Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (soundtrack)

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the film score to the 2018 film of the same name, composed by James Newton Howard. The soundtrack was released in both digital and physical formats on 9 and 30 November 2018 respectively by WaterTower Music, with a vinyl being released later on 25 January 2019.

Background

James Newton Howard, who previously scored the previous film confirmed in a podcast that he would be returning to score the sequel. Howard said in an interview that he saw a "wonderful musical opportunity" with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald due to depth of the film. He further stated that he had a passionate and enthusiastic collaboration with director David Yates who he said focused a lot on the musical aspect of the film.

Howard recorded over 2 hours of music, stating that over 90% of the score was new material and not based on the themes of the previous film. In addition, he wanted the "audience to feel, because it’s an emotional piece” highlighting the mix of the adventurous, dark, comedic and enchanting moments in the film. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with a 90-piece of the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pete Anthony, together with 40 members from the London Voices choir and the Trinity Boy's choir with orchestrations provided by Howard, Anthony, Jeff Atmajian, Peter Boyer, Jim Honeyman, Philip Klein, Jon Kull and John Ashton Thomas.

Track listing

The last 3 tracks which appear on the album are piano solos of the individual themes, that Howard performed himself and will not appear in the film. These tracks were released on 26 October 2018. Also not on the soundtrack is "Hedwig's Theme" composed by John Williams which plays when it transitions to Hogwarts.

Personnel

Charts

References

1. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2. Fantastic Beasts
3. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
4. List of Fantastic Beasts cast members
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
6. Fantastic Beasts (disambiguation)
7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack)
8. Outline of Harry Potter
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book)
10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (soundtrack)
11. Alison Sudol
12. Wizarding World
13. Carmen Ejogo
14. Magical creatures in Harry Potter
15. Albus Dumbledore
16. Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
17. List of Harry Potter characters
18. Minerva McGonagall
19. Kevin Guthrie
20. Johnny Depp