The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (soundtrack)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. David Arnold composed the soundtrack, which was released on December 7, 2010.^[1] 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.

Background

It was announced on October 9, 2007 that award-winning composer David Arnold would score the film with the themes composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (who scored The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian). It was 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.

Just as the previous films were distributed by Disney, the soundtracks for those films were released on Walt Disney Records. This film was distributed by Twentieth-Century Fox, and the soundtrack was released on the Sony Music label.

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Recording

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.".^[2] Arnold also stated that he will not be collaborating with Lisbeth Scott 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 were completed on October 8, 2010.

Songs

Carrie Underwood 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.^[3]

It will also be covered by various international acts around the world, such as E.M.D.^{[citation needed]},^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]Xander de Buisonjé, Sergey Lazarev, Victoria S, Sonohra,^[10] and Joe McElderry, who also recorded an original song entitled "Someone Wake Me Up".^[11]

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.

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Track listing

All music composed by David Arnold.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening Titles"	1:07
2.	"The Painting"	2:27
3.	"High King and Queen of Narnia"	1:33
4.	"Reepicheep"	0:58
5.	"Land Ahoy"	1:43
6.	"The Lone Island"	1:51
7.	"Lord Bern"	1:01
8.	"The Green Mist"	1:15
9.	"Market Forces"	1:53
10.	"1st Sword"	1:17
11.	"Eustace on Deck"	1:10
12.	"Duel"	1:44
13.	"The Magician's Island"	4:03
14.	"Lucy and the Invisible Mansion"	5:24
15.	"Coriakin and the Map"	2:57
16.	"Temptation of Lucy"	1:16
17.	"Aslan Appears"	0:49
18.	"The Golden Cavern"	2:03
19.	"Temptation of Edmund"	1:57
20.	"Dragon's Treasure"	2:53
21.	"Dragon Attack"	2:29
22.	"Under the Stars"	2:55
23.	"Blue Star"	1:03
24.	"Aslan's Table"	2:32
25.	"Liliandil and the Dark Island"	1:30
26.	"The Calm Before the Storm"	1:49
27.	"Into Battle"	11:02
28.	"Sweet Water"	2:05
29.	"Ship to Shore"	3:52
30.	"Time to Go Home"	2:47

iTunes Exclusive Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Carrie Underwood)	3:53

International versions

United Kingdom Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Joe McElderry)	3:53
32.	"Someone Wake Me Up" (performed by Joe McElderry)	3:32

Swedish Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by E.M.D.)	3:53

Russian Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Sergey Lazarev)
32.	"Instantly (performed by Sergey Lazarev)"

Australian Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"Stand Up" (performed by Stan Walker)	3:34

Italian Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us (performed by Sonohra)" (performed by Sonohra)	3:45

German Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Victoria S)	3:46

Indian Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"Rehnuma" (performed by Sreeram Chandra)	2:37

Dutch Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Xander de Buisonjé)	N/A

French Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Sonohra)	N/A

Spanish Edition
No.	Title	Length
31.	"There's a Place for Us" (performed by Sonohra)	N/A

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The soundtrack had met with generally favourable reviews from critics. Allmusic.com had given the soundtrack 3½ stars out of 5, saying

Voyage 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.

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Personnel

David Arnold - 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-Williams - 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