The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Soundtrack

***Tessar*** · 12-14-2005, 01:20 AM

Anyone bought it? It just came out in the US today.

I didn't buy the whole thing, but I did buy my favorite song: Narnian Lullaby and I love it.

Overall, during the movie, I wasn't really impressed with the music. It was good, but not as good as Howard Shore, etc. except for one or two songs, like Narnian Lullaby.

Elanor · 12-14-2005, 01:36 AM

I wasn't that impressed either. Get the soundtrack for the 1988 BBC version.

"Narnia lies beyond the door,
Narnia, who's been here before?" (just some words I wrote to the theme song)

***azalea*** · 12-15-2005, 09:12 PM

Shouldn't this be in the Lewis forum?

hectorberlioz · 12-22-2005, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Elanor

I wasn't that impressed either. Get the soundtrack for the 1988 BBC version.

"Narnia lies beyond the door,
Narnia, who's been here before?" (just some words I wrote to the theme song)

I havent even watched the new movie yet, but the old theme for the BBC production is one of those themes...along with John Williams and the "Rescuers down Under" theme, that just stay with you.

Elanor · 12-24-2005, 12:55 PM

Yay, someone agrees with me!

The last sane person · 12-24-2005, 04:23 PM

Yeah, the only one I liked was the narnian lullaby. But usually I dont listen to the music in any film unless its really something.

Firekitten2006 · 12-24-2005, 07:07 PM

I want it, just one of those obsessed with music. Only thing that made me mad was that Amy Lee was originally supposed to be on the soundtrack but she was taken off because she wouldn't change her style for them, just because they said it was too "dark". Yet Alanis Morisette (sp?) is still on it.

tolkienfan · 12-24-2005, 08:10 PM

I just saw the movie, I wasn't really impressed with the music either. A few parts were great, but I liked the music for the old movie better too.

***Rían*** · 01-01-2006, 06:50 PM

I wasn't wild about the music in general. As far as pacing, it was too much, too soon, IMHO. Music can be very effective in building up the story, and they just didn't do it very well.

hectorberlioz · 01-10-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Elanor

Yay, someone agrees with me!

hey!

Even the "Rescuers Down Under" theme?

What you say is true Rian, the music was just to...to suspensful in all the wrong areas, and not very new sounding during the battle etc...I'm really dissapointed that Harry Gregson-Williams wrote so commonplace...he's no Howard Shore, Jerry Goldsmith or John Williams, but I've known him to have one or two inspired things up his sleeve.
When Lucy meets Tumnus, I thought the music sounded more aprpopriate for Scream 5. And when Edmund sneaks after Lucy, the music makes it seem like he's a murderer and not her brother.
The Narnian Lullaby was good.

***Rían*** · 01-10-2006, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

When Lucy meets Tumnus, I thought the music sounded more aprpopriate for Scream 5.

LOL! I'm gonna have to watch the movie again now!

Elanor · 01-11-2006, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

hey!

Even the "Rescuers Down Under" theme?

Of course; that's one of my favorites. I also love the themes from Willow and Jurassic Park.

hectorberlioz · 01-21-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Elanor

Of course; that's one of my favorites. I also love the themes from Willow and Jurassic Park.

by James Horner and John Williams respectively

I'm pretty dissapointed with myslef right now...a few weeks back I was listening to Johnny Cash's "Night Riders in the Sky". Well, I must have come away with the music half conciously stuck in my mind, and I forgot that it was Johnny Cash, because by the end of the week I had worked it over and made it into what I thought was my own very good theme. I tried to write it down at the piano, but I couldnt find the right notes(!).
Well, just yesterday I listened to that song again.

*weeps*

rohirrim TR · 01-23-2006, 11:07 AM

I have the soundtrack and the meeting tumnus thing is bad way bad especially when you're listening to a CD I think it transitions a little too quickly in spots, but the main problem might be as you say Harry-gregson Is no John.

Now I'm gonna have to find the old BBC movies, Since I have no idea what y'all are talking about.

sun-star · 01-23-2006, 02:04 PM

Is the song from when the children play hide-and-seek on the soundtrack? That was the best bit of music in the film, IMO - I was singing it for days afterwards.

rohirrim TR · 01-23-2006, 03:38 PM

sadly no, I don't know why they left it out, it was a great 1920's sounding song, at least to me.

Curubethion · 01-24-2006, 12:11 AM

Maybe it was a 1920s song, and there were, like, copyright things...? It suited the mood really well though.
*shrugs*
Nothing particularly special about the soundtrack, it sounds like.

rohirrim TR · 01-25-2006, 12:23 PM

it sounds like a period (.)??

12-14-2005, 01:20 AM	#1
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Soundtrack Anyone bought it? It just came out in the US today. I didn't buy the whole thing, but I did buy my favorite song: Narnian Lullaby and I love it. Overall, during the movie, I wasn't really impressed with the music. It was good, but not as good as Howard Shore, etc. except for one or two songs, like Narnian Lullaby.

12-14-2005, 01:36 AM	#2
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	I wasn't that impressed either. Get the soundtrack for the 1988 BBC version. "Narnia lies beyond the door, Narnia, who's been here before?" (just some words I wrote to the theme song) __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

12-24-2005, 12:55 PM	#5
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	Yay, someone agrees with me! __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

12-24-2005, 04:23 PM	#6
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12-24-2005, 07:07 PM	#7
Firekitten2006 Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: the US of A! But I wish i was in austraila, never been, just think it would be a fun place to live :) Posts: 372	I want it, just one of those obsessed with music. Only thing that made me mad was that Amy Lee was originally supposed to be on the soundtrack but she was taken off because she wouldn't change her style for them, just because they said it was too "dark". Yet Alanis Morisette (sp?) is still on it. __________________ I'm Baaaack!!

12-15-2005, 09:12 PM	#3
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Shouldn't this be in the Lewis forum?

12-24-2005, 08:10 PM	#8
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01-01-2006, 06:50 PM	#9
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I wasn't wild about the music in general. As far as pacing, it was too much, too soon, IMHO. Music can be very effective in building up the story, and they just didn't do it very well. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

01-23-2006, 02:04 PM	#15
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Is the song from when the children play hide-and-seek on the soundtrack? That was the best bit of music in the film, IMO - I was singing it for days afterwards. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

01-24-2006, 12:11 AM	#17
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Maybe it was a 1920s song, and there were, like, copyright things...? It suited the mood really well though. shrugs Nothing particularly special about the soundtrack, it sounds like. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)