Posts tagged film score

Mr. Fox in the Fields 
Alexandre Desplat 
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 

Happy birthday, Mr. Dahl.

Double Trouble
John Williams
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing.

Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn and cauldron bubble
Double, double, toil and trouble
Something wicked this way comes.

Along with Alfonso Cuarón’s clever direction and Stuart Craig’s arresting production design, part of what made the third Harry Potter film not just a good Harry Potter film but a good film, period, was John Williams’s refreshingly mischievous score, a soundtrack that was quite removed from his previous efforts in the franchise. Double Trouble, a reworking of a famous spell cast by the Weird Sisters in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, instantly became one of my favorite tracks in the entire Harry Potter film series of scores. The playful music coupled with the children’s choral singing was unexpectedly unforgettable. No wonder it ended up being the leitmotif for the soundtrack and hence one of the great composer’s most brilliant, if unfamiliar, accomplishments.

A Window To The Past by John Williams
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Yet another proof to the Maestro’s musical mastery, this beautiful (there’s just no other word to describe it) recorder solo piece is my absolute favorite track from the entire Harry Potter series.

Also, current mood.