[HPFGU-Movie] Book dialogue vs. script dialogue, soundtrack

[Alexander W. Hertzog]

> Oh, and there was something interesting
> about the music which I only caught seeing the movie for the third
> time: There is such a thing like a "Leitmotiv" for Voldemort (you
> hear it when Hagrid tells about the death of Harry's parents). And,
> strangely, in one scene- I can't tell which one right now, have to go
> and do a 4th viewing- *Snape's* appearance is accompanied by the same
> Leitmotiv, I think it's when he catches the trio after they
> desperately wanted to see Dumbledore and tells them to go outside
> like the others. Now that would be a subtle hint at Snape being the
> bad guy!


Oh, I'm so, so glad you brought that up. Considering this is intended to 
be a lengthy series of movies, I was hoping that nearly every major 
character would have his or her own (Leitmotif? Leitmotiv? Theme?) theme 
as is done in Star Wars. Sadly this doesn't seem to be the case, unless 
this is something intended to mature as more movies are made (as it 
happened in Star Wars, and I'm sure there are other examples that I 
can't think of at the moment).

On a slightly different note, I've been a huge fan of Williams for as 
long as I can remember (literally), but lately I take issue with the way 
he produces his albums. Most notably with the Phantom Menace and Harry 
Potter, there are a few great pieces he left completely off the original 
album. In the case of TPM, he later came out with the 2 CD set which 
included all of the music in the entire film (and in proper order too! 
what a great idea!) I'm hoping something similar happens with the Harry 
Potter soundtrack, and I'm bravely fighting the voice in my head that 
says he's doing this setup to rake in more dough. Might just be the 
nature of the movie business, of course, but somehow I doubt it.
The piece that I most want is the entirety of the Diagon alley entrance 
music. You hear snatches of it later (entering the great hall etc) but 
it doesn't quite sound the same, and I'm picky about what music I want, 
darn it. :)

I suppose I'm just being slightly fanatical about all this Williams 
music stuff, though. After all, I own fourteen CD's of Star Wars music 
alone. (2 discs for each special edition soundtrack * 3 + 4 discs for 
the box set + 1 concert collection cd + 1 original phantom menace + 2 
discs of special edition phantom menace. whew!)


Alex   (wishing there were such a thing as Dumbledore's theme I could 
whistle right now.... I guess Yoda's theme will do ;)





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