Favourite "religious" song?

[Rev. Rye]

I've always loved the song "Halleluja". It has been done so many times (by so many people) I can't count, but this is probably my favorite rendition.

Me too!

I've always preferred Leonard Cohen's original version. This version looks like it was shot on the set for the Muppet Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGz-li_rgM

Of course, I'd prefer to have used the scene from Watchmen where this is used, but this is not possible for obvious reasons.

And, in addition, there is another Contemporary Classical piece to put on the list. John Adams' Christian Zeal and Activity. Who'd have thought that the soundtrack for a film so aggressively expressionistic as Shutter Island would have included so soothing a piece as this on its soundtrack?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wba2lJoy3Fs