CoS soundtrack

[Richelle Votaw]

Well, after listening to the CoS soundtrack at least seven or eight times (yes, I've been in the car a LOT this weekend!) I thought I'd post a few comments.

First of all, the soundtrack says all music (at least on the CD) is composed by John Williams.  Adapted and Conducted by William Ross.  I'm assuming a lot of what William Ross did was rearranging John Williams music from the first movie?  Perhaps?  Notably missing from the soundtrack was any "Quidditch" music.  What was done there?  Music written entirely by William Ross perhaps?

A few other comments:

I *loved* the Fawkes theme.  At first I thought it was so-so.  Then as it reappears in other music later on (such as in the "Dueling the Basilisk" section) it really stands out.  

I also loved the "Meeting Tom Riddle" music, the way it changed to the theme from SS/PS for Voldemort.  Perfect.

Gilderoy Lockhart's theme is perfect.  Brilliant.  Very Lockhart. I like how it's included in the Dueling scene music as well.

Spider music--very spidery.  

The Flying car music--parts of this were from the first movie (must be when they caught sight of Hogwarts), but some of it was new.  When I first heard it I said, must be the flying car.  Checked the case, and yep, I was right.

The Dueling the Basilisk music is good.  Really good.  Might be a bit loud at times, but it's very dramatic.

Well, I guess that's enough of that!

Richelle

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