Chronicles of Narnia teaser music

One of the movies that both Jen and I are looking forward to is the first (hopefully of many) Chronicles of Narnia. We like the books, and the teaser looks awesome. One of the things I really liked about the teaser was that it was full of music that I wasn't familiar with. I was hoping that, perhaps, the music was from early recordings for the movie. Which is pretty unusual, as Sarah pointed out to me.

As it turns out, much of the music in the teaser is from other movies. But the "signature" piece that lasts for a minute, with the choir and the drums, isn't in any movie. It's by a group of artists called "X-Ray Dog", whose specialty apparently is making music for film or TV teasers. Who knew? They did very well with this one.

My other favorite bit of music in the teaser, when Lucy is pulling the cloth away from the Wardrobe, is by James Newton Howard from the Treasure Planet soundtrack. Treasure Planet? That had good music? I had no clue, as I passed on that Disney flick. JNH has done all of the Shyamalan movies, among several others. He's also doing the music for King Kong, which opens in a few weeks.

It turns out that two composers worked on the Narnia movie. Harry Gregson-Williams with Stephen Barton providing additional music. They worked together on Kingdom of Heaven, which I saw. I remember liking some of that music, so I'm hopeful that Narnia will provide music nearly as enjoyable as Howard Shore did with Lord of the Rings.