The date is Nov 6th. Warner Bros Records. Of course, dates can change, I hope they don't!

--Brian
Gryffindor Seeker

NP: "Hedwig's Theme" from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" - John Williams

They've just royaly upset hundreds of us over at the HTF, and beyond, by announcing the upcoming Willy Wonka SE (originaly set with both anamorphic widescreen and P&S on the one disc) as P&S only, along with P&S only for Cats and Dogs too. Sad times...

Hope the score CD will be a nice lengthy release. I'll grab the UK "Philosopher" titled version.

Dan (UK)

Last time those incompetent buffoons put out a score it came out in the States on July 3, and it didn't even have a release planned for Canada.

Then there was the Pearl Harbor musical selection fiasco.

And the whole Tomb Raider track titles mess.

Remember those old stickers Sony used to put on their electronics? The ones that said "It's a Sony"? Well Harry Potter obviously won't be.

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Originally posted by Dan Brecher:
Kind of related, I'm a bit angry right now with Warner since they announced their recent descision to make all their family films on DVD pan & scan only.

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WHAT??? FVCK those idiots. Why do they think I bought a DVD player? Or a widescreen TV? Next time, they start sending Pan & Scan copies to the cinemas, or what? Why not make copies with aspect ratio 2:5? You'll see more of the picture, since it becomes larger vertically. Suckers.

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Hope the score CD will be a nice lengthy release. I'll grab the UK "Philosopher" titled version.

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As for the score, I can't wait eather, but you all know that.

--Brian
Gryffindor Seeker

The good thing on Wonka is that, thanks to our ranting, they are considering a seperate Widescreen release due to the fact that they understand the films appeal to adults who saw it as kids, but the position on future titles is unlikely to change.

As for the Philosopher/Sorcerer thing, I believe everywhere (if not, certainly most pleaces) outside the US/Canda retains the original title of Philosopher.

Oh course like I said, I hope it dosen't change.

Rich, I love the site man!

--Brian
Gryffindor Seeker

NP: Chocolat: Rachel Portman

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Originally posted by Dan Brecher:
As for the Philosopher/Sorcerer thing, I believe everywhere (if not, certainly most pleaces) outside the US/Canda retains the original title of Philosopher.

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I certainly hope so. Don't they know what a philosopher is in the US??

How to kill a movie

It's a shame that they could not resorting back to the original title for the movie worldwide frankly.

I'm a bit worried about the two different cuts of the movie being released, one with "sorcerer" scenes/dialogue, the other with "philosopher" scenes/dialogue. What's to say the performance or delivery of a line wont be better in one cut then it is the other. It's going to be odd, and there's little chance in hell Warner would branch the DVD to offer both.

IF the DVD was widescreen, and providing I liked the movie, I'd have to put up with the Sorcerer title due to my hate for region 2 anyway, so I shouldn't really moan over the issue since it cant be escaped.

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With The Philosopher's Stone in the bag and work already begun on The Chamber of Secrets, legendary composer John Williams has pulled up his music sheets and begun to put the magic notes to Harry's big screen debut. Recording of the score will take place in London over the next two weeks.

More exciting perhaps, Newsround will have will be a surprise announcement about the score and CBBC's Prom in the Park on Monday (3 September). A special live rendition of Williams' Potter theme performed by the orchestra? You'll have to wait and see.

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According to the Proms website the CBBC Prom in the Park is actually on Sunday the 16th at 3pm. I would guess that the concert will probably be broadcast on Mr TV. Although I wouldn't necessarily quote me on that, since I can't find any word on any broadcast (TV or Radio) on the website. Just a shame I didn't find that out an hour and a half ago, otherwise I would have watched Newsround... Still, it's potentially quite an interesting little thing.

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Originally posted by Mark Olivarez:
I personally doubt given the history between Columbus and Williams that that would happen, but remember this is Warner Bros we are dealing with here.

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Uh-oh. I can already see it clearly before me: Pan & Scan DVD with sing-along, paintable images. "Music from and inspired by" album in Potterama packaging with one shortened score track by Williams. In 10 years, the full score will come out, only to go out of print a few months later. For 20 years, it will be the most sought-after Williams album until finally someone else gets the rights and releases the score. I'll be 52 by then.

Pete: Perhaps the surprise announcement was just the release date.

Marian, get online!!!!!

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Originally posted by Spicy Ramen:
Hm....if Chris Columbus ends up having his way we might see 5 more movies hence, five more scores from Willy.

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--Brian
Gryffindor Seeker

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
[B] Pete: Perhaps the surprise announcement was just the release date.

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Nope indeedy. From the Newsround website:

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And on the 16 September at the CBBC Prom in the Park, Hedwig's Theme from the movie music will have its European debut performance.

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Ha ha!!! I hope this IS on TV. Or radio at least.

--Brian
Gryffindor Seeker