Harry Potter & the Sorcerer Stone Soundtrack

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer Stone Soundtrack You needn't see the film of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to appreciate the wonder, magic, and fearful chills of J.K. Rowling's phenomenal bestseller in John Williams's outstanding score. Williams typically avoids the source material for the films he scores, but he reportedly derived great pleasure and inspiration from Rowling's first Harry Potter adventure, and created a perfect motif (fully expressed in "Hedwig's Theme") to dominate his score. It's first heard as a dreamy celesta waltz and embellished through myriad incarnations and moods, often with a sinister edge befitting the darker tones of Chris Columbus's direction. Evident are fantastical allusions to Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky (among others), and Williams's epic track is "Quidditch Match," a breathtaking frenzy to accompany the film's dazzling highlight Track Listings 1 Prologue 2 Harry's Wondrous World 3 The Arrival of Baby Harry 4 Visit to the Zoo & 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 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