Fierce! Distribution release 'Songs Inspired By The Passion Of The Christ' album.
BRITAIN's Fierce! Distribution is to release the album 'Songs Inspired
By The Passion Of The Christ'. The album collects themed tracks from a
wide range of mainstream artists only a few of whom are practising
Christians. Artists featured on the project include Leon Russell,
Delores O'Riordan (lead singer of the Cranberries), Bob Dylan, Elvis
Presley, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Lee Ryan (member of the boy band
Blue), Leonard Cohen, Ricky Skaggs and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
This is the second project released in conjunction with Mel Gibson's
film about the last 12 hours of Christ's life. John Debney's score,
'The Passion Of The Christ: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack', has
already sold over 200,000 copies in the States.