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Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Condition: New
Format: CD
EAN: 0075679308627
Edition: Album
Genre: Soundtracks
Style: Original Score
Release Date: 26/10/2001
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
CD 1 features John Williams's music from and inspired by the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. CD 2 is a special CD-ROM comprising: Electronic Arts Harry Potter video game preview; LEGO video game preview; English-language film trailer; Harry Potter Poster Gallery (three film posters which can be printed out in colour); Wallpaper (image of Harry and Hagrid).

AMAZON
You needn't see the film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to appreciate the wonder, magic and fearful chills of JK Rowling's phenomenal bestseller in John Williams' outstanding score. Williams typically avoids the source material for the films he scores, but he reportedly derived great pleasure and inspiration from Rowling's first Harry Potter adventure, and created a perfect motif (fully expressed in "Hedwig's Theme") to dominate his score, first heard as a dreamy celeste waltz and embellished through myriad incarnations and moods, often with a sinister edge befitting the darker tones of Chris Columbus' direction. Fantastical allusions to Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky are evident (among others), while Williams' epic track is "Quidditch Match", a breathtaking frenzy to accompany the film's dazzling highlight. And while Williams occasionally flirts with self-plagiarism (with inevitable variants of his Hook and Star Wars themes), this is nevertheless a richly regal score that brilliantly evokes the mystery and magic of Harry Potter's world. --Jeff Shannon
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
No Of Discs: 2
Artist: John Williams (Composer)
Record Label: Atlantic
Composer: John Williams
MPN: 075679308627
Release Year: 2001

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