Draft:Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (soundtrack)

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is the film score to the 2022 film of the same name, written and composed by James Newton Howard. It was released on 8 April 2022 by WaterTower Music.

Background
James Newton Howard revealed in August 2021 that he was working on the soundtrack of the third movie. Howard spent working 8 months and 38 hours sessions for the soundtrack, alongside London Voices Choir. It was recorded in Abbey Road Studios, such as the soundtracks of the first and second films. It has received good reviews, calling it "masterclass" and "fantastical". Some reviews called Howard "the most interesting musician for this class of movies".

Reception
Filmtracks.com wrote "The Secrets of Dumbledore is a very finely crafted score that is faithfully loyal to the franchise, including the Williams scores. Those who appreciated The Crimes of Grindelwald will especially find merit in its darker tones, though listeners expecting the awesome fantasy of a positive character from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them may be disappointed." In a review for The Lantern, Brett Price claimed that Howard "delivered a score that elevated not only the high-action fight scenes, but the film as a whole". Chris Bumbray of JoBlo.com praised his contribution to the film, though "the movie feels decidedly non-epic, lacking any significant action sequences" and called it as "a fine score". Drew Taylor of The Playlist also felt that Howard's score is "zippier than it has been in the previous two entries."

Personnel

 * James Newton Howard — composer, orchestrator, liner notes, soundtrack producer
 * Pete Anthony — conductor, orchestrator
 * Thomas Ashpitel - assistant engineer
 * Jeff Atmajian — orchestrator
 * Chris Barrett - score editor
 * Thomas Bowes - orchestra leader
 * Peter Boyer - orchestrator
 * Peter Cobbin - score mixer
 * Chris Cozens — technical scoring engineer
 * Ryan Fogal - score coordinator
 * Gavin Greenaway - conductor
 * Dave Hage - music preparation
 * Daniel Hayden - pro tools operator
 * Allan Jenkins - music editor
 * Philip Klein — orchestrator
 * Jon Kull - orchestrator
 * London Voices - choir, chorus
 * Dorina Markoff - music


 * Jonathan Martinez - additional music:score
 * Adri Mena - music preparation
 * Shawn Murphy — recording engineer
 * David Olson - music editor
 * George Oulton - assistant engineer
 * Ben Parry — choir director
 * Michael Dean Parsons - score producer
 * Camilla Pay — harp
 * John Prestage - pro tools operator
 * Tobin Pugash - score co-producer
 * Pamela Sollie — score coordinator
 * David Swinson - choir director
 * Cécile Tournesac — score editor
 * Jim Weidman - supervising music editor
 * Kirsty Whalley — score mixer
 * Mark Graham — music preparation
 * John Williams – original composer of Hedwig's Theme
 * David Yates – executive producer, liner notes