TSMefford

No, but the quote was: "From what I can gather on the FSM boards, they didn't necessarily have stock of the releases that were due to start shipping yesterday." So HP was never implied to start shipping yesterday.

That was me that said that actually.

There were other sets that were going to ship on the 3rd.

Exactly.

Damn. 😮

I think there could've been moments appropriate for the full theme to return, but they don't even bring back the full Hedwig's Theme most of the time in the series. So who's to say couldn't have used partials of Fawkes theme?

People think a lot of things these days.

Didn't realize there were people who really don't think this theme fit, much less could not have been adapted and cleverly shifted throughout the series.

I mean I think that is part of the role of a composer. And the good ones do tell the story with their music I think. That’s what makes it interesting to listen to outside the film as well (besides just being awesome music). I think a great score grows and develops along with the characters and the story (in the same way other aspects of a film do) This is typically what I try to do when I occasionally score. I want the music to accompany and grow with the story of course. By doing so, and creating a cohesive score, the music tells the story as well. And many times more than what we can see or hear in the picture and sound design. This is why I find it really hard to connect with scores nowadays that don’t rely on themes. Themes and motifs are like characters to me. If you don’t have good ones...or any at all, then you can’t hope to tell as good of a story. That’s my opinion at least.

Wow. Totally 100% disagree on Fawkes’s theme.

Oh im sure it absolutely is.

I'd love to live in an alternate Universe where Williams got to write and develop his themes across all 8 films. There are so many great key moments that would've been extremely powerful bringing back his themes. Can you imagine what things like Half-Blood Prince (with the exploration of Voldemort and Dumbledore's Death) would've sounded like. Not to mention Deathly Hallows (bring back Window to the Past during Godric's Hollow and again at the end with the resurrection stone). I was watching the Snape's memory the other day and thinking how damn brilliant it would've been with a Williams score.

Lol. No problem. But seriously, avoid their version of The Knight Bus. It hurts.

@crumbs @crumbs @crumbs

Yup. Found it @crumbs. City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Enjoy! However, I recommend staying away from their version of The Knight Bus. Honestly all their re-recordings from PoA especially are all played much slower.

That would be very cool. I'd love to see something like that when you have the time Jay.

I was wondering that as well! I assume we'll find out

Sure. It's not necessary info to have by any means, but it's just interesting to look at once in awhile. I like gathering info and research about some of my favorite scores.

I suppose it would be fun to know which cues were recorded at Abbey Road vs the other location for PS for example.

No clue. Just cool to know things sometimes. I didn't realize that it was relatively easy to figure that out and now my curiosity is peaked. @Jay Once the set is out would you share the dates?

Huh. Wow. Cool. So could we theoretically just ask Mike about the dates for HP if we wanted to? Just for the hell of it.

Wow really? That is quite surprising.

@Jay Out of curiosity, not because I would ever want to do it (because seriously...why?), but is there even enough information available to do that? I'd think not.

I think Warner Brothers is not getting enough blame for this either. I'm sure in these days of franchises and cinematic universes they had a hand and this BS that is Crimes of Grindelwald. I will agree that Yates has a huge problem overusing the Priori Incantatem effect in his films. In the books you're lead to believe it's a rare occurrence, but it happens in almost every Yates Potter film. But Yates is hit or miss for me. I loathe Order of the Phoenix and Crimes of Grindelwald, but love Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Part 1, and Fantastic Beasts 1. I'm indifferent towards Deathly Hallows Part 2. I'd be curious to know what caused certain things behind the scenes to create the ones I love, vs the ones I don't.

Oh god. I just imagined someone making a playlist in the order of when each cue was recorded. Now wouldn't that be a mess?