anastasia sends a farewell letter to Marie and Sophie, promising to return someday. The film ends with the couple sharing a kiss as they sail out of Paris with Pooka, while Bartok falls in love with a female bat who kisses him.
Cast[edit]
Kirsten Dunst and Meg Ryan as the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia ("Anya"), the youngest daughter and one of two surviving members of the Imperial family. Her young and adult singing voices were, respectively, supplied by Lacey Chabert and Liz Callaway.
John Cusack as Dimitri, a young conman who falls for Anastasia. His singing voice is provided by Jonathan Dokuchitz.
Christopher Lloyd as Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a dangerous and power-mad sorcerer who in 1916 cast a curse that would claim the lives of all but two members of the Imperial family: Anastasia and Marie. His singing voice is dubbed by Jim Cummings.[5]
Kelsey Grammer as Vladimir Vanya Voinitsky Vasilovich, a former nobleman.
Angela Lansbury as the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II and Anastasia's grandmother.
Hank Azaria as Bartok, Rasputin's bumbling bat sidekick who serves as the film's comic relief.
Bernadette Peters as Sophie Stanislovskievna Somorkov-Smirnoff, Marie's first cousin and lady-in-waiting.
Andrea Martin as Phlegmenkoff, the orphanage's inconsiderate owner.
Rick Jones as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Russian Emperor and Anastasia's father.
Production[edit]
Music[edit]
See also: Anastasia (soundtrack)
The film score was composed, co-orchestrated, and conducted by David Newman, whose father, Alfred Newman composed the score of the 1956 film of the same name.[6] The songs, of which "Journey to the Past" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, were written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.[7] The film's soundtrack was released in CD and audio cassette format on October 28, 1997.[8]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Anastasia has received positive reception from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 86% based on 51 reviews, indicating predominantly positive reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Beautiful animation, an affable take on Russian history, and strong voice performances make Anastasia a winning first film from Fox animation studios."[9] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, writing, "The result is entertaining and sometimes exciting".[10] Margaret A. McGurk of The Cincinnati Enquirer described Anastasia as "charming" and "entertaining," concluding, "Anastasia serves up a tasty tale about a fairy-tale princess."[11] Lisa Osbourne of Boxoffice called the film "pure family entertainment."[12] Awarding the film three out of five stars, Empire's Philip Thomas wrote, "Historical inaccuracies aside, Anastasia manages to be a charming little movie".[13]
Several critics have drawn positive comparisons between Anastasia and animated films released by Walt Disney Pictures, noting similarities in their story and animation styles. Marjorie Baumgarten of The Austin Chronicle awarded the film three out of five stars. Likening its quality to that of a Disney animated film, Baumgarten wrote, "Anastasia...may not beat Disney at its own game, but it sure won't be for lack of trying." Baumgarten continued, "[t]his sumptuous-looking film clearly spared no expense in its visual rendering; its optical flourishes and attention to detail aim for the Disney gold standard and, for the most part, come pretty darn close."[14] The Phoenix's Jeffrey Gantz jokingly stated, "[i]f imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then the folks at Disney should feel royally complimented by Twentieth Century Fox's new animated feature about Tsar Nicholas II's youngest daughter."[15] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Fox's challenge to the Disney empire is a beautifully animated musical". However, Gleiberman continued, "Anastasia has the Disney house style down cold, yet the magic is missing."[16]
Critical reception in Russia was also, for the most part, positive despite the artistic liberties that the film took with Russian history. Gemini Films, the Russian distributor of Anastasia, stressed the fact that the story was "not history", but rather "a fairy tale set against the background of real Russian events" in the film's Russian marketing campaign so that its Russian audience would not view Anastasia "as a historical film".[17] As a result, many Russians praised the film for its art and storytelling and saw it as "not so much a piece of history but another Western import to be consumed and enjoyed".[17]
Certain Russian Orthodox Christians, on the other hand, found Anastasia to be an offensive depiction of the Grand Duchess, who was canonized as a passion bearer in 2000 by the Russian Orthodox Church.[18] Many historians echoed their sentiments, criticizing the film as a "sanitized, sugar-coated reworking of the story of the [Tsar's] youngest daughter."[19] While the filmmakers acknowledged the fact that "Anastasia uses history only as a starting point", others complained that the film would provide its audience with misleading facts about Russian history, which, according to the author and historian Suzanne Massie, "has been falsified for so many years."[20] Similarly, the amateur historian Bob Atchison said that Anastasia was akin to someone making a film in which "Anne Frank moves to Orlando and opens a crocodile farm with a guy named Mort."[20]
Some of Anastasia's contemporary relatives also felt that the film was distasteful, but most Romanovs have come to accept the "repeated exploitation of Anastasia's romantic tale ... with equanimity."[20]
Box office[edit]
A limited release of Anastasia at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on the weekend of November 14, 1997 grossed $120,541.[21] The following week, the wide release of Anastasia in the United States made $14,104,933 (for an average of about $5,692 from 2,478 theaters), which placed it as the #2 film for the weekend of November 21–23, 1997. By the end of its theatrical run, Anastasia had grossed $58,406,347 in the North American box office and $81,398,001 internationally.[2] The worldwide gross totaled $139,804,348, making it Don Bluth's highest-grossing film to date.[22]
Accolades[edit]
Anastasia received the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film[23] and was nominated for 7 others, including two Academy Awards in the categories of "Best Original Musical or Comedy Score" (lost to The Full Monty) and "Best Original Song" for "Journey to the Past" (lost to My Heart Will Go On from Titanic).[24][25] The R&B singer Aaliyah performed her pop single version of "Journey to the Past" at the 70th Academy Awards.[26]
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4.Jump up ^ Chatter, Rialto (July 28, 2012). "Exclusive: Crawford, Barrett, Halston, Page Join Tveit, Lansbury, Lazar in ANASTASIA Reading!". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
5.Jump up ^ Hill, Jim (19 September 2011). "Has Disney Been 'Lion' About Jeremy Irons' Singing Voice?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Newman". MTV. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "The Making of Anastasia: The Music of Anastasia". 20th Century Fox. Archived from the original on 1998-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
8.Jump up ^ "Anastasia (Atlantic) - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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11.Jump up ^ McGurk, Margaret. "Dancing around history". The Cincinnati Enquirer. news.cincinnati.com. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Osborne, Lisa (November 14, 1997). "Anastasia". Boxoffice. Boxoffice Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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15.Jump up ^ Gantz, Jeffrey (November 20, 1997). "Anastasia". The Phoenix. The Phoenix. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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21.Jump up ^ Welkos, Robert W. (1997-11-18). "Moviegoers Track 'The Jackal'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
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23.Jump up ^ " "The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1997". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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Anastasia: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released
October 28, 1997
Recorded
1996 - 1997
Genre
Musical theater, pop
Label
Atlantic
Producer
David Newman
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Don Bluth Music of Films chronology
The Pebble and the Penguin
(1995) Anastasia
(1997) Bartok the Magnificent
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Filmtracks 3/5 stars[2]
Anastasia: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack for the 1997 Fox Animation Studios film Anastasia. It contains songs from the film written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, selections of the original score composed by David Newman, and performed by Liz Callaway, Jim Cummings, Jonathan Dokuchitz, and Kelsey Grammer, among others, and featured singles by Aaliyah and a duet with Richard Marx and Donna Lewis, along with tracks from the film's score composed by David Newman. It was released on October 28, 1997 on CD and audio cassette.
The songs "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December" were given nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Newman also received his first Oscar nomination for the score. The single "At the Beginning" managed to position #45 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also to #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary. The Missing Song (That Didn't Make It On The Soundtrack) Was "The Final Conflict" (Between Anastasia & Rasputin).
Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charts
4 References
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Lynn Ahrens, all music composed by David Newman and Stephen Flaherty.
No.
Title
Recording Artist(s)
Length
1. "Rumor in St. Petersburg" Jonathan Dokuchitz and Kelsey Grammer 3:25
2. "Journey to the Past" Liz Callaway 2:55
3. "Once Upon a December" Liz Callaway 2:48
4. "In the Dark of the Night" Jim Cummings 3:21
5. "Learn to Do It" Jonathan Dokuchitz, Kelsey Grammer, and Liz Callaway 2:36
6. "Learn to Do It (Waltz Reprise)" Jonathan Dokuchitz, Kelsey Grammer, and Liz Callaway 1:45
7. "Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)" Jonathan Dokuchitz and Bernadette Peters 3:02
8. "At the Beginning" Richard Marx and Donna Lewis 3:40
9. "Journey to the Past" Aaliyah 4:04
10. "Once Upon a December" Deana Carter 3:34
11. "Prologue" 6:23
12. "Speaking of Sophie" 2:36
13. "The Nightmare" 3:05
14. "Kidnap and Reunion" 4:29
15. "Reminiscing with Grandma" 3:17
16. "Finale" 2:59
17. "Viaje Tiempo Atras (Journey to the Past)" Thalía 3:07
Personnel[edit]
Aaliyah – Performer, Finger Snaps
Lynn Ahrens – Producer
Brooks Almy – Vocals, Ensemble
Eric Altenburger – Design
Alexander Areteds – Mixing Assistant
Patricia P. Azar – Translation
Randall Barlow – Programming
Tom Bender – Assistant Engineer
Ellen Bernfeld – Vocals, Ensemble
Douglas Besterman – Orchestration
Judy Blazer – Vocals, Ensemble
Jeff Blumenkrantz – Vocals, Ensemble
Edwin Bonilla – Percussion
Ted Brunetti – Vocals, Ensemble
Glen Burtnik – Vocals, Ensemble
Liz Callaway – Performer
Deana Carter – Performer
Sue Ann Carwell – Vocals (bckgr)
Sean Chambers – Engineer
Vivian Cherry – Vocals, Ensemble
Robin Clark – Vocals, Ensemble
Victoria Clark – Vocals, Ensemble
Jim Cummings – Performer
Tony Dawsey – Mastering
Darius de Haas – Vocals, Ensemble
Madeleine Doherty – Vocals, Ensemble
Jonathan Dokuchitz – Performer
Anne Dudley – Piano
Robert DuSold – Vocals, Ensemble
Gregg Edelman – Vocals, Ensemble
Emilio Estefan, Jr. – Producer
Alfred Figueroa – Assistant Engineer
Steve Fitzmaurice – Engineer
Stephen Flaherty – Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Marty Frasu – Synthesizer
Al Fritsch – Vocals, Ensemble
Juan Carlos García – Translation
Javier Garza – Engineer, Mixing
Jim Gilstrap – Vocals (bckgr)
Kyle Gordon – Vocals, Ensemble
Kelsey Grammer – Performer
Mick Guzauski – Mixing
Nikki Harris – Vocals (bckgr)
Reggie Hamilton – Bass
Daniel Hamuy – Orchestration
Mike Harvey – Vocals, Ensemble
Darren Higman – Executive Producer
Trevor Horn – Producer
Jan Horvath – Vocals, Ensemble
Henry Jackman – Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements
Randy Jackson – Bass
John Jellison – Vocals, Ensemble
Xandy Jenko – Orchestration
Marlena Jeter – Vocals (bckgr)
Jeanette Jurado – Shaker
Craig Kallman – Executive Producer
Kenny Karen – Vocals, Ensemble
Curtis Rance King, Jr. – Vocals, Ensemble
Selina King-Murrell – Vocals (bckgr)
Michael Knobloch – Production Coordination
Joseph Kolinski – Vocals, Ensemble
Alix Korey – Vocals, Ensemble
John Kurlander – Engineer, Mixing
Angela Lansbury – Performer
Donna Lewis – Performer
David Lowenstein – Vocals, Ensemble
Mario Lucy – Engineer
Steve MacMillan – Mixing
Richard Marx – Arranger
Richard Marz – Performer
Cindy Mizelle – Vocals, Ensemble
David Newman – Conductor, Producer, Orchestration, Score Selections
Bill Nolte – Vocals, Ensemble
Michael Omartian – Producer
Michele Pawk – Vocals, Ensemble
Michael Perfitt – Mixing Assistant
Bernadette Peters – Performer
Darryl Phinnessee – Vocals (bckgr)
Tim Pierce – Guitar
Freddy Piñero, Jr. – Engineer
Billy Porter – Vocals, Ensemble
Patrick Quinn – Vocals, Ensemble
Guy Roche – Arranger, Programming, Producer
Karen Silver – Vocals, Ensemble
J.K. Simmons – Vocals, Ensemble
Frank Simms – Vocals, Ensemble
Emily Skinner – Vocals, Ensemble
Ted Sperling – Vocals, Ensemble
Moana Suchard – Engineer
Thalía – Performer
Vaneese Thomas – Vocals, Ensemble
Michael Thompson – Guitar (Electric)
Rene Toledo – Guitar (Acoustic)
Dan Wallin – Engineer
Tim Weidner – Keyboards, Programming, Engineer
Lillias White – Vocals, Ensemble
Aaron Zigman – String Ar
Charts[edit]
Chart (1997–1998)[3]
Peak
position
Certification
US Billboard 200 41 Gold
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Allmusic review
2.Jump up ^ Filmtracks review
3.Jump up ^ [1]. Billboard - Chart History
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At the Beginning
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"At The Beginning"
Single by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx
from the album Anastasia Original Soundtrack
Released
October 21, 1997
Format
CD Single Cassette Single
Recorded
Sarm West Coast, O'Henry
Genre
Adult Contemporary, Pop
Length
3:42
Label
Atlantic
Writer(s)
Lynn Ahrens
Producer(s)
Trevor Horn
Donna Lewis and Richard Marx singles chronology
Donna Lewis
"Mother"
Richard Marx
"Until I Find You Again"
(1994) "At the Beginning"
(1997) Donna Lewis
"I Could Be the One"
(1998)
Richard Marx
"Days In Avalon"
(2000)
"At the Beginning" is a song by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx, released as the first single from the Anastasia soundtrack. It was released as a CD and cassette single on October 21, 1997 on Atlantic Records.
The song reached No. 45 on the Hot 100 giving Lewis her third Hot 100 hit and Marx his 17th. To date, neither has hit the Hot 100 since "At the Beginning" dropped out. It reached No. 2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart, but did spend a week at No. 1 on Radio & Records' Adult Contemporary Chart before being knocked out by Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".
The song gave Marx his eighth and final number one hit single as a singer. Lewis would go on to have one more song topping a chart.
Music video[edit]
A music video for the song features a girl (a live action version of Anastasia) visiting an old building. Throughout the video, Marx and Lewis are shown performing the song, intercut with scenes from Anastasia.
It is unknown who directed the music video.
Track listing[edit]
1.At the Beginning (Album Version)
2.At the Beginning (Instrumental)
3.At the Beginning (Remix)
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Journey to the Past
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"Journey to the Past"
Single by Aaliyah
from the album Anastasia Original Soundtrack
Released
March 31, 1998 (U.S. Adult Contemporary radio)
April 18, 1998 (UK CD single)
Format
CD single, airplay
Recorded
August 1997
Genre
Pop, R&B
Length
4:03
Label
Atlantic
Writer(s)
Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty
Aaliyah singles chronology
"Hot Like Fire"/"The One I Gave My Heart To"
(1997) "Journey to the Past"
(1997) "Are You That Somebody?"
(1998)
"Journey to the Past" is a song by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah, from 20th Century Fox's 1997 animated feature film, Anastasia. It was written by lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty, and originally recorded by American actress and singer Liz Callaway in her role as the film's title character, Anastasia. Aaliyah's pop rendition of the song is played over a portion of the film's end credits, and was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album. "Journey to the Past" is a predominantly pop ballad that draws influence from contemporary R&B music.
"Journey to the Past" has received mixed to positive reception, many praising Callaway's version, but criticizing Aaliyah's pop rendition. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic. The song was also nominated alongside "Once Upon a December" for a Golden Globe Award in the same category, but again lost to the theme song from Titanic. It became a moderately successful pop hit in the UK. The song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released it only received minor Adult Contemporary airplay in the U.S. It stayed on the chart for only 4 weeks. The song was released to U.S. Adult Contemporary radio on March 31, 1998 as the soundtracks second single.
Contents [hide]
1 Reception
2 Music video
3 Charts
4 References
Reception[edit]
Critical reception for "Journey to the Past" has been generally mixed to positive. Erin McCarty of Epinions praised the original Liz Callaway version of the song, saying Callaway "voices Anastasia with a clear-throated exuberance and beauty that reminds me of Jodi Benson from The Little Mermaid." Her review of Aaliyah's pop rendition of the song was more mixed: "...as is almost always the case with these animated musicals that produce radio hits, I prefer the in-movie version."[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave a somewhat positive review of Aaliyah's rendition, calling it a good version of a song that sounds better in its original form.[2] Filmtracks called Callaway's version of the song "attractive."[3]
Music video[edit]
The music video begins in a modern-day American neighborhood on a seemingly warm day. Aaliyah is seen singing in the windows of a small grocery store and on the street where children are playing. Tying in to the theme of going back to the past, Aaliyah goes back and forth from the real modern-day world to the animated world of Russia in the 1920s,[4] the time in which Anastasia is set. She is then seen in several of the movie's iconic scenes such as balancing on a log with Anastasia behind her, out in the snow where the "Journey to the Past" song is featured in the film, in the ballroom in the "Once Upon a December" sequence, ascending the lift in the Eiffel Tower (the "Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)" scene) and on stage in the Russian ballet scene. The fountains of Jardins du Trocadéro can be seen briefly. The music video ends with her sitting on the rooftop seemingly overlooking the final scene in which Dimitri and Anya kiss and finally on the clouds above St. Petersburg with the children.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1998)[5]
Peak
position
UK Top 40 R&B Singles 6
UK Top 75 Singles 22
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs 28
Eurochart Hot 100 98
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Erin McCarty. "The Anastasia Soundtrack". Retrieved 19 August 2012. "I love this song, and as is almost always the case with these animated musicals that produce radio hits, I prefer the in-movie version. There’s such an air of wonder and anticipation, as well as trepidation, about it, and I can relate so well to that tug-of-war between a longing for adventure and a fear of leaving the familiar. The song reminds me a lot of I Have Confidence from The Sound of Music, and it’s one of my two favorites in the movie. The piano and violins evoke the snowflakes and wind that accompany her as she sets out. Liz Callaway, singing in place of Meg Ryan, voices Anastasia with a clear-throated exuberance and beauty that reminds me of Jodi Benson from The Little Mermaid."
2.Jump up ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Anastasia - Original Soundtrack". Retrieved 19 August 2012. "In this case, it's Aaliyah singing "Journey to the Past," and Deana Carter's cover of "Once Upon a December," and the Donna Lewis and Richard Marx duet on "At the Beginning" -- fine versions of fine songs that sound better in their original incarnation (also included on the disc)"
3.Jump up ^ "Anastasia (Stephen Flaherty/David Newman)". Retrieved 19 August 2012. "The songs "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December" both feature the vocals of Liz Callaway, and their appeal as the "leading lady's songs" are equally attractive"
4.Jump up ^ "Journey to the Past"
5.Jump up ^ "Chart Data: Aaliyah". Mariah Charts. November 21, 2007.
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