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Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

American musician

Sep 14, 2026

0:34
Okay.
0:36
And I was excited for him.
0:39
I didn't really ask him more questions, but he was at my studio working upstairs, and I heard all this epic music spewing out of the door.
0:49
And I went up there and said, Tyler, what in the world is this? Oh, this is the Daniel score.
0:56
And so, and he had the screen up, time code, the whole deal, and he was filming a battle scene.
1:04
And I went, wow, this is quite epic here.
1:10
And that's really kind of how we got the ball rolling.
5:23
What does the score add to a movie, just in general, and then comment specifically on how the music actually adds to the overall impact of this film?
0:34
Okay.
0:36
And I was excited for him.
0:39
I didn't really ask him more questions, but he was at my studio working upstairs, and I heard all this epic music spewing out of the door.
0:49
And I went up there and said, Tyler, what in the world is this? Oh, this is the Daniel score.
0:56
And so, and he had the screen up, time code, the whole deal, and he was filming a battle scene.
1:04
And I went, wow, this is quite epic here.
1:10
And that's really kind of how we got the ball rolling.
5:23
What does the score add to a movie, just in general, and then comment specifically on how the music actually adds to the overall impact of this film?
1:07
Oh
1:07
...
1:07
in people's living rooms.
1:08
And I was on fire.
1:10
I wore this big wooden cross.
1:11
I was a Jesus freak.
1:12
And, and then all those people all went off to college and got married-
3:04
Mm
15:32
Oh, wow.
15:32
And, um, so a lot of those people were...
15:35
I just remember we, they all came to the house, and Finto was there, and we were just confident that, that God was gonna heal Ryan, you know? And so we anointed all the doors with oil and especially his room, spent a lot of time in there.
15:51
And this is an insane story, so if, if you think I might be wacky, but it really did happen.
15:57
So I remember we d- we were, we were all in the basement, and Linda Dion, um, who's in heaven now, uh, she was a part of the prayer group, and so she was the only one who hadn't prayed.
16:09
We all had prayed there and praying for Ryan, praying for a breakthrough, and she usually has these, these powerful prayers.
16:16
Well, she just, she couldn't say anything, so I touched her shoulder and so Deb did on the other side, and electricity flew down my body, and it was ins- I've never experienced anything like that.

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43:30
Mm.
17:18
Oh, wow.
17:18
George H.W. Yeah.
17:20
And so I played a Christmas special, NBC Christmas in Washington, 1989.
17:25
Yeah.
17:25
The president was there, Barbara Bush.
17:30
Met them before.
17:30
They're on the front row.

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I kept hearing, build it and they'll come.

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