"Buckbeak's Flight" - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"Buckbeak's Flight" - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Score Reduction & Analysis

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Full Score Reduction and Analysis of "Buckbeak's Flight" from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban written by John Williams.
Orchestration:
3 Flutes, 3rd db. Piccolo
2 Oboes
Cor Anglais
3 B♭ Clarinets, 3rd db. B♭ Bass Clarinet
3 Bassoons
6 F Horns
3 B♭ Trumpets
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
3 Percussion
2 Synthesisers
Tuned Percussion, Voices, Electric Piano, Bright Piano, Jeu de Timbre
2 Harps
Piano
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Celli
Double Basses
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@ArmandoGarcia-ci7el 3 ай бұрын

One of Williams' finest themes

@ctd. 2 жыл бұрын

0:57 Basses has transformed the piece to Brahms’ symphonies

@WilliamMaytook 4 ай бұрын

One of the most beautiful cue ever written. Great work !

@roli8 5 ай бұрын

The Wonder of John Williams….🫶

@riderz_13_78 2 ай бұрын

This is such an incredible theme

@ojon090784 16 күн бұрын

Hahaha Super cool el final con la imagen de Harry + fondo con Jhon Williams con su E.T... Pareciera que lo anterior fuese una reminiscencia de este tema...🙌🎼🎵🎶

@DagOnFire07 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the discussion about 4/2 and 2/2 Vs 3/2 straight. I'm rehearsing this piece now so will come back with any insights. Thanks for highlighting the muted woodwind parts too... This is really amazing music, I really feel like I'm flying. No wonder people say Azkaban was the best HP film of all

@erich3063 2 жыл бұрын

Somebody watched Brad Frey’s ET analysis 😏

@Metalpazallteway Жыл бұрын

The Nostalgia and wicked analysis. Thank you so much my friend, much needed. i was always curious what those reeds actually looked like as the strings as well.

@mitchlg531 2 жыл бұрын

Great job!!!

@jordanjinosko Жыл бұрын

Hi Ben! Thank you so much for this amazing reduction and all of your reductions. I’ve watched so many of your videos, and I’ve watched this one many times. I’m curious how you arrived at this score. Did you do this by ear or get your hands on the original score? Because I’d love to purchase a full score that’s from JW in some capacity.

@riccardoscarone1388 2 жыл бұрын

I like your videos very much. I'm looking forward to seeing more, but have a few questions: How do you find sheet music for Williams' works or movie scores in general? At first, seeing how you and other channels analyse these works, I thought you were all just geniuses who could write down the music and it's orchestration by just listening to it, but then after seeing your comments on the tempo difference in the recurring theme (4/2-2/2 and then 3/2) I just realised that you have the actual movie sheet music, or else you couldn't know about it. The other question regards the actual score in the video. Right after the percussion introduction at the beginning, the "exultantly" part at number 11 has two measures more than there should be. I can't quite tell which one is out of place, because I just hear a repetition of the third bar starting from the basson entry (so third measure of "exultantly", repeated twice), followed by the measure before the violins' entry. Correct me if I heard wrong, but regarding the exceeded number of measures I pretty sure I have no doubt.

@BenSmithFilm 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Riccardo, each video and video creator has a different process. Some of my videos in the making are by ear. There are many scores available for purchase, for instance, my video on "Aunt Marge's Waltz" is from the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Suite for Orchestra. There are also many more official releases for solo piano which can give you a basis on the structure of the piece without the full score including, for instance, time signatures. With regards to your question about the passage between m. 11 and m. 15, the score is correct to what is written but the audio is edited down in the soundtrack release, I believe the measures that can still be heard are either 11 & 12 or 13 & 14 and 15.

@celloguysps6780 2 жыл бұрын

@@BenSmithFilm But how did you get this score in specific. That tune isn't part of the Prisoner of Azkaban Suite for Orchestra and the score in your analysis seems to be too accurate to just be transcribed by ear or from a piano score. Thank you for the great analysis. I really like that piece so I'm glad there finally is a score analysis on KZfaq.

@riccardoscarone1388 2 жыл бұрын

@@BenSmithFilm Understood. Thank you for your time!

@trevorjensen2706 2 жыл бұрын

Ben, I appreciate this video, it gives a great analysis of this cue. one thing I wonder is, what is the BPM for the start of this cue? Thank you.

@BenSmithFilm 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Trevor, film music works on a different tempo system called clix which is often decided after the music has been written so isn’t written on the scores. I’d estimate that it’s around 200 BPM thought.

@RichardCareyFordComposer Жыл бұрын

Ben, well done!! Is there a printable version?

@BenSmithFilm Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, I’m afraid there isn’t right now. However, the video is in 4K so you may be able to take screenshots and print them out without any quality loss.

@trevorjensen2706 2 жыл бұрын

Is the start around 168 BPM?

@LaNotaTristeOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

I'ts so great the video, I send you my regards. I'm a Composer from México, so... if an any day you want to talk about a music, it's will be cool. See you!

@martin-raison-music-composer Жыл бұрын

at 0:49 what do you mean by "Synth voice" ? A Choir vst?

@BenSmithFilm Жыл бұрын

Hi Martin, I’m not entirely sure, but I imagine that it’s sampled chorus that was then tweaked to make it sound more ethereal. I doubt that it’s just a VST choir because there was a real chorus available for the soundtrack recording.

@martin-raison-music-composer Жыл бұрын

@@BenSmithFilm I also doubt that Mister John William would use a vst choir haha. thanks for replying

@pecesdeciudadmx 5 ай бұрын

He did it a lot. Was a common way at 80's, even Close encounters or AI got a few. The Harry potter's celeste is a VST@@martin-raison-music-composer

@liegon 2 ай бұрын

@@pecesdeciudadmx If I remember correctly, they used a Yamaha DX7 Synth with a celeste sound mixed with a sine wave, at least for the first film.