About The Project
Inspired by John Williams' scores for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
As lifelong John Williams and Harry Potter fans, we have always imagined the musical continuity that could exist if he had scored the entire Harry Potter series. Themes and motifs could develop with the characters' journeys, and the emotional narrative could be unified. The material written for Voldemort's first appearances could now reinforce his return to power; emotional character themes and motifs could recall nostalgia at significant moments; the whimsical soundscape could retain the mood of movies 1-3, while the darker material from the early films could begin evolving.
With thematic analysis and large-scale planning, we have created a score for the fourth and fifth movies with this in mind. Our scores are not meant to replace the existing ones from 2005 by Patrick Doyle and 2007 by Nicholas Hooper, but rather provide an alternate look into what it may have been like had John Williams continued his work. We had a great time utilizing themes when and how he may have used them moving forward in the series. Because Williams was the first to make a definitive musical statement of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, we have done our best to emulate that style for the purposes of continuity. Within the soundscape of the first three scores, our fourth one is a humble pursuit towards an imagined unified work.
Ravendor Studios is proud to present Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2019), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2020-2021), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with music in the style of John Williams.
For a detailed look at how this came together, see Process of the Project
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We are in no way affiliated with Warner Bros., J.K. Rowling, John Williams, La-La Land Records, or any associated companies. Content that uses copyrighted material is entirely unofficial. We are not profiting or seeking to make a profit from any work that includes copyrighted material. (Our Patreon donations are simply to support our compositional endeavors in any area, as we are student musicians paying for audio software to do not only this but other unrelated projects.) The purpose of our posts is to present new and original content created from existing works, and we have only presented as much copyrighted material as is necessary to showcase our content.
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Our sole purpose is to present re-imagined film scores based on John Williams' themes and style. Our intention is scholarly commentary and research from a musical perspective, with the goal of sharing the work with an audience of film score lovers. We are creating transformative, noncommercial works from fans' perspectives without reproducing the original copyrighted material in a marketable way. Please contact us with questions or concerns.
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