The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...

 original motion picture soundtrack was released on 12 November 2002. The score was originally slated to be conducted entirely by John Williams

John Williams

John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...

, but due to scheduling conflicts with the scoring of Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

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's film Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

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, composer William Ross

William Ross (composer)

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 was brought in to conduct the scoring sessions in London with the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

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From what can be heard in the soundtrack, there are six new themes, representing Gilderoy Lockhart, the Chamber of Secrets, Dobby the House Elf, Moaning Myrtle, Fawkes the phoenix, and the spiders.

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

Harry Potter (character)

Harry James Potter is the title character and main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard...

, Ron

Ron Weasley

Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger...

, and Hermione

Hermione Granger

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The soundtrack was a Grammy nominee for the Best Motion Picture Soundtrack

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

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 in 2003. It charted on the Billboard 200

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at 81, and also charted at five on the Top Soundtracks Chart.

Track listing

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