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C.S. Lewis

Narnia books boost appeal

A former secretary of Oxford author CS Lewis is giving away signed first editions of the author’s Narnia books to raise money to renovate a city church.

The Oxford Oratory Church of St Aloysius, in Woodstock Road, is set to receive the windfall thanks to the generosity of Walter Hooper.

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Narnia Film News

Richard Taylor on Prince Caspian

When they talk about “living the dream”, they are talking about people like Weta guru Richard Taylor. He loves movies, he loves making things for movies, and he’s just completed work on the latest Narnia, Prince Caspian. […]

Harry Gregson-Williams

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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Narnia Film News

Mark Johnson Looks ahead to Dawn Treader

“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. […]