Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe of sheet music was published by Hal Leonard Corporation on January 1, 2006 featuring piano arrangements, guitar chords, and lyrics to the songs featured on this album. The compilation won an award at the Dove Awards at the 37th Annual Gospel Music Awards for "Special Event Album of the Year". All contributing artists and producers received an award for their contribution. Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a collection of songs by various Christian artists with the
The Chronicles of Narnia song "Further Up, Further In" from the album "Room to Roam" by The Waterboys is heavily influenced by "The Chronicles of Narnia", with the title coming from a passage in "The Last Battle". C. S. Lewis is acknowledged in the liner notes as an influence. A convert to Christianity in later life, Lewis had authored a number of works on Christian apologetics and other literature with Christian-based themes before writing the "Narnia" books. The character Aslan is widely accepted by literary academia as being based on Jesus Christ. Lewis did not initially plan to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his