Life Is a Miracle (song)
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"Life Is a Miracle" is a dance-pop
song recorded by the German
pop group No Angels
as the theme song of the soundtrack
for the 2008
Warner Bros.
animated feature Kleiner Dodo (see 2008 in film
). Co-written by Martin Fliegenschmidt, Michelle Leonard
, Frank Kurt Meyer, Dieter Müller-Christ, Claudio Pagonis, it features production from Tinseltown and Out Now Music.
songwriter Michelle Leonard. The theme was then recorded by all-female pop band No Angels
, whose version is played during the closing credits
. "Every song, we decide to pick up is something special [...] and it was fun to record [the track] because it has such a great refrain
[...]," band member Jessica Wahls
told during an interview with HiB on the red carpet of the film premiere in Cologne
. A music video
for the song was released via internet
to promote the film and its soundtrack. The video consists of the No Angels performing in the recording booth, as well as various clips of scenes from throughout the film.
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
song recorded by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
pop group No Angels
No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...
as the theme song of the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for the 2008
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
animated feature Kleiner Dodo (see 2008 in film
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
). Co-written by Martin Fliegenschmidt, Michelle Leonard
Michelle Leonard
Michelle Leonard is a British singer and songwriter, now based in Berlin. Since 2006, Leonard has co-written multiple songs for singles and albums that charted in Europe, chiefly Germany. As a songwriter she is signed to Universal Music Publishing.-Biography:Leonard grew up in Germany and attended...
, Frank Kurt Meyer, Dieter Müller-Christ, Claudio Pagonis, it features production from Tinseltown and Out Now Music.
Release and reception
The song was written specifically for the Kleiner Dodo film by Tinseltown and Out Now Music, who composed the music, with lyrics from BritishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
songwriter Michelle Leonard. The theme was then recorded by all-female pop band No Angels
No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...
, whose version is played during the closing credits
Closing credits
Closing credits or end credits are added at the end of a motion picture, television program, or video game to list the cast and crew involved in the production. They usually appear as a list of names in small type, which either flip very quickly from page to page, or move smoothly across the...
. "Every song, we decide to pick up is something special [...] and it was fun to record [the track] because it has such a great refrain
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
[...]," band member Jessica Wahls
Jessica Wahls
Jessica Martina Wahls , also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.-Early...
told during an interview with HiB on the red carpet of the film premiere in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song was released via internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
to promote the film and its soundtrack. The video consists of the No Angels performing in the recording booth, as well as various clips of scenes from throughout the film.