lundi, janvier 16, 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: Soundtrack  Get the soundtrack!I loved the movie, despite Michelle insisting that it was a cheap knock-off of Lord of the Rings - but what do kids today know? LotR is a full thousand-over page epic, while "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" is approximately 200 pages long, and written for children. I got my money's worth in the first 10 minutes of the film. The scenery, the perfect cast (finding Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie was pure, brilliant genius), the score - oh, the score. The score was beautifully conceived and written for the movie. My favourite part? The scene from where the train pulls out of the London station and moves into the countryside - set to Evacuating London. Harry Gregson-Williams does not evoke the same sense of grandeur as compared to the indomitable John Williams or James Horner, but after imdb-ing him, I'm realising that he's poised to clamber up onto that hard-won pedestal himself. With some amazing credits under his belt, which include: Kingdom of Heaven, Miss Congeniality II, Bridget Jones II, both Shrek movies, Sinbad, Phone Booth, Spy Game, Spy Kids, Chicken Run, The Prince of Egypt, Armageddon, The Replacement Killers, The Borrowers, and Broken Arrow, Gregson-Williams has obviously been slowly but steadily working his way up the Hollywood ladder. The soundtrack is good - it's not superlative-worthy, but it's good enough for my endorsement (right). Unfortunately, the transitions between orchestral segments are sometimes a little too abrupt to be graceful - something which I didn't notice much in the movie (which suggests that the soundtrack should not be listened to without first watching the movie). Thankfully, this doesn't happen for many tracks, and I continue being amazed by Evacuating London and From Western Woods to Beaversdam, two of my favourite tracks, despite Jon (my supplier) saying that "those aren't the best". I'm also intrigued by the way that he handled Mr Tumnus' lullaby in A Narnian Lullaby, the shortest track in the whole soundtrack, which contains strains of middle-eastern influence. The soundtrack also boasts four vocal tracks, Can't take it in (Imogen Heap), Wunderkind (Alanis Morisette), Winter Light (Tim Finn), and Where (Lisbeth Scott, who does most of the vocal solos for the soundtrack). [The Chronicles of Narnia: Soundtrack] |
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