The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe popular English folklore. There are several parallels between the White Witch and the immortal white queen, Ayesha, of H. Rider Haggard's "She", a novel greatly admired by C. S. Lewis. "The Story of the Amulet" written by Edith Nesbit also contains scenes that can be considered precursors to sequences presenting Jadis, particularly in "The Magician's Nephew". Nesbit's short story "The Aunt and Amabel" includes the motif of a girl entering a wardrobe to gain access to a magical place. The freeing of Aslan's body from the stone table by field mice is reminiscent of Aesop's fable of "The Lion and
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (soundtrack) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (soundtrack) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the soundtrack of the . Harry Gregson-Williams composed the soundtrack, which was released on December 13, 2005 by Walt Disney Records. Gregson-Williams was the first composer whom director Andrew Adamson approached for the film because they had worked together on "Shrek" (2001) and "Shrek 2" (2004). Because Adamson had to shoot the film in New Zealand for an extended period and Gregson-Williams was working on scores for films such as "Kingdom of Heaven", he initially only