The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets original motion picture soundtrack was released on 12 November 2002. The score was originally slated to be composed and conducted entirely by John Williams, but due to scheduling conflicts with the scoring of Steven Spielberg's film Catch Me If You Can, composer William Ross was brought in to adapt Williams' music and conduct the scoring sessions with the London Symphony Orchestra.
From what can be heard in the soundtrack, there are six new themes, representing "Fawkes the Phoenix", "The Chamber of Secrets", "Gilderoy Lockhart", "Dobby the House Elf", "The Spiders", and "Moaning Myrtle".
Upon its release, the soundtrack was available in one of five different collectible covers. Each cover featured a different character or characters packaged above the main cover featuring Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
The soundtrack was a Grammy Award nominee for the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2003. It charted on the Billboard 200 at 81, and also charted at 5 on the Top Soundtracks Chart.[1]
Though it does not appear on the soundtrack, the Quidditch scene features an alternate recording of a cue from the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, another score by Williams which was released earlier in the same year. It is not known why the cue was used.
Track listing[edit]
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| 1. |
"Prologue: Book II and the Escape from the Dursleys" |
3:31 |
| 2. |
"Fawkes the Phoenix" |
3:45 |
| 3. |
"The Chamber of Secrets" |
3:49 |
| 4. |
"Gilderoy Lockhart" |
2:05 |
| 5. |
"The Flying Car" |
4:08 |
| 6. |
"Knockturn Alley" |
1:47 |
| 7. |
"Introducing Colin" |
1:49 |
| 8. |
"The Dueling Club" |
4:08 |
| 9. |
"Dobby the House Elf" |
3:27 |
| 10. |
"The Spiders" |
4:32 |
| 11. |
"Moaning Myrtle" |
2:05 |
| 12. |
"Meeting Aragog" |
3:18 |
| 13. |
"Fawkes Is Reborn" |
3:19 |
| 14. |
"Meeting Tom Riddle" |
3:38 |
| 15. |
"Cornish Pixies" |
2:13 |
| 16. |
"Polyjuice Potion" |
3:52 |
| 17. |
"Cakes for Crabbe and Goyle" |
3:30 |
| 18. |
"Dueling the Basilisk" |
5:02 |
| 19. |
"Reunion of Friends" |
5:08 |
| 20. |
"Harry's Wondrous World" |
5:02 |
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Total length:
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70:08 |
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