Episode 24: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Part 2

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 24 we end our journey through Harry’s third year at Hogwarts with a deep listen to the unparalleled variety in John Williams’ score for Prisoner of Azkaban. We breakdown bebop, compare Italian waltzes, play with fugues, minimalism, swing, and some of the most dangerous flute music you’ve ever heard. Mischief most definitely managed. Episode notes: 2:51 – Aunt Marge’s waltz 12:20 – The jazz bus 14:31 – A short ride in a magical machine 17:28 – Bebop patronum 24:48 – A stretchy middle eight 29:51 – A fugue for quidditch 35:07 – Willow whomps 40:10 – A danger to birds and flute players 45:23 – Snowfights and woodwind bites 48:02 – Swing, swing, boggart 54:05 – Carried on the voices 57:50 – Book cranks and classic horror 1:01:28 – Sirius Black to the future 1:10:12 – Watch me if you can 1:14:51 – The John Williams greatest hits album 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.
0:50.3	Music and hopefully impart our love of the world of sound trends. In episode 24, we continue with our adventure through Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Asgaban.
0:57.0	Having explored the main themes in Part 1, we turned to part 2 with a look at some of the lesser-known cues from this great film.
1:05.0	And joining me on day leave again.
1:08.0	Oh, that's interesting, from Asgabam Prison, having this time broken
1:12.0	wizarding law by being caught driving the night bus during the day. It's a day-night joke.
1:19.2	It's composer, arranger, orchestrator and man who thinks hippogriffs are just a poor man's
1:24.4	Pegasus. It's Nicholas Buck. How you doing, Nick? They totally are poor man's Pegasus. It's a Nicholas Buck. How you're doing, Nick?
1:29.3	They totally are poor man's Pegasus.
1:31.0	Doing very well.
1:34.3	Now, there were so many other little interesting cues in this film,
1:35.7	which we haven't even discussed yet.
1:38.8	So I'm really looking forward to some of the more eccentric moments that come out of William's brain.
1:41.0	Now, Nick, I'm a jazz guy.
1:42.3	We didn't even get to the jazz.
1:43.8	No.
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