> There will be Spoilers in this review.

> I'll try to not make this as long as I'd want it to be, but I actually
> loved this score. Without getting so much into the finer details, I
> actually felt this music was the most fitting for a Harry Potter film with
> the exception of the first movie, and perhaps the third. As
> "Liz" commented in her post, the key thing about this score was
> that this one reflects the mood of the books and films much more than
> Williams' or Doyle's did. They are both overall, in my opinion, much too
> epic. It sometimes sounds more like music for *coughcough* a space opera
> rather than a series that is much more personal. And here is what attracts
> me the most about this score: it feels personal.

> Look, Hooper's work is in no way as rich as William's or even Doyle's. And
> I wasn't particularly impressed by his work for the fifth film. But when
> it comes to complementing what was happening on screen, this score gets a
> 5 from me. This movie was not about the magic and adventure and
> discovery of a mysterious hidden world that the first 2 films, and
> somewhat the third, were about. It's a film that is much less about the
> wonder of magic, and much more about the personal feelings of romance,
> heartbreak, internal turmoil and loss. There are basically only 2 parts in
> the movie I feel were truly "epic" and those parts sounded
> fittingly so. "Journey to the Cave", around 1:30ish I believe,
> and Inferi in the Firestorm after 1:10 are the two most epic scenes in the
> movies, and the music fitted those scenes with subtle perfection. Heck,
> during that moment in Journey to the Cave, with Dumbledore and Harry in
> the middle of the stormy waters and the waves splashing by, I actually
> heard a few people in the theater comment "This music is so epic
> right now". The same for the scene with dumbledore manipulating fire
> against the inferi. And the Malfoy's Mission reflects everything going on
> in the tormented Malfoy's mind and his secret practice perfectly.

> A score doesn't have to be more complicated or include more instruments to
> be more fitting towards the movies. Hooper and Doyle's work is probably
> better to listen to on its own, but it just doesn't fit the cinematography
> and emotions on screen as well; there was a marriage of audio and video in
> this film that was quite impressive. The most personal movie has the most
> personal music.

> I listened back on all 6 soundtracks yesterday, and having watched the 6th
> movie twice already, my opinion is only more concrete. Maybe I'm a bit
> biased though, with HP6 being easily my favorite movie thus far and being
> one of the lucky few who was able to see it in IMAX.

I think the bunch that hate the score will either view you as a simpleton, or a child that has no knowledge of "proper" music