Harry Potter Music

Composer John Williams handled the music for the first 3 Harry Potter films . I looked him up on wikipedia and found this: John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in history, including those for Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and Harry Potter. In addition, he has composed... Read Full Story

This is a review of the motion picture score for Nim’s Island by Patrick Doyle. Adventure movies have so far been a hit and miss affair for Patrick Doyle. I didn’t care for his Eragon score too much, but I really enjoyed his Harry Potter score The Goblet of Fire. This time, it’s perhaps meant for a younger audience, but it’s still an adventure movie. Patrick Doyle, who is Scottish by the way, is a relatively new composer who scored for his first movie in 1989. This is the track list of... Read Full Story

Doyle Posted by: Edward April 03, 2009, 09:20 PM Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film composer Patrick Doyle has given an interview to InTheNews.co.uk in which he briefly discusses his work on the fourth Harry Potter film.  Sitting down to talk about the upcoming concert highlighting the many film scores performed by the London Symphony Orchestra , which will feature the "Harry In Winter" song, Mr. Doyle relates his involvement in scoring the fourth film.  Quoteage... Read Full Story

GoFFilm Posted by: Sue February 11, 2009, 09:09 AM Last week we told you acclaimed Scottish composer Patrick Doyle ( Henry V , Gosford Park ) would be here in the US to hold a special screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at Syracuse University in New York.  The Daily Orange has a report online of the event, where Patrick Doyle discussed his score for GoF, working with director Mike Newell, and becoming part of the Harry Potter world. The piece notes that Mr... Read Full Story

GoFFilm Posted by: Sue February 08, 2009, 09:47 AM Acclaimed Scottish film composer Patrick Doyle will be hosting a special screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire here in the US at Syracuse University in New York. According to the University, this free event will take place this week on Tuesday, February 10th, and will be followed by a question and answer session with the composer who wrote the score for the fourth Harry Potter film. Doors open at 3:45pm, with the... Read Full Story

I looked him up on Wikipedia, and found this: Patrick Doyle (born April 6, 1953, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire) is an Academy Award nominated Scottish musician and film score composer. His collaboration with Kenneth Branagh and the Shakespearean community is well known, but his scoring talents are versatile, and he has composed orchestral scores for a variety of films and film genres, from Disney's Shipwrecked to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In the latter half of the 1990s, he utilised a... Read Full Story

So Harry and the Potters are pretty much the best band in the entire world. I am so excited to be able to see them again in a few weeks. Seeing Harry and the Potters live is something that is comparable to going to a phycodelic rave and happening to bump into your favorite movie star, who then proceeds to rock out rave style with you. Basically, it is like a big source of noise and happiness and intensity that makes you want to scream out songs about Harry potter with out worrying about if... Read Full Story

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