Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (soundtrack)
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| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | |||||
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| Film score by John Williams | |||||
| Released | November 12, 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Soundtrack | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
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The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets original motion picture soundtrack was released on November 12, 2002. The film's scores were composed by John Williams. Because of scheduling commitments Williams was concerned he would not be able to deliver the complete score.[citation needed] He therefore asked composer William Ross to finish the score, if need be, adapting Williams' themes. Ultimately Williams composed most (if not all) of the score, though Ross conducted the scoring session and retained "adaptation" credit. The music was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. From what can be heard in the soundtrack, there are five new themes: one representing Gilderoy Lockhart, one representing the Chamber of Secrets, one representing Moaning Myrtle, one representing Fawkes the phoenix, and one representing the spiders. John Williams did compose and conduct the scores for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber's sequel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Upon its release, the soundtrack was available in one of five different collectible covers. Each cover featured a different character or characters packaged above the main cover featuring Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
[edit] Track listing
- 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 Duelling 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 Wonderous World
[edit] Trivia
-There is an uncanny resemblance between the music played at one point in "The Duelling Club", when Harry speaks to the snake, to the first minute of "Eye to Eye" from the Jurassic Park soundtrack, also composed by John Williams.
-The melody heard in the tracks "Gilderoy Lockhart" and "The Dueling Club" is nearly identical to the one heard in the track "No Ticket" from Williams' score for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
-The melody heard during the scene in which Harry is being chased by the rogue Bludger is nearly identical to "Zam the Assassin and the Chase Through Coruscant" seen in the Star Wars Attack of the Clones soundtrack
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