SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 73 Min.
Released in 2001 by Nonesuch Records (via Warner Music Group Co.), the complete album is composed and conducted by John Williams, though the orchestra isn’t identified. The nineteen tracks are the following:
TRACK/TIME:
- Prologue 2:12
- Harry’s Wonderous World 5:21
- The Arrival of Baby Harry 4:25
- Visit to the Zoo / Letters from Hogwarts 3:22
- Diagon Alley / The Gringotts Vault 4:06
- Platform Nine-and-Three Quarters / The Journey to Hogwarts 3:14
- Entry into the Great Hall / The Banquet 3:42
- Mr. Longbottom Flies 3:35
- Hogwarts Forever! / The Moving Stairs 3:46
- The Norwegian Ridgeback / A Change of Season 2:47
- The Quidditch Match 8:28
- Christmas at Hogwarts 2:56
- The Invisibility Cloak / The Library 3:15
- Fluffy’s Harp 2:38
- In the Devil’s Snare /The Flying Keys 2:20
- The Chess Game 3:48
- The Face of Voldemort 6:10
- Leaving Hogwarts 2:13
- Hedwig’s Theme 5:09
REVIEW:
Through John Williams’ stellar orchestral narrative, it is easy visualizing the entire film. For Harry Potter fans, this masterpiece also works remarkably well as background noise while reading J.K. Rowling’s novels.
PACKAGING:
The album’s tracks are listed on both the CD case’s back cover and on the insert, though the running times aren’t provided. Once unfolded, the double-sized insert includes a greeting from director Chris Columbus; some film stills; technical credits; and the track listings. The opposite side is an eight-panel mini-poster still of Daniel’s Radcliffe’s Harry Potter with Hedwig the Owl.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 10 Stars
