Potter fans may not have a Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts panel to look forward to this year, but that doesn’t mean they won’t have the chance to celebrate the best fandom of them all (if we do say so ourselves). According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Hilton Bayfront Starbucks has been transfigured into a complete …read more!

From tomorrow, as part of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will come to the Hollywood Bowl in concert, as Los Angeles Philharmonic (conducted by Justin Freer) perform every note from John Williams’ score whilst the movie is projected on the big screen.   The LA leg of the …read more!

In an update on Leaky’s previous coverage of James Newton Howard’s award and performance at the Karlovy Film Festival (at which he is to be honored with a Crystal Globe for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema), we’re now aware that tracks from the next Fantastic Beasts movie were performed in the opening ceremony. The festival runs until July …read more!

Today marks twenty (yup, 20) years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published. It’s difficult to put into words appreciation for a series which has given all of us so much, or to thank all the people involved in bringing it to us in so many different forms, and before we show you all …read more!

In 2008, Julie Walters starred as Rosie in the hit musical Mamma Mia!, a tale of long-time friends reuniting for a weekend wedding in the Mediterranean–with a few surprises. Rosie joined Tanya (Christina Baranski) and mother-of-the-bride Donna (Meryl Streep) at her Greek hotel where they reminisce about the “old days” and talk about daughter Sophie’s …read more!

Universal Studios Hollywood has designed an immersive light show using 3D projection mapping that will envelop Hogwarts castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this summer. Guests at the park will be drawn in by a new arrangement of themes from the Potter films composed by John Williams himself, piped in through a 27.5 surround-sound system. The park’s …read more!

Earlier today, the Harry Potter Film Twitter directed us to the Fantastic Beasts Youtube channel to  watch the ‘fantastic’ composer of Fantastic Beasts throw out a few bars from the soundtrack of the film. He will perform with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Karlovy Film Festival on 30th June 2017. He will be honoured with a well deserved …read more!

A celebration of legendary, five time Academy Award winning composer John Williams is set to occur this July as part of BBC Proms, to celebrate Williams’s 85th birthday. Unfortunately, Williams himself will not be in attendance due to no longer being able to fly long-haul. His scores for Star Wars, Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, …read more!

Before Alison Sudol became known for portraying Queenie Goldstein in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, she was already well established in the performing arts, putting out music under the name A Fine Frenzy. Her songs have long highlighted her close personal connection to the natural world, so it seems fitting that she not only …read more!

Admit it: You always wondered what the Harry Potter theme music would sound like as a fugue.  So did composer Alexander Wollheim.  Luckily for the rest of us, he was bored on a long flight and used the time to rework various Harry Potter motifs into a fugue. Wollheim posted a video of Hedwig’s Fugue (kidding—that’s …read more!