This last year I’ve been composing the score for a new theatre production of «The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe». I’m starting to release some singles now, before the full soundtrack album release later this year. The first one is just out, and it’s called «War Torn». It was composed for the dramatic opening scene, where the four Pevensie children are forced to leave their parents and board a train, to ride into an uncertain future.
Recorded with a 14 piece string orchestra, 1 flute player, 1 french horn player, plus myself on piano and percussion.
The whole score was composed in Nuendo 13, with all the temporary MIDI parts exported to Dorico Pro 5, for creating the score and parts for the musicians. The string section was then recorded in an external studio using Pro Tools, before exporting all the string parts back to Nuendo, then recording horn, flute, piano and percussion in my own studio and mixing it all there. Finally it was mastered in another external studio.
More to come soon 


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Hi Eirik,
I love this, it’s right up my alley! 
I think it fits the scene you describe perfectly: the uncertainty, the expectation, the tension…
The open ending contributes to this.
The strings sound great, so much better than samples.
Where you present during the recording of the strings, or did you even conduct them?
Great job!
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Wim
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Thank you so much Wim! 
You bet I was present!
When it comes to my music, I am a total control freak, so I need to be present to make sure I get every note more or less the way I intended (or even something better than what I intended, which often happens with great musicians).
I could not conduct to save my life, but fortunately that’s no problem here. This ensemble (Trondheimsolistene, one of the most renowned string ensembles in Norway) usually work without a conductor. The principal first violinist acts as concert master, and I communicated every wish and comment through him, and he talked to me when he had suggestions himself. It was pure joy. We recorded 40 minutes of material during two five-hour sessions spread over two days. Quite intense!
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Sounds like great fun! And it paid off, it sounds wonderful!
I’m looking forward to hearing more of your work.
Cheers,
Wim
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