Skelly
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Skelly got a reaction from Once in John Williams Influence in Video Game Scores (Harry Potter, Star Wars etc.)
Although Jeremy Soule gave the scores for the Harry Potter video games their own identity (as opposed to copying Williams's style), there was one (unused) cue in the first game that sounds strikingly similar to Hedwig's Theme.
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Skelly got a reaction from DarthDementous in John Williams Influence in Video Game Scores (Harry Potter, Star Wars etc.)
Although Jeremy Soule gave the scores for the Harry Potter video games their own identity (as opposed to copying Williams's style), there was one (unused) cue in the first game that sounds strikingly similar to Hedwig's Theme.
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Skelly reacted to Jay in The Official La-La Land Records Thread
Yes.
http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/20442-official-danny-elfman-thread/&do=findComment&comment=1207048
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Skelly reacted to Florian in The Complete Cue Lists Thread
On a side note, nothing beats Baldrick in a posing pouch, Skelly
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Skelly got a reaction from Florian in The Complete Cue Lists Thread
It's pretty much a joke.
I think.
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Skelly got a reaction from Once in Potterdom Film/Score Series Thread
Fun fact - the wizard in the Leaky Cauldron in Prisoner of Azkaban is doing just that.
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Skelly got a reaction from Bilbo in Potterdom Film/Score Series Thread
Yes! Apparently he and Cuaron are friends.
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Skelly got a reaction from Will in Potterdom Film/Score Series Thread
I hear the book is no better than tween fan-fiction, but nevertheless I would totally see a "reunion" movie with Radcliffe, Grint, Watson, etc. based on Cursed Child.
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Skelly got a reaction from Pieter Boelen in Identifying CoS tracked cues
Completely agree. The first four films were very good at surprising the audience with all sorts of little ways that magic works in the wizarding world.
With Yates, it all felt so cut-and-dry. In terms of magic, there was almost nothing we hadn't seen before.
DH part 1 is just awful. "Doom and gloom" is a theme there and I wouldn't mind it so much if the film weren't hitting you over the head with it with the low brightness level. There's so little magic in it, too. Heck, here's how they advertised the film!
At that point of course, everyone knew what Harry Potter was, but without the text there's no pinning down what type of film it is. Nothing that indicates adventure or fantasy at all.
The editing for almost all the later films is pretty atrocious too.
Yes, subtlety is hardly a talent of Chris Columbus's.
Personally I think the re-use of so many themes helped make the two films feel cohesive. Since the film series explored several different styles in its ten years, sometimes going from one film to the next is a jarring experience because it's so different from what you saw last time. It makes it easier for me appreciate the various forms of repetition in Chamber of Secrets, musical and otherwise.