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I grew up on Williams’ scores, but I feel that in the past 5-10 years he’s dropped off his game. The Phantom Menace was his last great score, IMO. The score for Indiana Jones IV was particularly bad. The other day I watched HP1 and was amazed how heavy-handed the music is, but that’s also a function of Chris Columbus’ directing.

While the individual pieces of Hooper’s score for Phoenix (haven’t seen HBP yet) are good, my problem with his work is the lack of thematic coherence. Other than Umbridge, nobody gets anything resembling a real theme, and even hers only appears twice. The music doesn’t seem to have any connection to the characters. Williams also started doing this in later years, he wrote music more for scenes – the music for PoA is incredible, but it still feels mostly like a bunch of disconnected pieces rather than a whole.

That’s why I like Doyle’s score for Goblet of Fire best. The themes he wrote for Harry and Voldemort were magnificent, and the whole score used leitmotif that resounded and gave the thing a feeling of completeness. The way he played the H and V themes against each other in ‘Voldemort’ is brilliant, and my favorite piece of music in the whole series. Whoever composes the last films, I’d like to see a return of those themes to the series.

Although, with 3 different composers (4 if you count William Ross) having worked on the series already, lack of continuity is something we’re just going to have to live with.

JOHN WILLIAMS FTW.

Oh man, i hope this works out! As much as I loved Patrick Doyle’s and Nicholas Hooper’s scores, the classic Harry Potter themes that John Williams created need to be brought back and reworked for Deathly Hallows. He has such a talent for creating these epic pieces of music that really tell a story so it would be a fitting for him to come back and end the series in a grand, epic way.

I’m sure if John Williams will comeback for the Final HP films, We will hear
another unforgettable kind of Music Score… same as Hedwig’s Theme and themes for other movies such E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s Lists, SuperMan theme, StarWars and many more. Each of these movies, we all know that haven’t the same melody, hymn or tune,, They all different but created from the same person.

JW comeback is a great honor and achievement to the Harry Potter series.

I really hope this works out. I love all of the soundtracks; however, John Williams’ have a certain continutity and flow that are unmatched. Not only would it be fabulous to bookend the series with the same composer, but it would also be a nice tribute to Hedwig to have her theme appear once more.

Hooper also does a good job evoking an overall feeling.

Doyle’s I can picture each piece of the movie that corresponds to the music.

Oh, i forgot to mention John Williams great compositions for the Harry Potter films, from the opening scene until the flight of the Firebolt. All was indeed Great!
Since When i first watched the HP5, i wish even on my dreams that John Williams will be back.

Especially for the Deathly Hallows, that we all know is having the saddest and most intense scenes in the whole series,

Everytime i hear the Schindler’s List theme for example, i really felt the sadness, the persecution and pain on which the movie is all about.

I wish John Williams will comeback to create another theme, just like what he did for the other Unforgettable Great movies like Schindler’s List.

really want John Williams to come back for DH; if not him, then Patrick Doyle (loved his GoF), but definitely NOT Hooper. His work is bland and for the most part boring. Williams would do a wonderful job for such a sweeping, dramatic, and emotional final 2 films.

I get really tired of “John Williams’ music all sounds the same!” No, it doesn’t. His ACTION music sounds very similar, true, but you cannot honestly argue that a track like “Secrets of the Castle” or “Saving Buckbeak” sounds anything like Star Wars or Indiana Jones. No way.

These arguments come from people who only recognize scores in passing, I’m guessing. I listen to scores from all sorts of movies all the time, and you can definitely hear Williams switch styles from film to film, though of course there are films in which he is just recycling old material. The first to HP films are nothing new from him, but PoA is one of his best.

The argument that “the best scores are the ones you don’t notice” is so stupid. How can you like something if you don’t even remember it? You’re SUPPOSED to notice the music….

…“the first TWO films”, I meant to say.

Ooooh, fingers crossed!

As classic and distinctive as Hedwig’s Theme is I prefer the soundtrack of Order of the Phoenix to that of the early films.

hooper has clearly improved for hbp, but how can you say no to john williams? he’s the best.

Hooper doesn’t know how to fill out an orchestra. Much like Michael Giacchino, his supposed-to-be “epic” sounds are never as full as they should be.

Am I the only one that noticed Heyman said DH: Part Two? Hooper already signed for part one? Or someone else.

Personally, I like Hooper’s scores better. I love the SS and CoS scores, PoA has its moments, but I think Williams’ stuff all starts to sound the same after a while. the HBP score is absolutely brilliant. Much, much better than OOTP’s.