Cue No. 25

Material that played over Kreacher in Cue No. 5 opens this scene. The grimy little house-elf begins muttering at Harry just as before. Brass chords play as Sirius tells Kreacher to leave, and one last statement plays in the harp as he slowly walks away.

Gentle strings comfort Harry as Sirius walks in. A horn solo rises above the texture, nostalgically expressing the history between these two people. On the shot of Bellatrix’s photo, the Black Family theme comes to represent her and slithers downward. Full strings take over as the conversation gets going, and the celesta and piano provide a recollection of what can be referred to as the "mirror motif" representing James from Sorcerer’s Stone. Wand of the Phoenix appears underneath the talk of Harry’s anger and the still unanswered connection to Voldemort’s mind, emphasizing the great mystery unfolding between them.

A Window to the Past gets a new full statement in the strings, moving from section to section. Emotions run high in this conversation, especially because neither person knows it will be the last one they have alone together. A short Hedwig’s Theme caps off the very end, and Hermione appears in the doorway, telling Harry they’re ready to go back to Hogwarts.

The brass give a noble Window to the Past as Harry and Sirius hug for the last time, and the strings begin moving through a dies irae-like motion. A final and worried Window to the Past plays under this texture before being taken over by a stressed Hedwig’s Theme on the transition back to Hogwarts.

The music nearly comes to a complete pause when Hermione comes to Harry saying Hagrid is back. Harry excuses himself from his conversation with Cho, and the trio starts towards Hagrid’s hut. The tempo picks up and utilizes the orchestral texture from the Dumbledore’s Army scenes. Over this orchestration, a faster version of “The Walk to Buckbeak” from Prisoner of Azkaban plays as they run down the slopes to Hagrid. In between statements of “The Walk to Buckbeak” a short Trio theme connects the two, bringing us and them back to the emotional core of their time at Hogwarts that stretches all the way back to their first year.

Upon arriving, the trio quickly notices something is not right. Umbridge has made it there first. Her theme mumbles low in the orchestra, and the cue comes to a slow and ominous end.