Narnia music

are you with me "until the end" - ?

It's nice to like something so much that you start quoting from it as if it were Shakespeare.

HOWEVER, as Ross Perot once sharply remarked, "The Devil is in the details."

As I recall, Oreius's response to Peter's question, "Are you with me?" was "To the death!" not "Until the end."

Plus, I should know--I've already seen this so many times that I could quite literally act out any scene (not only every word of dialog, but every um and er). I haven't enjoyed something that much since Terminator 2 (admittedly a different genre, and fun for quite different reasons). I dragged my parents to it (their complaint that "It's a kids' movie" was clearly nullified by my observation that, about 80% of the time, there's not a kid in sight. (Plus, why should there be? They wouldn't know the story. Remember: it was written more than fifty years ago and is, therefore, quite dated.)

I'm surprised that the American audience didn't have more trouble with the over-the-top Britishisms ("Wake up, Dolly Daydream." "Didn't I tell you about the football field in the bathroom cupboard?" [= the rugby field in the medicine cabinet], "You cheeky little plyher" [wasn't honestly sure of the last word, but 'cheeky' means 'rude' or 'saucy', quite a perfect descriptor for Edmund--particularly after he makes his baby sister cry for no reason other than pure sadism]).

Narnia RULES! I just couldn't believe it. EXCELLENTLY done. I'm not sure why the fox took on such an expanded role. Plus--and I believe J. R. R. Tolkien complained to Lewis as well--the Father Christmas element was (a) unnecessary; (b) puerile; and (c) contradictory [since when does Father Christmas give his young followers swords, shields, bows and arrows, and daggers? Oh, well, at least the fireflower juice was a thoughtful, non-violent gift.

Speaking of violence, does anyone agree with me that Narnia went WAY over the top for an American "PG" rating. You obviously can't slap an "R" on a "family" film, but PG was weak and, frankly, PG-13 is weak. I would humbly borrow from the Swedish system and ascribe M-15 in lieu. (I suppose you need gratuitous sex to merit "R." I remember when--at twelve or so--I read "Jaws" [I had just seen the movie]. It was THEN that I learned what GRATUITOUS meant. Amid everyone fooling around with everyone else's spouse for 300+ pages, now and then we encountered a shark or the hunt for said shark. It was MOST disappointing.)
 
amb17 said:
There is a song played while the kids are playing hide and seek. It's something like "why do i love you jonny" or something about jonny... It's an upbeat, sort of old school song. I LUVVVVV'd this song, but it's not on amazon, or anywhere! How do i find it?! If someone watches the movie again, could you remember the lyrics so i could look them up at least?!!!! THANX A MILLIONNNNN to whoever answers! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
:D
*amazon.com may help you find the song you are looking for (the girl singing).
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The song is "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh" performed by the Andrews Sisters. It's a song from the 1st world war :-)
 
Movie soundtracks are my alltime favorite cd's to listen to, and I must say that Narnia's is at the top of my list along with all three lotr soundtracks (which are amazing).

This music fit the movie perfectly. The battle may be my favorite song. Everytime I listen to it I can close my eyes and see the scene. It captures the emotion felt by the characters perfectly and allows the audience to feel like they are a part of the experience.

I found this music inspiring. Even in a scene where death is looming in front of hteir faces, hope still exist and drives the characters on to victory. If the music does not fit the movie than the movie is not recieved as well.

Williams truly captured the meaning and emotions of the story and translated them perfectly into musical elements that tell the story in themselves.
 
SK21 said:
I've got the Soundtrack, the scores and i has some great music on but i can't save the songs to a file then put them on my I-river to listen to all the time. IT's encrypted or something and when i try to burn the CD it says you need the updated version of windows media.

So i downloaded it onto my computer and i'm still having troubles. Does anyone know how to get it onto another music system because i'm having all sort s of trouble.
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Have you got the special edition of the soundtrack? if so, there is a file on it called Player.exe
You can use that to burn CD's from the disk if you have the special edition.
 
I loved all the Music from the Movie, its very relaxing and very cool. :p

I just finished watching the Video and this Movie still rules over Harry Potter 10 times over. :D
 
music hide&seek

i know the music where they are playing hide&seek! :D
it's called "Oh! johnny oh!" from the andrew sisters

[edit] oh nevermind.. didn't see there where more pages *rolls eyes*
 
<Turkish Delight> said:
I love the sound track!! I love it so much I have figured out some of the song Evacuating London on the pianio. If anyone wants it I can post some of it on here.
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oh thats awesome! i wish i knew how to play piano.


anywho, yea the soundtrack was awesome. i tell ya, i enjoy musical scores, but i never really notice them the first time i watch a movie. after seeing narnia though, it really stuck out in my mind. i love the battle, that was m favorite, then narnia lullaby
 
The one musical score that gives me the creeps ( but in a good way) was the song Mr Tumnus played. That instrument is an Armenian instrument called the daoud...it was on ebay and it said FLUTE USED BY MR TUMNUS IN THE NARNIA FILM. I love it!!!!!!
 
stronger_WM said:
DAAAA dadadaaaa dadadadadadadaaaaaaaa (which is supposed to sound like the beat/rhythm) yeah my parents and friends were so annoyed!!!11 yeah I like the 4:11 ish part too. i also love 0:37 mark becaues I love the 'chorus' or whatever like thats the part where you zoom in on the map and such..GAH another part I like is 1:01 obviously, then the white witches parts pretty cool i guess because its so dark and different, then 2:27 when you just here the drum in the backround, (im gonna keep going XD) then 3:03 because its sooooo beautiful, right about here I get emotional. ^_^ then 4:10, 4:37 i LOVE, then 5:05, and 5:46 because i think thats when peter and the white witch see Aslan on the mountain and then the white witch fights harder against Peter. /QUOTE]

I enjoyed reading your analysis of 'the battle'. This is my favorite cut on the soundtrack, as well. Here are some additional thoughts.

The rythm you 'quoted' at the beginning of the paragraph is an intriguing, propulsive rythm. It is used to the best effect whent he armies are moving to join battle. It is not what you really expect to hear here if it were a more conventionally scored film. (This begins at 3:03.)

At 4:37, there is a brief triplet figure, ehanced by choir, which is used in the film at the point where Peter gives the order to advance, and again, when Peter engages the witch in the swordfight. I don't know why, but these sorts of triplet figures show up at my favorite spots of my favorite music from other film/stage scores, such as 'The Lion king'.

This piece culminates at 5:46, when Aslan appears on the hilltop: 'Aslan's on the hill....and He's about to make a kill!' Then, there is a driving, somewhat chaotic section while Aslan charges down the hill to finish the white witch (which happens about 6:22). With the witch dead, the music becomes much more calm and peaceful.
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Xeon said:
Hi all,

In the movie, once every now and then(about 3 times or so throughout the whole movie), there's this very nice song sung by a thin, high female voice that's so enchanting. It was played somewhere at the part when Lucy entered Narnia for the 1st time in that snow forest.

Does anyone know the exact name of that song?

Thanks!
Xeon.
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Yar I loved that song to.
 
Remembering you is One of my Favorite Songs in The Soundtrack(The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe)
:rolleyes:
 
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