Soundtracks and Fan Music

 

Composer List and Their Official Websites

John Williams, Harry Potter 1, 2, 3.

Patrick Doyle, Harry Potter 4.

Nicholas Hooper, Harry Potter 5, 6 (no official website found).

Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter 7-1, 7-2.

Wikipedia Material on HP Soundtracks

See the Wikipedia entry on the Philosopher’s Stone soundtrack, and check out the chart at the bottom of the page for links to film, game, and soundtrack entries for all seven books.

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s [Philosopher’s] Stone. Composer: John Williams. Released October 20, 2001.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Composers: John Williams and William Ross. Released November 12, 2002.
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Composer: John Williams. Released May 25, 2004.
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Composer: Patrick Doyle. Released November 15, 2005.
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Composer: Nicholas Hooper. Released July 10, 2007. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Limited Edition Soundtrack (special packaging with a 20-page booklet).
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Composer: Nicholas Hooper. Released July 14, 2009.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Composer: Alexandre Desplat. Released November 16, 2010 (regular edition). Released December 21, 2010 (Limited Edition Collector’s Box).
   

Filmtracks Reviews of Harry Potter Soundtracks

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s [Philosopher’s] Stone.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Part 1]. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Part 2].

Other Soundtrack Resources and Reviews

Film Score Monthly – The Trouble with Harry (Volume 9, Issue 5) includes music reviews on soundtracks for the first four films in the Harry Potter series.

Official website for Warner Brothers Shop ~ Harry Potter Soundtracks.

Fan-Made Music Sources

Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club released compilations of fan-made music from at least 2007-2009. Besides the Wizard Rock fan site, the CD compilations occasionally show up on eBay.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Music Composed by John Williams

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Soundtrack

Tracks

1. Prologue
2. Harry’s Wondrous World
3. The Arrival of Baby Harry
4. Visit to the Zoo and Letters from Hogwarts
5. Diagon Alley and The Gringotts Vault
6. Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters and The Journey to Hogwarts
7. Entry into the Great Hall and The Banquet
8. Mr. Longbottom Flies
9. Hogwarts Forever! and The Moving Stairs
10. The Norwegian Ridgeback and A Change of Season
11. The Quidditch Match
12. Christmas at Hogwarts
13. The Invisibility Cloak and The Library Scene
14. Fluffly’s Harp
15. In the Devil’s Snare and The Flying Keys
16. The Chess Game
17. The Face of Voldemort
18. Leaving Hogwrts
19. Hedwig’s Theme

Special Edition CD-ROM

• Electronic Arts Harry Potter video game preview + screen saver
• Lego video game preview
• English-language film trailer
• French-language film trailer
• German-language film trailer
• Italian-language film trailer
• Korean-language film trailer (version 3)
• Thai-language filmtrailer (version 3)
• Harry Potter Poster Gallery
• Wallpaper

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Music Composed by John Williams

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Soundtrack

Tracks

1. Prologue: Book II and The Escape from the Dursleys
2. Fawkes the Phoenix
3. The Chamber of Secrets
4. Gilderoy Lockhart
5. The Flying Car
6. Knockturn Alley
7. Introducing Clin
8. The Dueling Club
9. Dobby the House Elf
10. The Spiders
11. Moaning Myrtle
12. Meeting Aragog
13. Fawkes is Reborn
14. Meeting Tom Riddle
15. Cornish Pixies
16. olyjuice Potion
17. Cakes for Crabbe and Goyle
18. Dueling the Basilisk
19. Reunion of Friends
20. Harry’s Wondrous World

Limited Edition CD-ROM (European Release)

• Features include:
• Exclusive Screensaver
• PC Wallpaper
• Downloadable Sheet Music
• 2 Film Trailers
• Collectible Covers

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Music Composed by John Williams

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Soundtrack

Tracks

1. Lumos! (Hedwig’s Theme)
2. Aunt Marge’s Waltz
3. The Knight Bus
4. Apparition on the Train
5. Double Trouble
6. Buckbeak’s Flight
7. A Window to the Past
8. The Whomping Willow and the Snowball Fight
9. Secrets of the Castle
10. The Portrait Gallery
11. Hagrid the Professor
12. Monster Books and Boggarts!
13. Quidditch, Third Year
14. Lupin’s Transformation and Chasing Scabbers
15. The Patronus Light
16. The Werewolf Scene
17. Saving Buckbeak
18. Forward to Time Past
19. The Dementors Converge
20. Finale
21. Mischief Managed!

Special Enhanced Features

Exclusive screensaver, wallpaper and photo gallery

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Music Composed by Patrick Doyle, et al.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Soundtrack

Track by Patrick Doyle

1. The Story Continues
2. Frank Dies
3. The Quidditch World Cup
4. The Dark Mark
5. Foreign Visitors Arrive
6. The Goblet of Fire
7. Rita Skeeter
8. Sirius Fire
9. Harry Sees Dragons
10. Golden Egg
11. Neville’s Waltz
12. Harry in Winter
13. Potter Waltz
14. Underwater Secrets
15. The Black Lake
16. Hogwarts’ March
17. The Maze
18. Voldemort
19. Death of Decric
20. Another Year Ends
21. Hogwarts’ Hymn
22. Do the Hippogriff*
23. This is the Night*
24. Magic Works*

*Tracks performed by “the unnamed band” – Jason Buckle, Steve Claydon, Jarvis Cocker, Jonny Greenwood, Steve Mackey and Phil Selway.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Music Composed by Nicholas Hooper

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Soundtrack

Tracks

1. Fireworks
2. Professor Umbridge
3. Another Story
4. Dementors in the Underpass
5. Dumbledore’s Army
6. Hall of Prophecy
7. Possession
8. The Room of Requirement
9. The Kiss
10. A Journey to Hogwarts
11. The Sirius Deception
12. Death of Sirius
13. Umbridge Spoils a Beautiful Morning
14. Darkness Takes Over
15. The Ministry of Magic
16. The Sacking of Trelawney
17. Flight of the Order of the Phoenix
18. Loved Ones and Leaving

There is a “special/limited edition” soundtrack available for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It has special packaging that includes the regular edition of the soundtrack inside the special blue velvet box with bubble glass front and artwork of Lord Voldemort underneath. I do not have a copy of this soundtrack yet to be able to provide images.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Music Composed by Nicholas Hooper

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Tracks

1. Opening
2. In Noctem
3. The Story Begins
4. Ginny
5. Snape and The Unbreakable Vow
6. Wizard Wheezes
7. Dumbledore’s Speech
8. Living Death
9. Into The Pensieve
10. The Book
11. Ron’s Victory
12. Harry and Hermoine
13. School!
14. Malfoy’s Mission
15. The Slug Party
16. Into The Rushes
17. Farewell Aragog
18. Dumbledore’s Foreboding
19. Of Love and War
20. When Ginny Kissed Harry
21. Slughorn’s Confession
22. Journey To The Cave
23. The Drink Of Despair
24. Inferi In The Firestorm
25. The Killing Of Dumbledore
26. Dumbledore’s Farewell
27. The Friends
28. The Weasley Stomp

This Enhanced CD includes a free digital download of the soundtrack in 5.1 Surround Sound plus exclusive content.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Music Composed by Alexandre Desplat

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Official soundtrack website; pre-release information.)

Limited Edition Collector’s Box Set

The Limited Edition Collector’s Set soundtrack for this film includes:

• The soundtrack CD (26 tracks from the film).
• Bonus CD (6 additional tracks of unreleased music).
• A 7″ vinyl picture disc (2 tracks).
• An exclusive poster.
• Original 35mm film cells with frame and easel.
• A digitally pre-print autograph sheet of music, “Detenators.”
• A DVD with 5.1 audio soundtrack plus a 7-minute documentary featurette on the scoring session, along with interviews with composer Alexandre Desplat and the Harry Potter series’  Producers David Heyman and David Barron. (An excerpt of several minutes is available on the official website.)
• A numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

Tracks (Standard Soundtrack)

1. Obliviate
2. Snape To Malfoy Manor
3. Polyjuice Potion
4. Sky Battle
5. At The Burrow
6. Harry And Ginny
7. The Will
8. Death Eaters
9. Dobby
10. Ministry Of Magic
11. Detonators
12. The Locket
13. Fireplaces Escape
14. Ron Leaves
15. The Exodus
16. Godric’s hollow Graveyard
17. Bathilda Bagshot
18. Hermione’s Parents
19. Destroying The Locket
20. Ron’s Speech
21. Lovegood
22. The Deathly hallows
23. Captured And Tortured
24. Rescuing Hermione
25. Farewell To Dobby
26. The Elder Wand

 The standard edition Enhanced CD includes a free digital download of the soundtrack in 5.1 Surround Sound.

Limited Edition Bonus CD Tracks

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1), film score: Voldemort [Unreleased]
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1), film score: Grimmauld [Unreleased]
3. Voldemort [Unreleased]
4. Grimmauld [Unreleased]
5. The Dumbledores [Unreleased]
6. The Tale of the Three Brothers [Unreleased]

7″ Vinyl Disc

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1), film score: The Deathly Hollows
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1), film score: The Journey

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Music Composed by Alexandre Desplat

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Tracks

1. Lily’s Theme
2. The Tunnel
3. Underworld
4. Gringotts
5. Dragon Flight
6. Neville
7. A New Headmaster
8. Panic Inside Hogwarts
9. Statues
10. The Grey Lady
11. In The Chamber Of Secrets
12. Battlefield
13. The Diadem
14. Broomsticks And Fire
15. Courtyard Apocalypse
16. Snape’s Demise
17. Severus And Lily
18. Harry’s Sacrifice
19. The Resurrection Stone
20. Harry Surrenders
21. Procession
22. Neville The Hero
23. Showdown
24. Voldemort’s End
25. A New Beginning

This Enhanced CD includes a free digital download of the soundtrack in 5.1 Surround Sound plus behind the scenes footage from the scoring sessions.

Tracks