12/14/11 Re ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: A CONVERSATION w/ HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER (The audio is from kpcc) "...How did the project Arthur Christmas start for you? Harry Gregson-Williams: Well, I was brought in quite late, actually, on the project. The company had a different idea of a composer – not me. He had started to work on the film but it didn’t really work out between them. So, I was brought in and on the film but it didn’t really work out between them. So, I was brought in and had a very limited amount of time to do it. Between four and five weeks, which is very abnormal for an animated film, or any film. But it was such a wonderful project. It had all the ingredients that I look for in a project: action-adventure, with a great emotional charge to it. And, on top of that, as a bonus to me, it was very English – I loved that about it! And it’s a Christmas film, and I haven’t done one before. English – I loved that about it! And it’s a Christmas film, and I haven’t done one before ..." http://animatedviews.com/2011/arthur-christmas-composer-harry-gregson-williams-from-venice-beach-to-the-north-pole/

[by the way, the music sounds fantastic...it makes me want to see the movie just for the music alone...harry adds that he thinks the movie itself is meaningful, & not to be fooled by the silly billboard to think its just fluff ...which was, in fact, my first thought...maybe I will have to give it a chance] Re ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: A CONVERSATION w/ HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER
(The audio is from kpcc) "...How did the project Arthur Christmas start for you? Harry Gregson-Williams: Well, I was brought in quite late, actually, on the project. The company had a different idea of a composer – not me. He had started to work on the film but it didn’t really work out between them. So, I was brought in and on the film but it didn’t really work out between them. So, I was brought in and had a very limited amount of time to do it. Between four and five weeks, which is very abnormal for an animated film, or any film. But it was such a wonderful project. It had all the ingredients that I look for in a project: action-adventure, with a great emotional charge to it. And, on top of that, as a bonus to me, it was very English – I loved that about it! And it’s a Christmas film, and I haven’t done one before. English – I loved that about it! And it’s a Christmas film, and I haven’t done one before ..."

http://animatedviews.com/2011/arthur-christmas-composer-harry-gregson-williams-from-venice-beach-to-the-north-pole/