Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them debuts full main theme tune
A little bit of Harry Potter, some orchestral magic, some action and something that would probably suit a Hobbit more than a wizard? What do you think of the new opening theme?
It opens with those familiar bars of music that will send a shiver down any Harry Potter fan's spine and is followed by a suitably magical orchestral section. Then we get sinister drama with an undeniably modern twist, and finally a sweeping pastoral element that wouldn't go amiss over scenes of a Hobbit's shire.
Yes, it's James Newton Howard's full main theme for the much anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them movie, as revealed via Pottermore, and it's fair to say it's something of a mish-mash of styles...
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Will that slightly schizophrenic quality carry over to the movie itself? UK fans will have to wait until 18th November, when it hits cinema screens, to find out.
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