I’d like to see Chris Columbus return as well—he found it hard to leave stuff out of the films, unlike others…

This would be incredible. While I like the other scores, they seem pale in comparison to the work the Williams has done. It would be a great way to wrap up the series.

Wow! I hope it’s true. He’s an amazing composer. (And it would be great if peter jackson or david yates could direct film 7…or mike newell. just not cuaron. and they’d better get a decent scriptwriter who doesn’t mangle up the book).

I’d be happy if Michael Goldman who wrote the script for Order of the Phoenix would write the last two scripts. The man is a freakn’ genius. If he didn’t put things into that movie he at least hinted – so if you knew the book you KNEW the thing Kreature was about to polish was the painting of Mrs Black and if you didn’t know the book, it was no big deal. I want Goldman to write the last two scripts so badly! And for Williams to do the last two soundtracks – that would be heaven!

While I recognize John Williams is brillant, he also has an annoying habit of ‘swelling’ the music so that it overshadows and drowns out the dialogue…he did it in Star Wars as well as the early HP films. Sorry, i like listening to the dialogue more than the music

Oh no!!!! I always felt Harry Potter came way down his list of important projects. One wonders if Speilberg comes up with a project that clashes with Harry, Harry will come a poor 2nd. Why is it that people who left the HP films seem to think they have a right to jump back on the band wagon when it’s in the final countdown!

Funny. I was just thinking ‘I wish John Williams would be back to score the last film!’

you’re right alice. Michael Goldman is a genius. The way he made hints at things pleased the fans and made it not long and boring for the non-fans. OotP was amzazing.

I hope this is true! John Williams writes the best music. I was sad to hear John Williams wasn’t writing the music after Azkaban, the first three still have the best music!

Yes, it would be great if Williams and Columbus returned for the last one. It would be worth it just for “The Battle of Hogwarts” scene. Can’t you just imagine!

Ooh, I hope so. I found much to like in Patrick Doyle’s and Nicholas Hooper’s work on films 4 and 5 (“Neville’s Waltz” and “The Quidditch World Cup” on GoF, “Dumbledore’s Army” and “The Ministry of Magic” on OotP), but for me they still never hit the heights of Williams, whose Prisoner of Azkaban score is one of the best of the last decade, and more than redeemed his somewhat OTT and sugary approach to the first two films…Deathly Hallows needs an epic, stirring and emotional score, and pieces like “Buckbeak’s Flight” and “A Window to the Past” convince me that John Williams is the only man to do it. Here’s hoping!

Columbus?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I’m sorry, I mean he was great when the stories were about little children, but his style’s WAY too saccharine/disney-like for Deathly Hallows! Williams however is a completely different story, would love to see him return for the final film, so I hope this rumor’s true! JWFan is a great source so I’m going to choose to believe it, for now ^^

Yes! Love John Williams! He has composed the best and most memorable movie scores!

While I would like to see Williams return as a composer for DH, I don’t want to see Columbus return as director; the first two he directed were enough and would like to see Yates return for DH.

the reason Columbus didn’t leave a lot out was because BOOKS 1 AND 2 WERE A LOT SHORTER! And with that said, it is very sad to see the Columbus couldn’t do more with those movies—- they were very pedestrian. I still like them, but the other movies are much better.