It’s funny that nobody has even mentioned Patrick Doyle’s score from GoF! Personally I think the scores for movies 4 and 5 were both well done musically, but just lacked that John Williams flair, and as they didn’t have the same continuity in style as the first 3, they made those 2 movies, in some respect, lose that whole “Harry Potter” feel we got used to in the first films. That being said, John Williams is not only my favorite film composer, but one of my favorite all time composers in general, so I would be esctatic if he returned for the seventh film(s)!

@jazzoboe, I loved the GOF score and keep it on the rotation of discs in my car all the time! That said, I would love to see John Williams do this score — it was simply meant to be (I saw the prophecy in the Department of Mysteries…heh heh). Hooper did a competent job on OOP, and I am eager to hear more of what he has done for HBP… but JOHN WILLIAMS PLEASE!!!

omg if john williams comes back for the last films, i’ll scream of joy! he’s AMAZING! especially in the prisoner of azkaban. WOW! that music is the best!!! i remember asking my dad if he had any music by john williams, cause i absolutely loved what i’d already heard! this would be sooo cool!

i hate to admit it, but i guess john williams actually can write decent music. it’s just that all of his scores sound very similar; i feel that it made the films stronger, having different composers… and i personally love doyle’s goblet of fire score… i think it was perfect for that film. (i also think that was the best film, though, so i’m biased.) i have no idea why i’m commenting on an internet story all of a sudden.

Bringing John Williams back will be David Heyman’s only potential serious mistake throughout the series (other than Dobby’s non reappearance etc). Williams’ scores are heavy-handed Hollywood at its worst, you feel as though you are being clubbed over the head by the soundtrack and it takes away from the acting, production design, and plot. His use of horns and drums is crude and intrusive, and he is utterly devoid of nuance and sophistication. Hedwig’s theme is brilliant but it is a diamond in the rough. Please, please, please, David Heyman, leave well alone. Hooper is infinitely more sophisticated and nuanced he allows the scenes to breathe, and his use of instrumentation is infinitely better, more imaginative, modern, and wider than Williams’s. And he gets on brilliantly with Yates. Why ruin a perfect fit? Bringing back Williams will also be a needless expense. And he will ruin the King’s Cross scene, which requires the kind of subtlety and sophistication shown by Hooper at the end of HBP, not a bludger-like Williams Hollywoodesque assault.
Don’t ruin DH. Please think again. We want HP not ET.

YES! i want John back sooooooooooo bad. Bring Williams back!

I really hope they do bring back John Williams. Personally I didnt like the GoF score at all (although I really like a lot of Patrick Doyle’s scores, some of them like Nanny McPhee are so magical but, I felt the magic just wasnt there in GoF) and I wasnt overly keen on OoTP’s score. I love what John Williams does, I was a fan of his music even before HP which is kind of weird in a way, the Jurassic Park score was the first soundtrack album I ever bought. So, I would disagree that John Williams cant do subtle, in my opinion he can be understating in his music to counterpoint a big dramatic scene. Just my two knuts …
But yeah I would so love for John Williams to come back, it would feel right (to me) to have him score the first and the last HP movies … surely he can clear his schedule for HP?

I’m kind of torn. While I love the John William’s scores, and thinks that he could do really well with these darker movies, I do really love Nicholas Hooper’s scores.
Hooper’s work has been really great, and I remember when I first heard “Room of Requirement” my heart just swelled with happiness, because it was so hopeful.
I guess we’ll have to see.

John Williams is THE ONLY man for this job!

We need music that will live on for DH Part 2 at least, just as it did after PS/SS, beautifully transporting the audience into a magical world. We need John Williams to give us a rousing “triumph over evil” at the end of the film to send us out of the cinema smiling through our tears.

Awesome. I hope John Williams really does come back.

I think it would be nice to have John williams back. He created Hedwig’s Theme and it would add another layer to the last HP movie

PLASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
bring him back.
if he does.
i think i will…
make WB brownies.

PLASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
bring him back.
if he does.
i think i will…
make WB brownies.

I believe nothing – absolutely nothing, with the potential exception of the publication of another book in the Harry Potter saga- could bring as much joy to the fans as seeing John Williams contribute his fantastic talents to the closing acts of this franchise. I hope he does return!