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I too have abandoned those SD tapes a while ago, but rewatching these hilariously choreographed scenes is still a ton of fun. Sometimes, the sloppier the better (I guess): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aS0ULf3nQ_ZmyKk9OweOp9dyhHn8Y6Dd/view?usp=sharing

That's great! One of my favorites was actually The Greenhouse Effect, but I obviously also went for the classic action-packed cues: shaky handheld miniDV camcorder, night-vision, guns and punches... those were the days. It doesn't get more 2004 than this.

Such a dense and magical hour of music. I love how disc 1 ends with the Quidditch Match, and disc 2 opens with the Christmas cues. That way, you can really embrace the festivities taking a break while changing CDs

Can't wait for this release! Used a lot of tracks from the OST in the silly home-made action/thriller movies I used to shoot with my friends back in the early 2000s. The weird time signature of the motif in the Creating the Red Balls cue gets me everytime: what is it, a 3/4 and a 11/8 bar? A long 20/8 bar? I have no idea, but it's great stuff.

Okay, so that wasn't just my blurred memory of the OST! It really is weird: they cut almost every statement of a theme named like the movie itself. I'm trying to imagine what would become of other soundtracks if they kept the main theme out of the tracklist. POA without the Double Trouble motif would probably just be Hedwig's Theme

I'm not 100% sure about this, but I remember when I first listened to the recording sessions and was surprised to hear how many times the COS theme appeared.

I remember buying the COS OST in 2002, a few days before watching the movie. I immediately fell in love with the Chamber theme, and I was so disappointed when I couldn't find it anywhere else in the soundtrack. It's such a great piece of music: I've always imagined it to be Hedwig's Theme's evil twin

COS actually grew on me quite a lot! Especially after listening to the expanded LLL master: a lot of iterations of the Chamber theme were missing from the OST. It's a really enjoyable score, and it made me wish the POA soundtrack (which I love) had more old themes intertwined with the new ones.

Kylo's horn motif is actually similar to Morricone's opening theme for Hateful 8!

Wait, nobody's making William Ross jokes anymore? Those were all the rage last year. By the way, I was watching Shyamalan's The Happening and this happened:

One of my favorites! Those opening chords do something to me. I’m not sure what to call it, but it’s something good. It is!

Whoa can’t believe how much time has passed since the last time I logged in here! Waiting for this boxset has been a hell of a ride... and yeah, the fact almost every HP fan I know is still unaware this set exists, or doesn’t consider it a big deal honestly baffles me. Anyway, how are things here in JWFan? The funny thing is, I still haven’t put any disc in my CD player yet. But as soon as I put my hands on the FLAC files while I was still waiting for my package to arrive, I immediately created three continuous and chronological mixes of each HP soundtrack for me to listen to while I go out for a walk. HP3 was the hardest to put together because of all the alternates and overlapping source music, but I like how it turned up. I almost never listen to the separate tracks in the albums. I got married this June and went to Scotland afterwards with my wife. I must say, driving 900 miles through Scotland with the HP boxset blasting from the rental car speakers made our trip even more magical. When we stumbled upon the place where they shot the Hagrid Hut scenes in HP3, I was freaking out. It was perfect!

I absolutely love the whole set, and I can see why they thought HP3 could benefit from a non chronological presentation: when compared to the first two, it really has a lot of short disconnected cues with different styles. I’m starting to get used to a lot of weird track combos, but in the last few days I also tried creating a continuous mix for HP3: I’m not finished yet, but it works really fine so far. I’m trying to include source music (after all HP1 has Cast a Christmas Spell) to make it as chronologically accurate as possible (the Hogsmeade part is quite hard to recreate, though: a lot of source music is overlapped), while also combining alternates in the main presentation. So it’s not really chronological but it feels chronological and it flows quite well: I must say I’m surprised, and now it feels a little bit weird to hear the LLL presentation. I’m not a fan of gaps between tracks, too, so this mix I’m creating is perfect (I’ll probably listen to it during my long strolls in the countryside!) I’m also putting some “repetitive” tracks (the shawm cue I recreated, the Waltz and Firebolt alternate, the teaser) in a last assembly after the end credits (the teaser is a perfect ending). I’ll share the tracklist when I’m done if you want! After all, this is an archival collection, so I guess it’s cool to try and morph it the way we like. Anyway, I decided to keep Something Wicked Intro separate from Double Trouble (didn’t want to repeat DT thrice with the teaser) and it works fine as a simole introduction immediately followed by DT. And Dumbledore’s Warning is perfect after Double Trouble!

Black Friday 2021: Harry Potter John Williams Collection — Definitive Shawm Edition

Nope, they didn't, I was surprised. But the sound engineer messed something up: the audio track in the background has all dialogue and sfx, and since the movie was in Italian, the Italian Double Trouble was there, but they forgot to mute the track when the choir started singing, so the first bar had the italian version roaring from the speakers, then they lowered the volume and for a few bars you could hear both versions mixed together, then they realized they had to mute everything (duh), so the refrain and the "something wicked this way comes" part were in english. No frogs, though, 'cause the audio track was muted — then they cranked the volume up right after the "comes", and you could hear the reverberated last italian word of the song. It was the only major issue, but it wasn't the orchestra's fault – they nailed Double Trouble in the end credits. The rest of the performance was pretty good: the percussionists were a little bit lazy, 'cause I couldn't hear them that much, but I was pretty far from the stage so perhaps it wasn't their fault. Apart from this, there was probably just only one glitch in the whole concert (the Sirius Theme statement during Quidditch felt a tad bit off tempo): the orchestra worked really hard, they were perfectly in sync and I was actually surprised by the fact the audience didn't cheer randomly everytime a character appeared; they applauded in the right spots and it was actually cool 'cause it was clear they were praising the orchestra at the end of the most complex and beautiful cues. Too bad they applauded after the Expecto Patronum scene: couldn't hear the Rescue of Sirius cue right after, and they clapped again when Buckbeak took off and left the Tower, before the cue ended. First time I've heard an Italian crowd applaud before something lands.

Went to see PoA live yesterday: as I said in the LTP thread, apart from a few minor glitches it was an incredible experience. Anyway, I probably was the only one feeling sad during the Discussing Black scene. We miss you, 30" shawm cue ❤️ (sorry for the vertical video — ugh — and the Italian dubbing) IMG_9144.mp4 By the way, I also snatched a certain tambourine/Cadogan cue IMG_9145_TRIM.mp4

Went to se PoA live yesterday. Apart from a few minor issues, it was genuinely jaw-dropping to hear (and see!) the orchestra play this tremendous score.

I don’t think the Time Past/Saving Buckbeak thing is a glitch. The tempo slows down right before the bat closing, and it would connect the two parts perfectly, if it wasn’t for the clock ticking that ends abruptly without slowing down. That’s why the edit before the bat cue seems sloppy, I think. By the way, I finally went to see PoA live to projection today: it was a great experience! I even made a couple of videos of a certain shawm cue and tambourine thingy 😉

glad it finally arrived! Enjoy it It’s an incredible release

Minority Report has a killer score. The opening theme in 9/8 + 11/8 (I think) gives me chills every time. I also love the (extended) greenhouse cue, with that ominous Potter-y harpsicord (again, I think).

Thanks, I definitely need to check those again... I remember listening to both and saying “wait, something is missing”, but it could also mean something new was added! Another question (sorry if it was already discussed): is the opening for The Daily Prophet slowed down? Or was it sped up in the movie and in the sessions? Was the sessions cue a different take? It sure is extended in the boxset!

I think they’re just cut, there’s no clean ending. Hagrid’s flute has a sloppy ending mid-Hedwig’s Theme, while on the boxset it ends right before. The Leaky Cauldron cue fades out before the sloppy ending.

Maybe someone else already said it, but I noticed in the sessions the source music for the Leaky Cauldron and Hagrid's Flute both had the messed up ending, while in this LLL release the ending is clean/cut/faded out.

Miss my 160Gb iPod Classic so much Started making weird noises, lost all my music. Didn't lose my nerve: I put all the music I had back in it, starting from scratch. Lost it again. Both the music and my nerve. Smashed the fucker on my windowsill. 2012 was a dark year for me. Still a great device, though. Now I have a 128 Gb (used) iPhone, but it's not the same thing. Nah, it's okay.

Agreed, crumbs! Can't wait to hear your thoughts about Azkaban! Enjoy it