Archive for October, 2007

Northern Michigan’s Annual C. S. Lewis Festival explores The Question of God

Friday, October 26th, 2007

The Petoskey area is gearing up for the fifth annual month-long festival on the life and works of the man who created Narnia, C. S. Lewis.

Beginning with the kickoff weekend October 26-28, community groups and guest scholars will explore the theme of The Question of God in accessible and dramatic style, delving into issues that preoccupy all thinking people today: What is happiness? How do we find meaning and purpose in our lives?

The Question of God illustrates the lives and insights of Sigmund Freud, a life-long critic of religious belief, and C.S. Lewis, a celebrated Oxford don, literary critic and perhaps this century’s most influential and popular proponent of faith based on reason.

Wheaton College scholar, Jerry Root, Ph.D., will deliver The Question of God keynote address on Friday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. at North Central Michigan College. Dr. Root will seek to compare supernaturalism versus materialism, essential components that separated the worldviews of Lewis and Freud.

The weekend also features a daylong seminar Saturday, October 27 entitled “C.S. Lewis and The Problem of Pain,” at North Central Michigan College. Geared toward students, life-long learners, educators, and administrators, the seminar features scholars Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D., of The Wade Center at Wheaton College, IL, and Dr. Root, exploring Lewis’ experiences as expressed in A Grief Observed, and its relationship to his earlier views on suffering. Full-day registrations are $40, including lunch; half-day registrations are also available. Participants are encouraged to sign up early by registering online at
www.cslewisfestival.org or by calling (231) 347-5550.

On a lighter note, Three Streams Theatre will stage Narnia, the Musical at 7:30pm on Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27, and on Sunday, October 28 at 2pm at Harbor Light Christian School, 8333 Clayton Road, Harbor Springs. Tickets are $5/children and $25/family, available at the door.

The public is invited to a reception at Gaslight Gallery located on Howard Street in downtown Petoskey, featuring the work of artist, Michael Morris. He will be on hand to talk about his unique take on Lewis’ Narnia series. This event is free and open to all and refreshments will be served.

To wrap up the opening weekend, Lewis Festival advisor and Wade Center Director Dr. Christopher Mitchell will give the morning message at the First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs on Sunday, October 28 at 10 a.m. The church is located at 7940 Cemetery Road in Harbor Springs. For information, call (231) 526-7332

Dr. Jerry Root, will give the morning message at Petoskey United Methodist Church on Sunday, October 29 at both the 8:45 and 11 a.m. services. The church is located at 1804 E. Mitchell in Petoskey. For information, call (231) 347-2733.

Other C. S. Lewis-related events throughout the month of November include theatre performances, community arts and library programs, school reading events, discussion groups, and the special five-year anniversary gala celebration featuring an English Dinner at Stafford’s Perry Hotel and an Evening with C.S. Lewis with acclaimed English actor, David Payne. Many events are free and open to the public, while others require pre-registration or tickets. For more information, visit www.cslewisfestival.org or call (231) 347-5550.

C.S. Lewis Society Update (10/24/07)

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Please note the following in this issue of the C.S. Lewis Society Update (10/24/07):

1. New Christianity vs. Atheism Debates
2. Next meetings of C.S. Lewis Society’s Bay Area Book Club: Miracles
3. Recent Articles Pertaining to C. S. Lewis
4. Other Events

1. New Christianity vs. Atheism Debates:

With the recent publication of Dinesh D’Souza’s acclaimed, new book, WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY, public debates by D’Souza with prominent atheists have begun, and the atheists are not faring very well at all. The anti-theist campaigns of best-selling authors Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and others have largely gone unchallenged in any serious and highly visible way, with most elite media coverage giving the atheist jihadists an easy ride. To their great credit, Francis Collins, John Lennox and others have admirably and effectively debated Dawkins and company, but these few confrontations have been the exception and largely invisible in mainstream culture. D’Souza and his book are hence a welcome addition to the long overdue need to set the record straight in an informed and well-mannered way.

The first debate pitted D’Souza against atheist pundit/skeptic Michael Shermer and was held Oct. 15th by the Socratic Club at Oregon State University before an audience of 1,000. Here is the video from the debate which is posted on the atheist blog, “Critical Thinking

The second debate involved D’Souza against militantly anti-theist Christopher Hitchens, and held on Oct. 20th at King’s College in New York City. Inebriated and even drinking on stage during the debate, Hitchens’s brand of arrogant bomb-throwing faltered badly as he was the clear loser. Here is an account of the debate in the New York Observer

Here also is information on the book, WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY, by Dinesh D’Souza

2. The next meetings of the C.S. Lewis Society Bay Area Book Club will be as follows:
http://www.lewissociety.org/bookclub.php

Book for Discussion:

MIRACLES, by C.S. Lewis:

Wednesday, October 31st, 7:30 p.m.; Meeting moderator/leader: Paul Ashby

Wednesday, November 14th, 7:30 p.m.; Meeting moderator/leader: Paul Ashby

In this truly great and profound book, written for both believer and skeptic, C.S. Lewis tackles a difficult subject: miracles. The question is easy enough–do miracles really occur? True to his style, Lewis analyzes it with the scrutinizing eye of a skeptic who has seen the light and wants to help others see it too. The scope goes far beyond miracles. In analyzing the probability of such events, Lewis examines Pantheism vs. Christianity, and the idea of a Nature that is completely independent of any outside interference (even God’s). His argument that the laws and ‘nature’ of Nature are not violated by miracles is convincing, as is his argument that miracles are, in fact, necessary. For Lewis, a miracle wrought by the Creator of mankind is really nothing extraordinary. Some miracles, such as the water being turned into wine, simply skip a step or two. Instead of water nourishing a vine that eventually produces grapes for wine, Christ merely eliminates the intermediary steps. Other miracles, such as Christ’s Resurrection, are simply a glance at what’s to come.

The meetings will be held at:

11990 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94619 (atop the Oakland hills)
510-482-2906 phone
wine, soft drinks and other refreshments served

Here also are a number of articles that discuss MIRACLES and related issues:

Do Miracles Occur?” by John-Erik Stig Hansen

C. S. Lewis’ Teleological Argument,” by Houston A. Craighead:

C. S. Lewis on Miracles” by Art Lindsley (pdf file)

The Argument from Reason,” by Victor Reppert

The Problem of Miracles: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective,” by William Lane Craig

A Jurisprudential Analysis of Hume’s ‘In Principle’ Argument Against Miracles,” by Paul K. Hoffman

MIRACLES in available in paperback

MIRACLES on CD

Here also is the schedule of future Lewis Society book club meetings:
http://www.lewissociety.org/bookclub.php

Here also is information on C.S. Lewis:
http://www.lewissociety.org/aboutlewis.php

We hope that you and/or others you know will be joining with us! (Please feel free to forward this update to others.)

3. A Sampling of Recent Articles Pertaining to C. S. Lewis:

My Stepdad, C.S. Lewis,” by Douglas Gresham (Guardian Unlimited)

3 Plays Showcase Britain’s Brand of Sentimentality,” by Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune)

C.S. Lewis vs. Sigmund Freud,” by Eric Schansberg (Acton Institute)

Prisons Agree to Return Religious Materials to Chapel Libraries,” by Katherine T. Phan (Christian Post)

Shadowlands: A Magnificent Portrait or Late-flowering Love and Loss,” by Charles Spencer (London Telegraph)

The Wood Between the Worlds,” by Michael Parson (London Times)

Harry Potter Author Reveals Books’ Christian Allegory, Her Struggling Faith,” by Elena Garcia (Christian Post)

Britney Spears Can Read” [at least Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe] (Hollywood Gossip)

4. Other Events:
http://www.lewissociety.org/events.php

“C.S. Lewis: Man and His Work: A 21st Century Legacy”
Sponsored by L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
October 26-27, 2007
http://www.sebts.edu/CSLewis/

“C.S. Lewis Festival: To Narnia and the North”
Petoskey, MI
October 26-28, 2007
November 3, 2007
http://www.cslewisfestival.org/

“C.S. Lewis Conference”
Sponsored by Hope Lutheran Church
Atascadero, CA
January 25-27, 2008
(More details to follow)

“Sixth Frances Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends”
Sponsored by Taylor University, Upland, IN
May 29-June 1, 2008
http://www.taylor.edu/academics/supportservices/cslewis/colloquium/

“Charles Williams and His Contemporaries”
Sponsored by The Charles Williams Society
Sr. Hilda’s College, Oxford, England
July 4-6, 2008
http://www.geocities.com/charles_wms_soc/events.html

David J. Theroux is the Founder and President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California and The Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif.

Prince Caspian Release Date Confusion

Friday, October 19th, 2007

A few days ago, I received an e-mail that was a little bit of a shock. However, I did some research and found out that it was actually true.

The e-mail points to an article stating this:

Adamson’s Prince Caspian adaptation (due for release on June 27th, 2008) is currently…

The person that e-mailed me was worried that Prince Caspian had been pushed back from its’ May 16, 2008 release date. I e-mailed Disney to confirm whether or not it is the case.

The facts are now straight.

In the United States, Prince Caspian will be released: May 16, 2008.
In the United Kingdom, Prince Caspian will be released: June 27, 2008.

So, there you have it! Thanks to Jonathan for pointing this out and Tim at Disney for explaining!

“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” not to be shot at Barrandov-Studios

Friday, October 19th, 2007

The German movie-biz-magazine Blickpunkt:Film reports that the Barrandov Studios in Prague got quite a number of cancellations from big Hollywood-productions.

Amongst others Disney canceled their original plan to shot “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” in Prague. The first both Narnia-movies were shot at the Barrandov Studios. Barrandov CEO Vladimír Kuba expressed his disappointment about the refusal of “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

Big thanks to Stefan for the translation from German!

Prince Caspian Set Visits – Part 5 – Sergio Castellito and Pierfrancesco Favino

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Here we’ll start with our sister site NarniaWeb, where glumPuddle and the rest of the journalists interviewed Sergio Castellito and Pierfrancesco Favino.

Q: We saw just now all the costumes and gear that you have to put on. We get to feel the weight of it. Does it help your performance to get into costume and feel the weight of it?

Sergio: Oh yes, absolutely. It’s totally different from my experience – I’ve had a completely different cinematography. So for me, it’s an absolutely new experience. And it will be very interesting because acting is both athletic and psychological too. And I have a lot of admiration for Andrew Adamson because he’s very careful about psychological relationships between the characters. It’s totally different than I could imagine about a movie like this. But at the same time, it’s really interesting to act out a stereotype. This is the first time in my life I have played a villain. It’s really interesting, because after a lot of movies, this is the first time I have played a villain. And so, I have to fight myself with the stereotype I had in mind. Really interesting.

Q: Where you familiar with the books at all before you got the role?

Sergio: No, not so well. But I have two kids. They knew the first Narnia very well. When I told them that I could act in the second Narnia, they had a lot of admiration for me.
Pierfrancesco: For us in Italy, it’s not the same like in the U.S. or in England. We don’t have that saga as you have. For us, Pinocchio is our one. Nothing comparable to this.

Q: They have fleshed out your role a lot [in the movie]. So were you surprised how much they fleshed out your role, and gave him a little more for the movie?

Pierfrancesco: (translating)
Sergio: Oh, I think it’s a good idea.

Q: How did Andrew talk to you about the character? Did he give you very specific things he wanted to see or did he just let you play it broadly?

Sergio: We speak about the character in a psychological way. This is the very interesting side of this work. Because I thought that everything was just an imaginary stereotype. But at the same time, we spoke about the character like a human being. There is a very interesting side of my character that is the fight between youngness and oldness. So the good and evil is like youngness and oldness. It’s very interesting.

Q: Did you have to do a lot of sword practice?

Pierfrancesco: (nods) Especially him. A lot of horse-riding.
Sergio: A lot of practice. We have an extraordinary trainer, Alan. Very good. This is my first… {shows a cut on his knuckle}

Q: Is this your first English language film?

Sergio: No, I shot “The Big Blue,” and the TV movie directed by Jim McBride starring Peter Falk, some years ago. We acted together, in English, an Italian movie about the life of Enzo Ferrari.

Q: Do you have the script translated into Italian so you can learn the lines?

Sergio: Yes. That was very important to me in the beginning to understand the meaning and psychological meaning. But we also study accents. I think Andrew wanted a Mediterranean accent. Spanish, Italian, Greek, North-African, French…a Telmarine’s accent. It’s quite easy for me to do a good accent.

Read the more at NarniaWeb

We’ll continue the interview with ComingSoon.net

CS: You two know each other well from making movies together. In the book, at one point, Glozelle has to betray the king, so have you shot that yet?

Favino: We haven’t shot it yet, but that isn’t a problem. (laughter) I’m joking. This is the third movie that we did together, and I’ve always admired Sergio as one of the best Italian actors we have, at least to me. So we have the chance to work together, but when you’re working apart for different things, I don’t really feel I have to hate him when I betray him. At the same time, he has to slap me and stab me in the back. We’ve made three movies together, and in all of them, he’s been slapping me. (laughter)
Castellitto: Not yet, but we have time.

CS: So, I guess one of the biggest moments in the movie is the castle raid?

Castellitto: Spettacolare! Yes, incredible. We show a lot of people who jump. You know, half of this movie, we don’t know what it is, because everyday on the set, we see a blue screen, so we must imagine that something happened, but we don’t know what.
Favino: It will be a surprise even for us.
Castellitto: Yesterday, we shot a scene and they told us that an army was behind us.
Favino: Thousands of soldiers and cavalry. Actually, this morning, we’ve been rehearsing with horses and there were at least one hundred, so there’s a very good mixture of real things and CGI.
Castellitto: Even though the machine is so big, there’s something that he feels which is artistic. He’s been surprised to find this huge machine going on, and at the same time, people working with their hands. This was something that surprised me and was extraordinary.

CS: Is Miraz the kind of king who gets into the fighting?

Castellitto: He is not a coward, he’s a soldier. He’s a murderer; he killed his brother. He is not a coward. The first idea I had of him is of Prince Claudius in Hamlet. That is the first reference, I think, but he’s also a usurper. He had a son, he wanted the kingdom for his son, he loves his son. At the end, he accepts the fight and he tries to win.

CS: What about the actual battle scenes? Are you going to be involved in those?

Favino: I don’t know how much we can say about that.

CS: Do you have a lot of scenes with Ben Barnes, who plays Prince Caspian? There weren’t a lot of scenes with them together in the book.

Castellitto: The most important scene between us is when he comes to my bedroom and he wants to know the truth about the death of his father. This is the first fight. At the end of the fight when William says…
Favino: Don’t tell everything
Castellitto: Ah, okay, read the book.

Sergio Castellito and Pierfrancesco Favino are King Miraz and General Glozelle, The Bad Guys!

Prince Caspian Set Visits – Part 5 – Ben Barnes

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Here is a portion of ComingSoon.net’s interview with Ben Barnes.

ComingSoon.net How does this compare to “Stardust”? Can we assume that it’s a much bigger scale?

Ben Barnes: I didn’t really get used to it, because I was only on that for a couple of weeks. But in terms of the scales of the sets and everything it was kind of similar. There was one scene I did in this kind of magic marketplace, and they built it in the courtyard of a castle, a real castle, up in the north of England. I walked in and my jaw dropped, almost as far as it dropped when I walked on to the Miraz castle set that we’ve got in Prague at the moment, which is just… Have you seen it? It just blew me away.

CS: What was the audition process for this like?

Barnes: Actually I came into it really late. I know that they’d been looking for a long time, and I hadn’t really heard about it at all. Somebody came to see a play that I was doing and I went in to meet the casting director in London, just to read like two scenes, and then the next week I met up with Andrew and all the producers and screen tested and then I had the job four days later. It was really fast. It was like three weeks from start to finish. Less. Two and a half weeks from when I heard about it to when I got the job.

CS: What does the character give you as an actor to grab onto?

Barnes: Well I think the reason I like the character is because he’s sort of an everyman. It’s sort of a coming of age story, really. It’s from boy to man and prince to king, kind of story. Obviously, it’s been adapted somewhat from how it is in the book because the kids that were in the first one have grown up so much that it’s very hard to keep them as young children. So it all had to kind of grow up a little bit. Hopefully, he’s a kind of everyman character that you go on the journey with and sort of drags you through the story, and hopefully you kind of emphasize with him and latch on to what he’s feeling. When he’s feeling vulnerable, you feel vulnerable, and when he’s feeling strong, you’re feeling good about what’s happening. Principally, he’s that kind of character, but he’s very honorable and I think those are kind of the principal things, really.

CS: You didn’t have much time to prepare for this, did you?

Barnes: Actually, once I got to New Zealand I had a good few weeks. I literally got off the plane and within 20 minutes of getting off the plane in New Zealand I was on a horse, and they were like, “Okay, go.” And I did it every day for two months, I think. I was riding with these fantastic Spanish horse trainers we’ve got and doing the stunt training with Allan Poppleton, who choreographs all the fights for us. He’s fantastic. So I had a good sort of eight weeks out there, whilst filming little bits and pieces, but I had a good eight weeks of quite hardcore training.

CS: Were you experienced on a horse?

Barnes: No. I might have suggested that I had ridden before, but I, in fact, had not. So yeah, that was an experience. But I love it now. I love it.

CS: Did you read the books or know the part Prince Caspian played in not just this, but future books as well?

Barnes: I actually knew the first three: “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”, “Prince Caspian” and “Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

CS: So you were familiar with the character?

Barnes: Yeah, I remember watching the BBC series where Sam West played him in the “Dawn Treader” part, and I remember sort of being exactly the right age for that to really capture my imagination. As soon as I got the script I remembered the beginning of that with the theme music and how it kind of panned over the map of Narnia and all that. Actually, right when I first heard about the audition, I went and looked on my bookshelves and found my copy of “Prince Caspian,” and it had a copyright date of 1989. So I remember I was eight. So that’s like the perfect age, I think, to have first got into that. And it had a little sticker in the front saying, “I can’t bear to be without my books” and a picture of a bear and below that was written Benjamin Barnes in my little eight-year-old handwriting.

Ben Barnes is Prince Caspian

Prince Caspian Set Visits – Part 5 – William Moseley and Skandar Keynes

Friday, October 19th, 2007

A whole slew of Narnia and other film site journalists got the chance of a lifetime: to visit the set of Prince Caspian in Prague. It’s cool, I’ve got my passport ready for the next one.

Anyway, here we’ll start with our sister site NarniaWeb, where glumPuddle has interviews with William Moseley and Skandar Keynes.

William Moseley

Q: So, we heard you did some horse stunts?

William: Yeah, we did some horse stunts. Recently, I did the biggest horse stunt I’ve ever done. I had to… Actually it sounds pretty crazy even to me. But I basically had to chase a running horse, I had to grab onto the saddle, I had to kick a guy while the horse was running and I had to jump onto the back of the horse, and carry on going…all in a courtyard at four in the morning and it was raining.

Q: Did you do that yourself?

William: Yeah, I did that myself. It was easy [laughs]. The thing was, like, it’s funny when you do stunts like that, because you know you can do it, and if you’re not quite getting it, then…I don’t know, you want to do it again and again and again, but you don’t really realize how dangerous it is at the time, until you look back and go, “Oh, at take 7, I probably should have taken a break.’

Q: How many takes did you do?

William: Seven. That’s all I was allowed. I wanted to do eight, but seven was all I was allowed. Two were perfect, five I was kind of like, holding on for dear life a couple of times.

Q: Were there any wires involved?

William: No wires, no. It was good, though. It was really fun. They must have a lot of faith in me.

Q: Are you ready for the fight?

William: You know, last week I was really worried about it, because I haven’t really have much chance to train for it. Like I said, I think they have quite a lot of faith in me with these stunts, so they think, ‘Oh, he doesn’t really need the training,’ but it’s an over-one-hundred beat fight, so I’m sort of thinking, ‘I think I might need a bit more training than this,’ and they’re like ‘No, you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine.’ We were meant to shoot it last Wednesday, and it’s Monday today, so I was really lucky that the weather hasn’t been so good. Few more days practice.

Q: Do you actually practice with Sergio Castellito (Miraz)?

William: Yep, I fight against him. But mostly, what’s really cool is the stunt coordinator’s going to double Miraz. So, the stunt coordinator and I have a really good connection and a good understanding, like, he’s taught me all of everything I know, so it’s going to be a good one-on-one.

Skandar Keynes

Q: So what’s it like to come back for a second time around?

Skandar: It’s been really cool. It’s been really great to see everyone again and like, reuniting the family, to be very cheesy. Yeah, it’s been great here in the middle of nowhere, it’s beautiful. And what we’re doing is really cool, we’re like walking out [of Aslan's How] and everyone is [cheering]. So I’m having a good time.

Q: So in the movie, Edmund is only a year older. But you’re actually a few years older?

Skandar: Yeah, I was 12 when I started the first film and I’m 15 now. I’ll be 16 at the end of the shoot.

Q: I remember last time they had problems with you growing too much…

Skandar: Yeah, I grew 6 inches in 6 months. I felt growing pains last night actually. (laughter)

Q: The costume department said they have a computer program now to determine the patterns and how to make the costumes fit as you guys grow and keep them consistent.

Skandar: I had the chainmail, and I kept growing. And it’s precise enough that if I grew, it would completely change underneath.

Q: Did you wear chainmail in the last movie too?

Skandar: Yeah, I’m actually wearing a lot less now.

Q: I bet you wish you were wearing it now after getting stabbed in the leg. (laughter)

Skandar: Oh yeah, [Will] totally just stabbed my leg! He draws his sword and then moves it back but as he moved it back it went “bang” on my leg. Just went right on my boot!

Read the rest of this report at NarniaWeb

ComingSoon.net also interviewed each of them, as well. You can read each of the interviews with the actors by clicking on the appropriate link below:

William Moseley is Peter Pevensie

Skandar Keynes is Edmund Pevensie

REMINDER: Win this Set Visit to “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”!

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Make Your Fantasy a Reality when you Win this Set Visit to “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader“! Winner will get dressed in full Make-up and Costume from the Movie for Photos with the Cast! 4-Nights Hotel Accommodation Included!

Parents – You can literally make your kid’s dreams come true with this “Chronicles of Narnia” Package!

The Winner will receive the following:

*Set visit during the production of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (Date and Place TBD – Although it will likely be filmed in Australia or New Zealand) (Up to 4 People will have access to Set)

*The opportunity for the Winner to be dressed in full make-up and costume from the movie for photos with the cast!

*Lunch with the cast and crew!

*Four nights hotel accommodation, ground transportation to/from the set (For up to 4 People)

Please see terms of auction
All incremental costs (airfare to location, etc.) are incurred by the winner.

[Bid on the auction at Charity Folks]

Center for the Blind allows Blind to “see” Narnia

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Nearly a decade ago, Paul Weingartner began a journey that eventually would lead him and the Assemblies of God Center for the Blind to Narnia.

After years of waiting and wanting to produce a Braille version of C.S. Lewis’ classic, The Chronicles of Narnia, with tactile pictures, Weingartner and the CftB are close to completing the voyage.

The CftB version of Narnia is not actually the first time the works have been transcribed into Braille, but it is distinct in at least two other ways.

First, a tactile picture accompanies each chapter, and allows Blind readers to “see” what Lewis describes. Then, the CftB intends to never again let the work be “out of print,” unlike the other Braille translations in existence.

The process to produce one edition is no simple task for the CftB. In all, one book in the series takes approximately 15 weeks to complete.

Twelve weeks are devoted to preparing the normal print book for transcription, a process which includes manually keying in the entire text and then the proofreading process. Then, it takes three weeks to convert each picture into a tactile graphic.

[Read the rest at AG.org]

Narnia Film Composers win BMI London Awards

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

[David] Arnold, a Grammy winner for “Independence Day,” was cited for his score to “Casino Royale.” He composed the music for three previous James Bond films and is on board for the untitled “Bond 22″ plus the animated “Agent Crush” and comedy “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.” Arnold, who is also very busy in the pop world working with such acts as the Kaiser Chiefs, has scored TV’s “Stargate SG-1″ since 1997.

Harry Gregson-Williams won for the Aardman/DreamWorks animated film “Flushed Away” and Tony Scott’s Denzel Washington thriller “Deja Vu.” His credits include such DreamWorks hits as “Antz” (1998), “Chicken Run” (2000), and “Shrek” (2001) with John Powell. He scored “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2005) and is working on “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” due in 2008, both directed by Andrew Adamson for Walt Disney.

2007 BMI LONDON AWARDS

Film Music Awards

“Casino Royale,” David Arnold (PRS)
“Deja vu,” Harry Gregson-Williams (PRS)
“Flushed Away,” Harry Gregson-Williams (PRS)

Harry Gregson-Williams is the composer on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. David Arnold is the composer on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.