Episode 23: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Part 1

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 23 we return to the wizarding world with the first of a two part listen to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Far from resting on prior achievements, the final John Williams Potter score knocks it out of the park, giving us everything from medieval music to waltzes, bebop jazz, and some of the most majestic flight music ever written. Join us, as we solemnly swear we are up to no good and journey with Harry and co for their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Episode notes: 2:32 – Dan makes a big claim 6:35 – Some Azkaban homework 14:45 – Hedwig’s theme goes on holiday 16:23 – Something wicked this way hums 27:50 – Crumhorn, Sackbut, and Azkaban’s medieval sound 30:51 – Meeting Buckbeak 33:04 – Searching for the Fat Lady 35:33 – Some sleeping celeste 39:09 – The renaissance fair 46:49 – A Window to the Past 1:00:00 – Some serious Sirius 1:04:13 – Pettigrew’s motif 1:07:12 – Buckbeak’s brilliant flight 1:13:15 – Buckbeak’s equally brilliant second flight 1:17:26 – The Dementor’s dialectic. Thesis: aleatoric horror 1:21:39 – Antithesis: the angelic Patronus 1:23:06 – Synthesis: the Dementors converge We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Art of the Score, the podcast that explores, demystifies and celebrates some of the greatest soundtracks of all time from the world of film,
0:21.3	TV and video games.
0:23.0	I'm Andrew Poxson.
0:24.2	And in each episode, we'll be joined by Daniel Golding and Nicholas Buck,
0:27.7	as we check out a soundtrack we love, break down its main themes,
0:31.4	explore what makes the score tick,
0:33.3	and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans.
0:50.8	Music and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrance. In episode 23, we jump back into the wondrous world of Harry Potter and explore the music from the third installment from 2004 with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Ascaban, directed by Alfonso Quaron and score by the little-known newcomer John Williams.
1:10.0	And joining me on day leave from Asgabam Prison,
1:13.2	having sabotaged Bertie Botts every flavour beans
1:15.7	by inserting pins into some of them,
1:17.4	that's an Australian joke,
1:18.7	is composer, arranger, orchestrator and conductor
1:22.2	who has mastered the swish and the flick.
1:25.0	It's Nicholas Buck. How you doing, Nick?
1:27.0	I'm fantastic.
1:28.5	God, what a score this is. John Williams' third and final entry into the Harry Potter franchise,
1:34.6	and for many people, his best, well, the favourite. And it's really very unique and different
1:41.0	to the other two scores, so I can't wait to dissect it. I am very excited as well and of course
1:46.2	we have a third.
1:48.2	Fresh from choir practice
1:49.8	and Toad Husbandry
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