The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (soundtrack)
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the soundtrack album
of the 3-D film
of the same name
. David Arnold
composed the soundtrack, which was released on December 7, 2010. The soundtrack received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
for "There's a Place for Us
" at the 68th Golden Globe Awards
.
will score the film with the themes composed by Harry Gregson-Williams
(who scored The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
and Prince Caspian
). It will be the Arnold's fourth collaboration with Apted after The World Is Not Enough
, Enough and Amazing Grace
. In the second trailer for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, identical music is used that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe used for its trailer.
whose vocals are used to the first two films and he also created specific themes for The Dawn Treader and Reepicheep
. He also remarked that for the film to stay in-themed with the franchise, he will use the themes by Gregson-Williams for the opening and closing scenes - such as the scenes featuring Aslan
.
The scoring sessions took place during September and was completed on October 8, 2010.
recorded a song entitled "There's a Place for Us
", which she co-wrote with David Hodges
and Hillary Lindsey
, that was released on November 16, 2010 as a lead single and can only be purchased exclusive on iTunes
. It has sold 77,000 copies as of January 20, 2010.
It will also be covered by various international acts around the world, such as E.M.D.
,, Xander de Buisonjé, Sergey Lazarev
, Victoria S, Sonohra
,
and Joe McElderry
, who also recorded an original song entitled "Someone Wake Me Up
".
Sreeram Chandra recorded a song entitled "Rehnuma" in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu which will be featured for the Indian release of the film. Stan Walker
also recorded an original song "Stand Up" for the film's Australian release.
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
of the 3-D film
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
of the same name
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 3D fantasy-adventure film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia . It is the third installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media...
. David Arnold
David Arnold
David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
composed the soundtrack, which was released on December 7, 2010. The soundtrack received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song was awarded for the first time in 1962 and has been awarded annually since 1965 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.-1960s:...
for "There's a Place for Us
There's a Place for Us (song)
"There's a Place for Us" is the title of a song written by David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey and co-written and recorded by American country artist Carrie Underwood, and is featured on the soundtrack for the 2010 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The song was featured...
" at the 68th Golden Globe Awards
68th Golden Globe Awards
The 68th Golden Globe Awards was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais....
.
Background
It was announced on October 9, 2007 that award-winning composer David ArnoldDavid Arnold
David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
will score the film with the themes composed by Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a prolific British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed over sixty using electronic music and orchestral pieces...
(who scored The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's children's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of...
and Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published, fourth chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The...
). It will be the Arnold's fourth collaboration with Apted after The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...
, Enough and Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace (2006 film)
Amazing Grace is a 2006 U.S.–UK co-production film, directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn...
. In the second trailer for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, identical music is used that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe used for its trailer.
Score
Arnold worked with an 87-piece Orchestra and a 40-piece choir to record the score for the film. He also worked with Paul Apted (Michael Apted's son) in editing the score, which he regarded that it was "going to be epic.". Arnold also stated that he will not be collaborating with Lisbeth ScottLisbeth Scott
Lisbeth Scott is a vocalist who was featured on the soundtracks for the films The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Munich. For the first film, she co-wrote and performed the song "Where." She also co-wrote and performed "Good...
whose vocals are used to the first two films and he also created specific themes for The Dawn Treader and Reepicheep
Reepicheep
Reepicheep is a fictional character from C.S. Lewis', Chronicles of Narnia series. He appears in Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and also in The Last Battle. He is a large, talking mouse who carries a rapier, and wears a red plume tucked in his golden circlet...
. He also remarked that for the film to stay in-themed with the franchise, he will use the themes by Gregson-Williams for the opening and closing scenes - such as the scenes featuring Aslan
Aslan
Aslan, the "Great Lion," is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books...
.
The scoring sessions took place during September and was completed on October 8, 2010.
Songs
Carrie UnderwoodCarrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
recorded a song entitled "There's a Place for Us
There's a Place for Us (song)
"There's a Place for Us" is the title of a song written by David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey and co-written and recorded by American country artist Carrie Underwood, and is featured on the soundtrack for the 2010 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The song was featured...
", which she co-wrote with David Hodges
David Hodges
David Hodges is a songwriter, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist from Little Rock, Arkansas. He is best known for his work with the band Evanescence, which he left in 2002. He has also been part of the bands Trading Yesterday, The Age of Information, Avox, and David Hodges solo...
and Hillary Lindsey
Hillary Lindsey
Hillary Lindsey is a country music singer-songwriter. As a songwriter, she has written songs with or for Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, and Tim McGraw. One of her compositions, Underwood's Number One hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel",...
, that was released on November 16, 2010 as a lead single and can only be purchased exclusive on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. It has sold 77,000 copies as of January 20, 2010.
It will also be covered by various international acts around the world, such as E.M.D.
E.M.D.
E.M.D. is a Swedish boyband consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members have participated on the Swedish version of Idol, with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on Idol 2006. Mattias was eliminated as the fourth runner-up on Idol 2007.After Idol,...
,, Xander de Buisonjé, Sergey Lazarev
Sergey Lazarev
Sergey Vyacheslavovich Lazarev is a singer, dancer and actor born in Moscow, Russia. He is most famous for his singing career, when he rose to fame as the dark-haired member of the group Smash!!. The group broke up in 2006...
, Victoria S, Sonohra
Sonohra
Sonohra is an Italian duo constituted by the brothers Diego and Luca Fainello, native to the city of Verona. They were winners of the edition 2008 of the Young section of Festival of Sanremo.-Biography:...
,
and Joe McElderry
Joe McElderry
Joseph "Joe" McElderry is an English singer and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two...
, who also recorded an original song entitled "Someone Wake Me Up
Someone Wake Me Up
"Someone Wake Me Up" is a 2010 pop song by singer Joe McElderry. The single was released on 5 December 2010 as the third and final single from his debut album, Wide Awake. The single's B-side, "There's a Place for Us", was recorded for the soundtrack of the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage...
".
Sreeram Chandra recorded a song entitled "Rehnuma" in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu which will be featured for the Indian release of the film. Stan Walker
Stan Walker
Stan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....
also recorded an original song "Stand Up" for the film's Australian release.
Track listing
International versions
Reception
The soundtrack had met with generally favouritable reviews from critics. Allmusic.com had given the soundtrack 3½ stars out of 5, sayingVoyage of the Dawn Treader, the third installment in Walden Media's popular Chronicles of Narnia series, features the work of Grammy Award-winning composer David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day). Arnold, who has taken the reins from previous author Harry Gregson-Williams, incorporates many of the latter composer’s main themes, which, when paired with Arnold’s more frenetic, modern action cues, echo the third act’s penchant for pure unadulterated fantasy. Arnold truly makes the score his own on the 11-minute “Into Battle” sequence, which boasts some truly impressive Wagnerian choral sections.
Personnel
- David ArnoldDavid ArnoldDavid Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
- Primary Artist, Track Performer, Composer, Score Producer, Choir Contractor - Nicholas Dodd - Conductor
- Frank Ricotti - Ethnic Percussion
- Dermot Crehan - Irish Fiddle
- Mauricio Venegas - Woodwind
- Paul Clarvis - Ethnic Percussion
- Jan Hendrickse - Penny Whistle, Duduk
- Synergy Vocals - Choir, Chorus
- King Alfred School Girls' Choir - Girl's Choir
- Green Mist Choir - Choir, Chorus
- Byron Wallon - Ram's Horn
- Nicholas Dodd - Orchestration
- John Bradbury - Orchestra Leader
- Michael Price - Additional Music
- Geoff Foster - Score Producer, Engineering
- Rob Playford - MIDI Tech, Computer Engineering
- Ray Staff - Mastering
- Tom Cavanaugh - Music Business Affairs
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsHarry Gregson-WilliamsHarry Gregson-Williams is a prolific British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed over sixty using electronic music and orchestral pieces...
- Composer - Chris Barrett - Recording Assistant
- Micaela Haslam - Choir Contractor
- Chris Cozens - Auricle Programming
- Mark Cavell - Licensing
- Matt Robertson - MIDI Programming
- Adam Miller - Recording Assistant
- Isabelle Tulliez - Product Development
- Jo Buckley - Assistant Contractor
- Jenny O'Grady - Choir Contractor
- Stu Kennedy - MIDI Programming
- David Hearn - MIDI Programming