PoA music...not that we have a choice.

[Jim Ferer]

Scott:"Am I the only one who simply can't hear a John Williams's score 
alongside the pictures of PoA that were all excitedly viewing. Don't 
get me wrong, I enjoy Williams's music-- I do, but to quote our 
 beloved potions master (and to direct that quote toward John 
Williams) "you have no subtlety...." Argh!...

...Speaking of "A Little Princess" and the magical realism genre,
which I did earlier, I really liked the use of choral music in that film."

Me, either.  Williams scores are always grandiose and borrow heavily
from that sort of work. (Holst's "The Planets," for instance). 

I had two ideas for scores when making the movies started, one, I
thought, a natural, and another different: first, Patrick Doyle, who
happens to have scored _A Little Princess_ and is best known for
scoring Kenneth Branagh's movies. (check out the choral work in Henry
V) One of his trademarks there is that he always appears  onscreen as
a singer.

The second choice would be Jo Hisaishi, who composes for the Hayao
Miyazaki films.  Check out his work in Princess Mononoke, Spirited
Away, or Kiki's Delivery Service.  Excellent.

Jim Ferer