Magical World of Harry Potter [Import, Soundtrack]

John Williams (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Williams
• Audio CD (November 1, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Music Club Records
• ASIN: B00063339Q
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,957 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prologue from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2. Harry's Wonderous World

3. The Arrival of Baby Harry

4. Letters from Hogwarts

5. Platform 9 and 3/4

6. Mr Longbottom Flies

7. Hogwarts Forever

8. Quidditch Match

9. Invisibility Cloak and the Face of Voldemort

10. Finale-Hedwig's Theme

11. Prologue Book II/Escape from the Dursleys

12. The Chamber of Secrets

13. Gilderoy Lockhart

14. Knockturn Alley

15. Dobby the House Elf

16. Moaning Myrtle

17. Fawkes Is Reborn

18. Meeting Tom Riddle

19. Dueling the Basilisk

20. Reunion of Friends

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointing, August 1, 2005

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Sara L. Wing "Mimi" (Wine Country, SoCal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magical World of Harry Potter (Audio CD)

Promo says recorded by "Big Movie Orchestra" but it sounds more like a couple of synthesizers. The "strings" are OK but anything on brass or wind sounds AWFUL. Some tracks are not even on pitch. Seller would not refund, either - adding insult to injury! Now it's a handsome coaster for my desk!

:-)

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware! [No, I do not own this.], February 23, 2012

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Yu-Ten Lee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magical World of Harry Potter (Audio CD)

Don't shoot me just yet! Even if I don't own this actual product, I recognize the style of the cover art, because the same "artist" (The "Big Movie Orchestra") did a similar album for the Star Wars films. And the experience was HORRIBLE.

Yes, as the other one-star reviewer said, this orchestra is really a bunch of synthesizers playing together. Actually, for all we know, it could be one very enterprising guy with a single synthesizer, a metronome, and a multi-track recorder. The TONE of the music is simply awful. I cannot say anything for how accurately these pieces were reproduced (I suspect these arrangements were not authorized by Williams, since the ones from the "Star Wars" album were DEFINITELY off) but I can safely guess that the tone of these is simply awful. It will sound nothing like a real, respectable orchestra and probably make your ears (if not your brain) melt at how un-magical it renders Williams' brilliant score.

Don't buy it! Don't buy it!

I've had my say; NOW you can start biting me and calling my review unhelpful and stuff.