Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

[Neimoidian 13]

I am not a big fan of it. The themes are strong and I like them, but a lot of underscore seems out of balls (even The Quidditch Match) - good orchestrations, but really nothing more - like if Williams wrote it his coffee break. I prefer the sequel score - it retains some of the best parts of the previous one, drops the uninteresting bits and at the same time adds new material which is far better as far as I am concerned.

I give it 3,5.

[publicist 4,484]

I am not a big fan of it. The themes are strong and I like them, but a lot of underscore seems out of balls (even The Quidditch Match) - good orchestrations, but really nothing more - like if Williams wrote it his coffee break. I prefer the sequel score - it retains some of the best parts of the previous one, drops the uninteresting bits and at the same time adds new material which is far better as far as I am concerned.

I give it 3,5.

After listening to the 'Quidditch Match' on my mp3-cuelist yesterday, i finally eliminated it. It's uninvolving John Williams action music with some fanfares thrown in. It's not that guys like John Debney would write it better, but the tedious level for me is just the same as listening to one of those 'Ant Bully' kiddie scores.