Icons: BBC TV's The Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe

[thisbluespirit]

You know when you're feeling pretty much better, but not at work and not up to doing anything sensible. Obviously, the only thing to do is to screencap some random DVD and make icons. So, here, the BBC's 1990s version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. (I did the first couple of episodes. I might do the rest, but only if people think it's worth it. Or I get really bored again. Anyway, this is a sane-sized post this time.)


Oh, and can anyone put me out of my misery? The theme from this is here. This is clearly taken from something I used to sing at school, but I can only remember random snatches of. If anyone else can tell me the actual words, or the title, I'd be less annoyed. ("Back into storyland oft may we go... but the giants are dead and the dragons have fled... [And now we fight] 'Gainst the dragons of anger and the ogres of pride" something like that. Seriously. I'm not going mad. It had three verses. And the words match up too well for the use of it to be coincidence. If I could remember them properly.)

Comments

[john_amend_all]

"When a Knight Won His Spurs" ? That takes me back. We used to sing that at junior school, I think.

What that theme tune reminded me of was "Fight the Good Fight", but there you go.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank! Yes, that's the one. And certainly, the tune we sang it to was very, very similar to that used in the theme. (The only version I know of 'Fight the Good Fight' sounds nothing like the Narnia theme to my ears. But given the amount of tunes hymns have been sung to, we could be talking the same melody anyway.)

:-)

It was annoying me when I watched it a year or so back and as soon as I pulled out the DVD I was off again. (And, seriously, you can sing this to the theme. It's the middle bit of it they've taken from this song. And given the relation of the lyrics to the Narnia story, I can't believe it was coincidence.)

Edit I listened again. The beginning does sound a little bit like Fight the Good Fight, too, doesn't it? But every time it comes on I wonder round trying to sing 'When A Knight Won His Spurs".

[john_amend_all]

This tune ('Duke Street') is the one I was thinking of.

[pedanther]

Here's When a Knight Won His Spurs ("Stowey") for comparison.

When I saw the original post I thought, "Wait! I know this one! Last time we watched it, Dad said it sounded familiar!", but on reflection, he figured out in the end it was just that the same composer also did the theme for Brideshead Revisited. (Looking at IMDb, it turns out he also did incidental music for a couple of Doctor Whos.)

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, that's the one. :-)

[thisbluespirit]

The website declined to let me in, but pedanther's version below is the one we used to sing to, and I think (despite the unusual choice of instrument there...) that you'll agree there are some similarities to the Narnia theme! :-D

Thanks, though - it was not having the words that was driving me barmy; I could remember the tune. But I kept muddling it up with two other songs & couldn't remember anything useful.

[john_amend_all]

How odd; it worked for me. Does this come out any better?

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, that one does. But that's Fight the Good Fight, not When A Knight, anyway. Am I getting really confused now?

Can we just nod and mumble something and move on? I think I'm not following my own conversation properly anymore... :lol:

[john_amend_all]

By all means. *nods* *mumbles*

[thisbluespirit]

*sings*

(I still can't get the tune out of my head...)

[john_amend_all]

Now you've mentioned it, neither can I...

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's been so long since I saw this version I only have the barest gauzy shreds dangling around in my memory. I love the fanfic one, hah!

[pedanther]

Ditto on the fanfic one.

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks!

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! I was wanting something to do and I'm keeping to obscure things not many other people have iconed at the moment, and I thought this would do, because there are some things that are still instantly recognisable from the books.

Heh, yes, I think I've finally made myself an icon I want to use! :lol:

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Snitching #33 (because it is pretty and looks on first glance like LOTR, thus doing double duty. *g*)

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, these are old now, but I still quite like the map ones. :-)

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Also #23 and #58. Professor Kirke does get the best lines. :D