Hallelujah
The dynamic Hollywood creative team of Director Zack Snyder and Producer Debbie Snyder first discovered the talents of musician Allison Crowe online - and through her performance of "Hallelujah".
Crowe's live-in-the-studio version, released years before the Leonard Cohen song became a popular music standard, so redefined an approach to the song it was plenty controversial in the first years of this century. Once that dam burst, and hundreds of covers poured forth, Crowe's version took its place as a much-loved, classic, interpretation.
Her "Tidings" album recording of "Hallelujah" was originally in the movie "Watchmen". In the end, Director Zack Snyder deemed Crowe's performance "too beautiful", "too sexy" and "too romantic" for the intended scene - an awkward coupling aboard the Owl Ship.
Since then, Allison Crowe has toured with Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet performing the song as part of the RWB production: "The Doorway: Scenes from Leonard Cohen". And, she performs the song regularly in concert across Canada and Europe.
Says one reviewer: "Cohen's original version is a spoken poem, all of the meaning contained in the words. Crowe's version is a living thing, a meditation and a celebration and a benediction." Says another: "Simply, a song so beautiful has never been sung so beautifully."