''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the

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to the 2002 film of the same name, composed by

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and conducted by William Ross. The score was originally supposed to be entirely conducted by Williams, but due to scheduling conflicts with the scoring of

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's film ''

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'', Ross was brought in to adapt Williams' material from ''Philosopher's Stone'' and conduct the scoring sessions with the

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with orchestrations provided by

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, Eddie Karam and Pete Anthony. 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

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, and

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. The soundtrack was released on 12 November 2002, and was a

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nominee for the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2003. It charted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at 81 and also charted at 5 on the Top Soundtracks Chart. In Japan, the album was certified gold by the

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for 100,000 copies shipped to stores. In 2018, La-La-Land Records released a complete version of the score in a two-disc CD as part of a three soundtrack set featuring the scores for the first three Harry Potter films.

Track listing

Original Release

Harry Potter - The John Williams Soundtrack Collection: Disc 4

Harry Potter - The John Williams Soundtrack Collection: Disc 5

References

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