The score was performed by the London Session Orchestra at Air Lyndhurst Studios and Abbey Road Studios in London with orchestrations provided by Williams, Alexander Courage, Conrad Pope, John Neufeld, Eddie Karam, Pete Anthony, Benjamin Wallfisch and Larry Rench. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 48 and also charted at No. 2 on the Top Soundtracks Chart.[3] In UK, the album charted at number 19. In 2018, the soundtrack was released by La-La-Land Records as a 3-Disc CD set encompassing the complete score of the film as part of a limited edition box set featuring the scores for the first three Harry Potter films.
Compositionedit
Hedwig's Themeedit
"Hedwig's Theme"
A selection from the iconic "Hedwig's Theme" from the Harry Potter films
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"Hedwig's Theme" is the leitmotif for the film series.[4] Often labelled as the series's main theme, it first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the track "Prologue". A concert arrangement of the same name is included in the end credits. "Hedwig's Theme" has been interpolated in the fourth through eighth Harry Potter film scores, including in those by Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, and Alexandre Desplat and the spin-off Fantastic Beasts scores by James Newton Howard. It also appears in the scores to the last four Harry Potter video games, all composed by James Hannigan. "Hedwig's Theme" has achieved significant pop culture status, being featured as ring tones, trailer music, and other forms of multimedia.
Track listingedit
Original releaseedit
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Prologue"
2:12
2.
"Harry's Wondrous World"
5:21
3.
"The Arrival of Baby Harry"
4:25
4.
"Visit to the Zoo and Letters from Hogwarts"
3:23
5.
"Diagon Alley and the Gringotts Vault"
4:06
6.
"Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters and the Journey to Hogwarts"
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