The Passion of the Christ is the soundtrack, on the Sony label, of the 2004 Academy Award-nominated film The Passion of the Christ starring James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov, Hristo Shopov, Francesco De Vito and Monica Bellucci. The original score was composed by John Debney. The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Mel Gibson, the director for The Passion of the Christ, is believed to have sung in part of the soundtrack.