Variety.com asked Harry Gregson-Williams, who served as composer for both The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian.  What he said about Narnia really shows the humility of the man.  I hope to one day get a proper interview with him.

Here, he recounts a memorable moment in his life as a composer:

“The hush as I picked up my baton before the first note of the concert I did with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (a suite from ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’). That was totally thrilling and also incredibly alarming. What in heaven’s name am I doing here? I’m a film composer, not a concert composer. It was fantastic.”

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The first wave of 2006-07 single tickets are now available for purchase! Concerts released in the first wave include Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, the world premiere of music from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Magnificent Mendelssohn, Van Cliburn, Peter Cetera, Aaron Copland’s Greatest Hits, The Kingston Trio, Mickey Hart and Friends, A Colorado Christmas Presents Home for the Holidays, Glen Campbell, the Colorado premiere of Edgar Meyer’s Double Bass Concerto No. 2 and more! Click here to purchase tickets online, or call the Colorado Symphony Box Office at (303) MAESTRO (Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.).

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