Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone Soundtrack CD
Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone (U.S title)
2001, Warner Bros.
John Williams.
Atlantic, CD, 2001, 7567-93086-5.
Rating: 
Though John William’s score to this first Harry Potter adventure remains a safe, melodic confection, packed full of thematic material, it is nevertheless perfect for the movie for which it was composed. Vaguely reminiscent of his work on ‘Witches Of Eastwick’ and ‘Hook’ with plenty of string plucking and brass arrangements conveying the magical world of the wizard, its an enjoyable and playful ride, if a little repetitive. The most familiar cues come early on with both ‘Prologue’, developed more fully as ’Hedwig’s Theme’ and ‘Harry’s Wondrous World’ largely defining the body of the score. The darker elements, of which there are too few, notable in ‘The Arrival Of Baby Harry’ and ‘The Face Of Voldermort’ play a fairly minor role but give the score a bit more bite. The highpoints however, are the exciting ‘The Quidditch Match’ and the, at times, modernistic sounding ‘The Chess Game’, both of which add a new dimension to what is an entertaining, if extremely commercially aware piece of scoring.
Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Re-titled in the U.S. as Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone.
Track Listing:
1. Prologue
2. Harry’s Wonderous World
3. The Arrival of Baby Harry
4. Visit to the Zoo and Letters from Hogwarts
5. Diagon Alley and The Gringotts Valut
6. Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters and The Journey to Hogwarts
7. Entry into the Great Hal 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. Fluffy’s Harp
15. In the Devil’s Snare and The Flying Keys
16. The Chess Game
17. The Face of Voldemort
18. Leaving Hogwarts
19. Hedwig’s Theme
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