Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Selected Themes from the Motion Picture - Piano Solos: Piano Solos (Includes Souvenir Poster), Book & Poster

by John Williams

Featuring 16 pages of four-color movie photos and a pull-out souvenir poster, this movie selections folio is a tremendous value! Titles * The Chamber of Secrets * Dobby the House Elf * Family Portrait * Fawkes the Phoenix * Flying Car * Gilderoy Lockhart * Harry's Wondrous World * Hedwig's Theme * Moaning Myrtle * Nimbus 2000 * The Spiders.

Genres: Fantasy, Harry Potter, Fiction, Young Adult, Music

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

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John Towner Williams is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. He has a very distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism, and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old.
Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images (1972), and The Long Goodbye (1973). He has collaborated with Spielberg since The Sugarland Express (1974), composing music for all but five of his feature films. He received five Academy Awards for Best Original Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable collaborations with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the Indiana Jones franchise (1981–2023), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). He also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992), and the first three Harry Potter films (2001–2004).
Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops' principal conductor from 1980 to 1993 and is its laureate conductor. Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, "The Mission" theme used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia, the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan's Island. Williams announced but then rescinded his intention to retire from film score composing after the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in 2023.
He has received numerous honors, including the Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, the National Medal of the Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998, the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2004. He has composed the score for nine of the top 25 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office. In 2022, Williams was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, "for services to film music". In 2005, the American Film Institute placed Williams's score to Star Wars first on its list AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores; his scores for Jaws and E. T. also made the list. The Library of Congress entered the Star Wars soundtrack into the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Reviews

[Barbara Yingling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this second book. I listened on a very long card ride and finished it during the ride. The narrator is excellent! Story line is fun fantasy. I'm not usually into fantasy anything but this, as we know from its popularity, is a fun read, similar to a fairy tale. On to Book 3!

[Sakib · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book about Harry going to Hogwarts. Harry and his best friend are late for the train so they take a flying car. There world has been exposed. They nearly get expelled. Later, Harry 's best friend Ron sister Ginny get's into the Chamber of secrets.Harry saves her from the villan.

[Lauren Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny

[Goblin Peon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always wondered what Dumbledore and who else did in the chamber afterwards... need to find a good fanfic about that

[Ajay · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so glad that I decided to re-read these books right now. Because oh, how I am loving them. Reading this book again was a lot of fun. And I loved it so much. Harry is amazing. The Weasleys are so adorable. I love Ron and Hermione. I love the school. I love Hagrid. Just, I have so much love for this book. I like how every book in this series is about one year at Hogwarts. Harry must spend every summer with the Dursleys. And oh my god. I can't stand them. I really can't. They are so awful towards him. They never get him anything. And they are cruel, in a way. Did not like the small part of them in this book. There is so much to love about Chamber of Secrets. The writing is gorgeous. I liked it more in this than I did in the first one. This book is special to me. I loved reading about Harry and all his problems. Things aren't going very well for him. He is getting blamed for just about everything, and I must admit to loving that, hah. There was this new teacher in this one. And oh, how he annoyed me. How he annoyed Harry. And it was so much fun to read about. This book is awesome. And not nearly as dark as the books that are coming up.. sigh. Yet still a bit heartbreaking, even so. The writing is lovely. The characters are all perfection to read about. The plot is awesome. All of it is so. I'm so happy that I loved re-reading this gorgeous book. So much is happening in this one. I don't think I will describe much of it. But I have some thoughts to share. I adore the friendship between Harry and Ron and Hermione. It is stunning to read about. Though I also feel like we don't get to see nearly enough of it, and that makes me a bit sad. Hmph. But I'm okay. Probably. Because there is so much amazing happening at all times. I like reading about Harry's sort of hate relationship with Draco. It's awesome. I don't fully hate this boy. He's a bully, but not the worst one. I also liked reading about the sport in this book. How awesome Harry is at it. How great he is at flying. I'm all kinds of jealous, though, as I have always wanted to fly. I still adore reading about the different classes in these books. Though not too much about it, so I didn't get tired of it. I keep thinking that I don't see how people could love Snape after book seven, but so far I don't hate him at all. He just seems a bit grumpy, maybe. But yeah. Not liking him much either, to tell the truth. He is interesting, though. The plot in this book is all kinds of exciting. I loved the mystery about the Chamber of Secrets. About who was turning so many people almost into stone. About the whispering that only Harry could hear. About that annoying Dobby, and all the awful but meant in a good way things he did. I loved reading about the different creatures in this one. Huge spiders. Shudders. Those were awesome. And huge snake. And just, yeah. It was a lot of fun to read about and I can't seem to say much more than that :) I wish there were tons of things I could say about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. But my mind seems empty. Probably because this book is so awesome that I have no negative things to talk about, hah :) So my review is a lot shorter than usual. But that's okay. I just wanted to share about how much I adored re-reading this book. And how happy I am that I did this right now. You all need to read the Harry Potter books. If you have only read book one, you should know that this one is even better. It's so good.

[Fiamma Campas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gusta pero es uno de los primeros asi que no puedo decir que esta malo por que cumple su proposito al 100%

[Sofia Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Iniya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it. It was such an exciting book

[pedrazaluan · Rating 5 out of 5]

the book really fantastic

[gio!! · Rating 5 out of 5]

fav hp book, dislike the author immensely

[Mathilda Erwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es war ein sehr gutes Buch aber jetzt nicht das beste

[Syalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so good

[Lydia Moran · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a masterpiece! The characters are richly developed, and the plot is both thrilling and emotionally resonant. It's a timeless classic that I'll cherish forever.

[readerwithflaws · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good but not my favourite

[Megan Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good if you like mystery

[Cynthia DiNunzio · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was awesome!

[Courtney Wallis · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite series of all time

[Martina · Rating 5 out of 5]

a todo si, Ginny te amo empezó Hinny y no me bajo del barco

[Jasmine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ho provato ha leggerlo ma non sono una vera fan di Harry Potter, l'argomento l'ho ritenuto noioso nei mie pareri;-;

[SteFF · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn't put it down!

[Willow · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best movie!

[Beck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a book that truly brought back a wave of nostalgia for me. As the second installment in J.K. Rowling’s beloved series, it strikes the perfect balance between magical adventure and deeper mystery, pulling you back into the wizarding world with ease.

One of the things I appreciated most about this novel is how readable it is. Rowling’s writing style is smooth and engaging, making it easy to get swept up in the story. Even though it’s packed with magical creatures, ancient legends, and hidden dangers, the language is clear and accessible, which makes the entire experience enjoyable from start to finish.

Revisiting this book felt like catching up with an old friend. The familiar characters, the Hogwarts setting, and the growing sense of danger all reminded me why I loved this series in the first place. It’s a perfect blend of lighthearted moments and suspenseful twists.

Whether you’re reading it for the first time or picking it up again years later, (or like me you re read the series often) Chamber of Secrets holds up incredibly well. A great read that’s both easy to follow and rich in imagination.

[Joaquín · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esta bueno, pero no se compara con los otros

[Maryam ღ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good read, but it was my least favourite part from the series.

[Brianni · Rating 4 out of 5]

😚😚

[Turner Mccray · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say. All the Harry Potter films to date have been excellent and this is a lovely extra concept. A must for all music playing Potter fans

[Alison May Cotter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was the book when I rated it 🤣🤣🤣