John Williams, William Ross - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Artist: John Williams, William RossEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-11-12
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- Prologue: Book II And The Escape From The Dursleys
- Fawkes The Phoenix
- The Chamber Of Secrets
- Gilderoy Lockhart
- The Flying Car
- Knockturn Alley
- Introducing Colin
- The Dueling Club
- Dobby The House Elf
- The Spiders
- Moaning Myrtle
- Meeting Aragog
- Fawkes Is Reborn
- Meeting Tom Riddle
- Cornish Pixies
- Polyjuice Potion
- Cakes For Crabbe And Goyle
- Dueling The Basilisk
- Reunion Of Friends
- Harry's Wondrous World
Music reviews of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Music Review: A darker score for a darker film
Rating: 5 Stars
One often wonders how John Williams is consistently able to take themes from his previous films and incorporate them into his new scores in fresh, enchanting new ways. Williams has certainly done all this and more with his score for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", the sequel to last year's blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."Unable to complete the score to "Chamber of Secrets" on his own due to previous commitments with George Lucas's "Star Wars: Episode II" and Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" and "Catch Me If You Can", William Ross was brought in to adapt the new themes Williams had created for the film as well as to supply a large number of underscore based on Williams's material. The collaboration was very much a success, and this album is proof of it.
"Chamber of Secrets" is a much darker film than "Sorcerer's Stone", and the CD is full of cues that are much darker than cues from the previous album. As conducted by Ross and performed by the unparalleled London Symphony Orchestra, the score for "Chamber of Secrets" is one of the most original and best sounding scores I have heard in a long time.
The album begins with "Prologue: Book II and The Escape From the Dursleys". This track features a compilation of many of the themes from "Sorcerer's Stone", beginning with "Hedwig's Theme" on celesta (once again played by Randy Kerber), then transistioning into the music from "The Arrival of Baby Harry" on the last album. The "Flying Theme" and "Harry's Wondrous World" round out the familiar themes in this track, which provides a wonderful re-introduction to the world of Harry Potter and John Williams.
The next track, "Fawkes the Phoenix", is a wonderful new theme that has an uplifting feel similar to "Harry's Wondrous World". Track 3, "The Chamber of Secrets", is appropriately dark, ending with chords punctuated by heavy trumpets.
"Gilderoy Lockhart", the theme for the pompous, arrogant character of the same name, is an appropriately pompous, arrogant track. The use of harpsichord gives this theme a sort of stuck-up Baroque feel that is perfect for Lockhart's character.
Other tracks worth noting include "Fawkes Is Reborn", featuring the "Fawkes The Phoenix Theme" from track 2. "Meeting Tom Riddle" features a prominent reindition of "Voldemort's Theme" from "Sorcerer's Stone." "Cakes for Crabbe and Goyle" is an amusing, light cue featuring bassoon and pizzicato strings.
"Reunion of Friends" brings back many of the themes we know and love, ending with a triumphant version of "Harry's Theme" similar to the end of "Sorcerer's Stone."
With "Chamber of Secrets", Williams has once again brought to life the world of Harry Potter in a way no other composer can. Although it probably won't win the Academy Award, "Chamber of Secrets" is a very good score and belongs in the collection of any John Williams fan.
Description of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Full Title - Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. Composed by legendary film composer John Williams. Available in five different collectible covers. All editions will feature a Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets mini-poster. Atlantic. 2002.Another multi-gazillion-dollar Hollywood franchise, another chapter in the remarkable career of John Williams. Though he's already been responsible for scoring some of the most overwhelmingly successful film series of all time, in tackling the second installment of the Harry Potter saga, Williams once again proves why his name is held in such high regard in scoring circles. While he utilizes the themes he established in Sorcerer's Stone, Williams's restless inventiveness still manages to cast this chapter in a fresh new musical light. Since many of the cues here are action or atmospheric-oriented, and thus lacking in need for strong melodic hooks, the veteran composer's mastery of orchestral color--and no small amount of stylistic reinvention--infuses the proceedings with a sense of wholeness and a surprising maturity that's a key element in conjuring up the film's crucial suspension of disbelief. Harry Potter may be but a fictional wizard, but John Williams proves yet again he's the real thing. --Jerry McCulley
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