About Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The best movie music amplifies the action unfolding onscreen, and provokes deep emotional responses in audiences watching the film. This is certainly the case with John Williams' Oscar- and Grammy-nominated score for the hit 2004 film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Williams' music overflows with lively whimsy, sophisticated intrigue, and soulful melancholy.
These emotional nuances are teased out even more during symphonic live performances of the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban score — especially because the concerts are paired with a showing of the film, meaning the musicians are playing along in real-time with the movie. These unique gigs are the backbone of The Harry Potter™ Film Concert Series, which books music-aided showings of the Harry Potter movies all around the world. The end result is that viewers experience these films in an entirely new way.
Composer Williams is a decorated musician, conductor, and arranger who's responsible for some of the most famous film scores of all time. He's provided timeless, enduring music for mammoth movies such as Star Wars, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Superman, and Jurassic Park, in addition to handling the score for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the first two Harry Potter films.
Williams' Prisoner of Azkaban score is a perfect sonic match for the movie, which is based on the third novel in J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series and grossed nearly $800 million worldwide. Studious Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and loyal friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) continue their schooling at Hogwarts, where Harry continues to navigate his burgeoning wizarding skills. This time around, he's facing a particularly serious challenge from a man named Sirius Black (played by Gary Oldman), a prisoner on the lam from Azkaban who wants to kill Harry.
