Music in the movies

[Mhochberg at aol.com]

Maria Holub sopraniste at yahoo.com writes:
there were a couple of places  where I really missed the themes that John 
Williams had already established with  specific significances.

The most notable example was the Priori  Incantatem scene, when the wands 
linked and the book says that Harry recognised  the sound of Phoenix Song. 
Considering what was already going on in the score,  it could have SO EASILY morphed 
into the Fawkes the Phoenix Theme (one of my  personal favourites from 
Chamber) with the crashing brass and percussion! I kept  WAITING for it, and it 
never happened! Did this bother anyone else?

I  write back:
I missed it. The Fawkes' theme is reason that I bought the second  
soundtrack. On the whole, though, I liked the GOF soundtrack. 
 
While I am a fan of John William's work, I sometimes find it repetitive or  
even disconcerting. The most glaring example is in "Raiders of the  Ark." 
During the scene where Indy is grieving over the supposed death of  Miriam, the 
music changes to a sequence right out of Star Wars. I was shocked  right out of 
the movie and back into my seat.

---Mary
There's no thief  like a bad book. --Italian Proverb