“Narnia” Music Again Featured in Olympics Coverage

March 1, 2010 Mike Harry Gregson-Williams, Narnia Film News, Narnia Music, Narnia Soundtrack, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Movie News, Walden Media, Walt Disney Pictures 12

During the 2008 Summer Olympics, television network NBC produced a short video clip about Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima. That clip, which can be viewed on YouTube by clicking here, featured a portion of “Only the Beginning of the Adventure” from the LWW soundtrack (audible around the 3:20 mark).

Sunday evening, during closing ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canadian singer Alanis Morisette performed none other than “Wunderkind,” her contribution the LWW soundtrack. You can watch her performance on Videolog.

If you’ve heard Narnia music elsewhere, sound off in the comments section – pun intended.

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12 Comments

  1. “Wunderkind” is my favorite Narnia credits song. Alanis is a wonderful singer. And to think she got her start on a Nickelodeon sketch/variety show in the 1980s, “You Can’t Do That on Television.”

    MrBob

  2. Wunderkind is a good song. I heard music from Pirates of the Caribbean on the news during a video about the beginning of the 2010 Olympics. I think its cool that they used Narnia in 2008. I can’t wait to hear the music for VDT… I just want to hear some of the old themes despite the new composer! There is such a thing as continuity.

  3. Wuderkind is my fav. also. I think i heard more LWW music when one of the figure skaters were performing. maybe not.

  4. I love Alanis Morisette, so awesome she sang this song! I love it, and movie soundtracks are just a lot with this kind of things. but it’s still awesome! thanks for sharing. 🙂

  6. FYI, the music that was in the video clip was “Arrival at Aslan’s Howe” not “Only the Beginning of the Adventure.” 😉

  7. Wait a minute, after watching the clip a second time, it is in fact “Only the Beginning of the Adventure.” My bad.

  8. During this year’s winter Olympics, part of the LWW soundtrack was played for a little Olympic featurette thing

  9. @CaspianGirl: there are pieces of music from LWW and PC that are nearly identical…probably the reason for the mix-up. 🙂
    Apparently, Alanis performed AFTER NBC stopped broadcasting the closing ceremonies. That makes me so mad! But I Have to say….her performance sounds identical to the soundtrack performance; and with the knowledge that many performances of the ceremonies were pre-recorded, I have a feeling she wasn’t actually singing it at that moment in time. But pretty cool that she sang. During one of the ladies’ figure skatin programs, an orchestral version of “He’s a Pirate” from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack played. And during one of the ice dancing couples’ program, the trailer music for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers played (Requiem for a Dream).

  10. one of the commercials showed Evan Lysacek skating to Narnia music but none of his actual skates were to this music.

  11. I believe that “The Battle” from LWW is the intro music for conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt’s radio show.

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