Edmilson 7,436 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 The Quidditch scenes inspired some of the best action music Williams wrote in the 2000s. Which one is your favorite? And yeah, I know the cue for CoS is controversial for a lot of reasons, but... At least it contains a great performance of the HP1 Quidditch music and the Zam motif from AOTC by the LSO, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,525 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 all of them GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Woah. I went to vote and realized... I don't know my answer! All three are so great, in different ways.... I must ponder on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I voted 2, but it's really difficult. 1 is probably the more... well-rounded one with a clear opening and closing celebration, the middle being reserved for the match and danger material. But 2 is most definitely the best performed cue. 3, not a chance in hell it would ever win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Ah this one's easy - the first one. #2 has a great second half, but recycled, and together with the reused first half, really doesn't make the cut. #3... basically agree with bollemanneke. It's a nice cue, but up there with the greats? No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored 309 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 First movie easily for me. I enjoy the others, but Chamber of Secrets is just the first movie again with a little extra, and a little taken out so I don't exactly enjoy it more, and the third movie's music is good, but doesn't have the intricate and iconic thematic work of the previous two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Okay that's it, I'm changing my vote to 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 Let it be known I voted Azkaban. The Azkaban scene/cue has very different aims dramatically from the first two so the comparison is pretty irrelevant. MaxTheHouseelf, MrJosh and Once 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ragoz350 450 Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 It's hard for me to choose between the first year and the third year. The first one is a good blend of different themes, as well as a few "action ideas" well used throughout the long scene. The third is interesting as a not-so-usual example of a modern action cue by JW with an bright original theme (that "polyphony" at the beginning!). This theme could have made a great fugue! Also love the ending with underscoring of Harry's fall. Tough choice, voted for third! Once, Loert and crlbrg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 It's a hard choice as well. The first one is a classic, the second one has a great amalgam of Attack of the Clones and HP1 music, and the third is more dark and ominous. I think I'll vote for the second because no one voted for it yet it's better and more energic than the Zam music from Ep II. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I love the Azkaban one, but due to nostalgic magic and my supercharged enthusiasm for film music at the time HP1 came out, I had to vote for the 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,042 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Deeply difficult choice. I'll vote for the first one...but POA gives it quite a run for its money. Very different scene with very different score, but it's still the sort of thing you won't hear from any other contemporary film composers. It's got a very accessible groove to it, yet it features some pretty advanced writing. I could easily vote for that one without feeling guilty about it. It's fantastic. The COS Quidditch cues are highly derivative and highly enjoyable otherwise. Makes them hard to compare. bollemanneke and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovygoth666 663 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Azkaban, easy choice, PS is great but always felt a little retrained, CoS reuses too much from PS and AOTC, not in a bad way but nothing that's inspiring. PoA is everything that I'm looking for in an action cue, the fast pace, dark overtones, huge buildup and uneasy finish give me goosebumps everytime. I've only seen the PoA film once, but listened to the score several times and this one cue is easily my favourite. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 The scoring that leads up to and covers Harry swallowing the Snitch is classic John Williams in every way and pushes the first cue over for me. No one else would have scored it like that. MrJosh and bored 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,891 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Tough call, but I have to go for the first one. The presentation itself is probably my favorite, although there are some performances of the re-used pieces in CoS that I prefer. bored and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 They're all good for different reasons, 2 wasn't on the OST, right? 3 had the most energy out of all of them, but as for the whole package, 1 is still the best. That's the case with most things about the first three movies. The first doesn't have the highs as some of the later movies but is the best in that it's the most well rounded and less stupid stuff. bored 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demondm810 399 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I gave it to year 3, but that's a real tough call. Really good poll, @Edmilson And now I will promptly listen to all three of these. Edmilson and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Third year is pretty great but the first one is longer and more thematic and very entertaining. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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