Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident...were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.

Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer James Newton Howard, describing the project and his introduction to the film, remarked, 'It's like joining a family in a way; I was made to feel very welcome. The scope of the movie, emotionally, visually, in every way, is very broad. There are funny moments, magical, beautiful moments, and there are some dark and scary moments. The music helps tell the story. I've had fun writing themes for the various characters and giving a musical voice to this wonderful new movie. It's been a great collaboration with musicians and filmmakers, and I've thoroughly enjoyed it!'.

The soundtrack was released on vinyl on 4th November 2016 and on digital and audio CD’s on 18th November 2016.

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Audio CD

The standard soundtrack is 72 minutes of new music by James, including songs called ‘There Are Witches Among Us’, ‘Gnarlak Negotiations’ and ‘Newt Releases the Thunderbird’.

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A 2-CD deluxe edition was also released on 18th November 2016. The deluxe edition is nearly 100 minutes long, with 26 songs. That second album includes songs like ‘The Demiguise and the Lollipop’, ‘I’m Not Your Ma’ and ‘Kowalski Rag’.

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Vinyl

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling. Featured on the picture disc are 2 alternate musical suites composed for two of the film’s main characters by James Newton Howard. The 12” collectable Picture Disc LP also features artwork from the film and is packaged in a clear plastic sleeve.

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A limited edition (2000 copies) transparent blue and gold double LP’s was released on 6th January 2017. A week later the 2-disc black vinyl was released. On 2nd February 2017 another limited edition (500 copeies) with smoke-coloured double LP’s was released. Unlike the first vinyl that was released, the three new releases feature the full album.

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