JOHN WILLIAMS

Praying for Williams to be back. I want to hear the A Window To The Past theme in [spoiler]The Forest Again scene[/spoiler] and [spoiler]exceptional action music for the final battles[/spoiler].

Yeah, totally.

I don´t think that anyone who hasn´t read the novels will know what the first one means, and expect the second one nevertheless.

But they´re in for a treat, aren´t they?

That's why I didn't think it was worth the spoiler tag!

If Maestro John Williams says no to final part of Harry Potter, then i expect Hans Zimmer to score the final part. Because i firmly believe that Zimmer got ability and skills to deliver great score. He is fond of writing great action cues. As you all know, in final part, there are plenty of action will be there, i think Zimmer can do the job. Yes, of course, some people may think that his style of music may not suit Harry Potter movie because he uses more electronic, ethnic and synthesizers. But personally, i don't have any problem with that, if it is perfectly suits the movie, then he can. His recent score for Angels & Demons is simply superb. What do you guys say on this?

It could very well be true. I think Hooper was excited to work on these two Potter movies, but he was probably not used to the workloads that Doyle and Williams are accustomed to. Especially writing demos for a studio that's not sure on whether they wanted him or a more familiar name scoring the fifth Potter film. It could have taken a toll on how much time he spends with his family, especially during post-production with new edits and finalized special effects shots to rewrite to.

I don't blame him for stepping down, really.

As much as a Zimmer fan I am, I honestly don't feel HP suits his style. Of course, if he went the pure orchestral way then that's another story, but like Sunil said he's more into electronics/synths these days which will not fit into the Potter music world at all.

I just want Williams back on board and *ONLY IF* he doesn't, then I'd like James Newton Howard or Dario Marianelli to come on.

...or William Ross? I'm not entirely sure how much we hear of Chamber of Secrets is actually his, but the score sounded really good nonetheless. He also showed potential in The Tale of Despereaux, and he's got the classic sound that Potter needs.

Hooper doesn't have ability to give great score, that too, the final one supposed to be the huge one. You need someone who can handle huge budget films. HP is not ordinary movie. It has already become worldwide popularity. So, we need a matured composer, who can write various themes. That's why i believe in Zimmer. Frankly speaking, John Williams is the only composer in the world who can fulfill the expectations of HP fans. John Williams wrote great themes for first three HP movies, so, he can improvise on those themes and deliver one of the greatest score in film score history. But if he refuses, then i say Zimmer or James Newton Howard or even Howard Shore can do the job.

Ross and Willliams works closely together on Chamber of Secrets adapting the old themes and new themes so they would work seamlessly together. Ross didn't write ANY new material. Ross was quoted saying that Chamber was a John Williams score from beginning to end. Ross filled in a few holes... but none of it was original material.

-Erik-

I don't think Hooper is low enough to use his family as an excuse to step down from scoring the final two HP films. I think if it really wasn't his family, it'd either have been "The experience on working on HBP was hard for me and I need a break to do smaller stuff" or something around those lines.

The thing is, while Hooper isn't John Williams -- he can compose some nice, beautiful music. His score in OOTP and HBP worked well in the film (the latter especially when Yates wasn't tracking in "Fireworks", "Dumbledore's Army" or "Possession"). Some of the criticism is unfounded, and some people have unrealistic expectations about what they expected from Hooper.

Agreed!

THey have big budgets, but they like to save money, as any businessmen.

I hear the HBP film has quite a lot of temp tracking from the OoTP soundtrack and even some Hedwig's theme statements from the Williams scores. Perhaps they're not happy with the music after all.

Hope they bring back Williams at least as a cash source for the music department because I think they know how well his scores would sell.