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Episode 95 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Episode 95 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Many John Williams fans sneered at the music for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," mostly because the Maestro chose to almost completely scrap the musical ideas he created for the first two films in favor of darker themes and tonalities in Alfonso Cuaron's take on the franchise. Host Jeff Commings is joined by Paulius Eidukas as the two talk about some of the new themes that make up the score and how some of the compositional techniques made Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew musically intertwined with each other. Both praise Williams' work for the film and lament there wasn't another opportunity for Williams and Cuaron to collaborate after this project.
Released:
Sep 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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