1 |
Opening Titles |
2 |
The Painting
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3 |
High King And Queen Of Narnia |
4 |
Reepicheep |
5 |
Land Ahoy |
6 |
The Lone Island
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| 7 |
Lord Bern
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8 |
The Green Mist |
9 |
Market Forces |
10 |
1st Sword |
11 |
Eustace On Deck |
12 |
Duel |
13 |
The Magician's Island |
14 |
Lucy And The Invisible Mansion |
15 |
Coriakin And The Map |
16 |
Temptation of Lucy |
17 |
Aslan Appears |
18 |
The Golden Cavern |
19 |
Temptation of Edmund |
20 |
Dragons Treasure |
21 |
Dragon Attack |
22 |
Under The Stars |
23 |
Blue Star |
24 |
Aslan's Table |
25 |
Liliandil And Dark Island |
26 |
The Calm Before The Storm |
27 |
Into Battle |
28 |
Sweet Water |
29 |
Ship To Shore |
30 |
Time To Go Home |
ALBUM REVIEW:
To understand how a central main theme can greatly promote a movie, you just need to look at what composer John Williams did for the Harry Potter franchise with his signature tune “Hedwig’s Theme”. While the folks over at the production of the C.S. Lewis classic The Chronicles of Narnia did not enjoy that amount of spotlight attention, score enthusiasts should be familiar with composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ theme for the last two movies. With a change in distributor and a new composer David Arnold in place, how would the soundtrack for this third installment of the series fare?
Best known for his compositions on movies like the James Bond films, Independence Day (1996) and Stargate (1994), Arnold does a decent job for this soundtrack. The album starts off with “Opening Titles”, where you’d hear Arnold’s main theme for the film. While not as showy as Gregson-Willams’ contribution, this subtly classy and very sophisticated theme will underlay several tracks to come. It is arranged differently in “The Painting”, and this is also when you realise the Arnold is a capable composer who will not be disappointing fans of the series.
The English composer first displays his talent for action music in “The Lone Island”, where the listener is given a teaser of the engaging action that is to come. It appears again in “The Green Mist”, where vocals are aptly incorporated to increase the tension and scale up the immensity of the track.
Several moods are depicted in this soundtrack – whether it’s the regal lushness in “1st Sword”, the playful atmosphere in “Duel”, the foreboding mystery in “Lucy and the Invisible Mansion”, or the looming premonition in “Temptation of Edmond”, you’d be drawn into the magical worlds of Narnia created by Arnold’s compositions.
The highlight of the very generous 72 minute long album has to be the 11 minute “Into Battle”. Just with this one track, Arnold brings us on a lavish and exciting journey which you will never forget in time to come. This is definitely one of the most stimulatingly thrilling tracks we have heard in a while. The exhilarating track makes you feel like you are on a theme park roller coaster ride, with its grand orchestrations and splendid vocal backup.
Although we hear glimpses of Gregson-Williams’ theme in “High King and Queen of Narnia” and “Aslan Appears”, let it be known that Arnold has managed to hold his own ground for this installment of the series.
ALBUM
RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (27) Into Battle
Review
by John Li
Posted
on 22 December 2010
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