'Narnia' composer a franchise player

April 30, 2008 Write the score for a movie where the good guy is a talking lion who is a literary allusion to Jesus, the bad guy is a candy-toting wicked witch and the whole action is set in a fantasy world entombed in winter that children access via a wardrobe. Gregson-Williams delivered, earning Golden Globe and Grammy nominations for the film's score. Prince Caspian, the sequel to the original hit that arrives in theaters May 16, was daunting, Gregson-Williams admits.

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