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...fact, there isn’t much in the Harry Potter score that we haven’t heard, in a slightly different form, before. With the exception of the bizarre Christmas carol-incantation hybrid “Christmas at Hogwarts,” it’s all standard fare. But that isn’t to say that Williams’s career is on the decline. We’ve never looked to him for something revolutionary. Studios like Williams because he creates the memorable themes that immortalize movies. The public likes him because he puts...
...enjoy the Harry Potter soundtrack for what it is—not a brand-new idea, but great movie music, Williams style. And after fans see the film a few dozen times, and a few pops orchestras play the score at holiday concerts, maybe Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will join Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark and so many other Williams works in the canon of American pop culture, forever etched in our collective consciousness...
...Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opens today, starring Daniel Radcliffe as You-Know-Who—or rather, He-Whose-Name-I-Am-Sick-Of. I can just envision the hordes of would-be wizards, both young and old, stampeding theaters, wearing sorcerer’s hats and round glasses, even getting that oh-so-clever bolt of lightning tattooed on their foreheads: Think Pokemon and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, only a hundred times worse...
...literacy campaigns. Fans will argue that all this commercialism is actually good for everyone, that it reinforces reading and promotes literacy in a society of music videos and video games. But does it reinforce the desire to read per se, or just the desire to purchase more Harry Potter paraphernalia...
Example A: Last week, while browsing Amazon.com for books, I came across a link to the Harry Potter store. Masochistically, I clicked on it and discovered everything from Harry Potter toys to Harry Potter linens and hygiene. I can deal with the four published books and the three to-be-published books. I’m coping with the release of the most anticipated movie of the year. But Harry Potter body wash...