HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS

Happy birthday, Harry!

YEah! Have a great one!

I'm pretty sure you guys have seen the official one-sheet poster of Prince Caspian, but for those who haven't, the poster definitely confirms there will be a soundtrack release of the score.

Is the score being recorded in L.A. again, or will it be recorded in London? Dan, perhaps you could clarify this?

That's what I meant with 'equal genius', emphasis on the 'equal'

What exactly is so good about Narnia? I thought it was so standard for an adventure score.

HARRY GREGSON WILLIAMS - Rundown

If you feel like listening to 45 minutes of constantly banging Latin-colored drums and percussion sets of all kinds interweaved with the trademarked HGW sound traits - like the heavy use of otherwise cleverly and ably constructed swooshing electronics mixed with minimal traits of string orchestra and synths – along with whistles and carnival parade tribalisms, then this is for you. If you wanna feel like being part of the screaming Brazil crowd in a football match of their team VS anything, then this is again for you.

Nothing notably changes throughout except perhaps the couple of doses from the necessarily-showcased, trademarked Media Ventures (Remote Control studios) staccato string-brass-n-percussion riffs and some cool spy-like music coupled with a sparse but welcome light breeze of ethereal acoustic guitar and relaxing synths pieces; if this sounds as typical and static as this score is in reality and would prefer the more melodic and touching side of Harry Gregson Williams, even as showcased in his dreadfully clichéd and self-repeated (but believe me FAR more interesting than this) scores for the Tony Scott films, then make sure you stay as far as possible from this.

45 minute of constantly banging percussion? Wow, I guess you really hate this score because the score isn't constantly loud and meaningless for 45minute straight. It's true that the emphasis is on percussion, but there's a freshness that Harry's managed to achieve without turning the sound level up to 11. I mean, it's incredible how less than half the running time is action cues, yet the album doesn't lag during the full running time.

I've also seen the movie a couple of time and the score is extremely effective and supportive of the on screen happenings. It really influenced my appreciation of the music on album. It's very similar to Man on Fire in that respect.

The Rundown is fun and cool Demetris!

Hot samba dancers, mambo's, trumpets, enthousiast percussion, al performed by a school from Rio de Janeiro. (I don't have the credits here, but in the booklet it said it was recorded on location)

If you don't like parada kinda music, then this is nothing for you, like you said Demetris, but it's not banging percussion. Like lp said, it's kinda fresh and upbeat.

And track 10, Monkeys and Rebels, is the most fun of them all, with that bird flute.
How catchy.

Ah yes, back in the days when HG-W actually theatened that he might be good.

No; not even closely.

Ahhh! I'm so excited!

At last!! A recording session in the UK that's worth the trip to the UK for Dan.

And 3) It's not like the first score was any good to begin with so why the second would be fine? (well you never know, but this doesnt inspire me a lot of confidence)