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Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams talks Prince Caspian

June 17, 2008 Paul Martin Comments Off on Harry Gregson-Williams talks Prince Caspian

Caspian is more or less an acoustic score, as was LWW. As I often do, I integrated some of my customized sounds (nothing heinously electronic!) alongside an orchestra, a choir and various ethnic instruments from all around the world to create the sound of Narnia. It is amusing to me that on LWW I seemed to ruffle some people’s feathers for sounding too electronic. Please! I enjoy and listen to plenty of ‘electronic’ music and sometimes create scores along those lines, but…. well…. I don’t know what some people’s idea of ‘electronic’ is, but it’s not mine. […]

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Mark Johnson Looks ahead to Dawn Treader

June 17, 2008 Paul Martin 38

“The beauty of these fantasy films, like Lord of the Rings and like Narnia, is it’s almost like opera, it’s bigger than life,” says Narnia’s producer, Mark Johnson. “It will take you to a world where there are talking animals and giants and pure evil to overcome. […]

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Weta Cave’s “Narnia Day” set for Sunday

June 10, 2008 Paul Martin Comments Off on Weta Cave’s “Narnia Day” set for Sunday

Weta recently opened its “Weta Cave” to give visitors something cool to see when they make the journey to the gentle neighborhood in Wellington where one of the world’s most important film special effects houses sits. This Sunday the already must-visit destination is the site of a pretty incredible afternoon celebrating the New Zealand release of “Prince Caspian.” […]

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Interviews

NYC Prince Caspian: Day 2 – Interview with Ben Barnes

June 6, 2008 Paul Martin 1

Here it is, the interview that many of you have been waiting for. Prince Caspian himself, Ben Barnes. He walked into the room and really ran the place. A totally cool and laid back guy, he was really easy to talk to. After the interview, Ben got a sword. One of the toy, Caspian swords, that makes a noise when you swing it. The first thing that he did when he got it: he swung it at my neck. He was very excited to finally have a sword, and whenever he walked around, he was swinging it, so that it would make the awesome slashing sounds. […]