Join musical wizards Will, Wend, Xander and special guest, Jonathan Thompson in the magical World of Harry Potter as they discuss the first two wonderful film scores maestro John Williams wrote for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and with the help of William RossHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Timestamps:

5:02 – Hedwig’s Theme

10:57 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

37:33 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Links from this episode:

Film Music Notesfilm music analysis of Hedwig’s Theme

My Soundtrack Space” – Jonathan Thompson’s Soundtrack Reviews

My Movie Nook” – Jonathan Thompson’s Film Blog

2 responses to “Episode 15 – Harry Potter Music, Vol. 1”

  1. […] I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in a series of episodes with the podcast Sideshow Sound Radio, official podcast for Sideshow Sound Theater devoted to film, television, and video game soundtracks. The series that I’m collaborating on is the Harry Potter films, so I thought it would be the perfect time to write about the soundtracks as the podcast episodes are published! I’ll include episode links as they’re published! I already apologize for the necessary overuse of the word “magical”. UPDATE: Here is the link to the first Harry Potter episode with SideShow Sound Radio. […]

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  2. […] Next in my Harry Potter series is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). It’s another score composed by John Williams, but because of his extremely busy schedule at the time, having just finished Minority Report and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and at work on Catch Me If You Can, William Ross was brought in to arrange already composed material from The Sorcerer’s Stone and conduct the orchestra during recording sessions. At this point, it’s hard to say what music is Williams and what music is Ross. UPDATE: Listen to the first Harry Potter episode of Sideshow Sound Radio. […]

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