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I forgot to mention! Spoiler Alert for anyone who hasn't been on the Gringott's ride and wants the plot to remain a surprise.

This gives me a little more hope that he could score Fantastic Beasts. I know this is completely separate from the film, but at least we know they have not forgotten about him. This would be the perfect chance to announce he is returning. For anyone who has been to the Wizarding World in Orlando, it is obvious they think William's score is superior, for most of the background music is from his scores. I only remember hearing a couple from Hooper and Doyle and only heard Desplat's Lilly's theme. Even on the Gringotts ride, they used "The Whomping Willow" from Prisoner of Azkaban instead of Desplat's "Gringotts/The tunnel" cue.

So, neither of the two projects Yates worked on since HP were by Nicholas Hooper, so I think it is safe to rule him out, given they were frequent collaborators before HP. He is currently working on Legend of Tarzan with Mario Grigorov. Is anyone here familiar with his work?

Check this article out http://moviepilot.com/posts/3772083 It seems like this author just listed a bunch of random composers... And I really hate comments like this "Reznor and Ross consistently push the boundaries of a "typical" film score, choosing to break the mold rather than conform." Why is it such a crime nowadays to a have a traditional, orchestral film score. Does the author of that article really think a score like the one in Gone Girl fits in the Wizarding World. I feel like this is why film scores have become weaker over the years, people just want things that are "different" even if it is not very good.

I think the producer, David Heyman did care about the score. He was the one that tried to bring John Williams back but Yates wasn't flexible with his schedule. This is a quote from him "The question is will John Williams come back? I’m a huge fan of John Williams he did three of the scores and I think he is amazing. He came up with some of the themes that have carried on. We have talked to John Williams and a lot of it will depend on his schedule for [Harry Potter] seven part two. If we can make work , and that’s a big if, for his schedule and ours then yes." I wonder if they even asked John Williams this time around. I think he would do it, if asked, and if it fits his schedule, even though he is technically retired. I went to a concert with John Williams conducting and before the Harry Potter suite, the way he talked about J.K. Rowling's work, he really seemed to respect and care for the world she created.

Do you think that was John Williams or Alfonso Cuaron's decision? Cuaron may have requested something completely different, seeing how he wanted his film to be unique and different from the first two or John Williams may have decided that the old music did not fit after seeing the drastic style change of the movie. Also, is there any chance he is coming back to score Fantastic Beasts? It's driving me crazy how they still have not announced the composer. How far in advance are composers typically announced for films, especially for big blockbusters? Could it be that they are trying to negotiate someone big like John Williams, which is why it is still such a secret? I feel like if if was Desplat or Hooper, they would have already announced it.

I thought he had used the family theme in Prisoner of Azkaban when they show his parents photo, towards the beginning. Just checked it's window to the past. I guess I was thinking of chamber of secrets.