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Hedwigs Theme is one of the masterpieces by John Williams and it is

undeniably truth that the first thing that comes up to ones mind is it is magical and

beautiful. The main instrument for this leitmotif is celeste where it gives the magical

sound effect B!"#$ %T $'($ $& )%*HT "'( ()%!"T. +ost people

could recogni,e the musical theme because of its uni-ueness and catchiness. Though

new leitmotifs are created for every Harry otter /H0 movies1 this leitmotif is still

used in all of the movies. The music sounds uplifting and very promising when people

hear it for the first time. This theme is not always associated with Harrys owl1

Hedwig although it is called Hedwigs Theme. Williams had created two version of

Hedwigs Theme2 Hedwigs a and Hedwigs B. Hedwigs a is softer than

Hedwigs B. This leitmotif has given a lot of impacts in Harry otters to channel the

characters emotions and the meaning of specific scenes musically.

This leitmotif appears in the scenes2 +ail (elivery /H30 and " Wal4 in the

Woods5Winter !omes /H60. Harry is serving coo4ies to +r. (udley when suddenly

he hears the sound of owl ma4ing noise and Hedwigs Theme is playing at the same

time. The sound of solo celeste can be heard clearly when Harry loo4s outside the

window. There are a lot of owls in front of the house. The way the music is playing

mirrors something that is une7pected happens when it less e7pect it. %n this case1

Harry thin4s he will not get a letter because there is no post on $unday8 but things

happen the other way around. Harry gets a lot of letters from the owls outside of the

house. The second repetition of the music pattern starts to get louder and it represents

uplifting moment. The music plays -uic4ly when the first letter comes from the

chimney. %t would seem that this leitmotif is used since it is related to owls and this is

the first time Harry sees une7pected thing happen in front of his own eyes as if magic

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had happened. Then the woodwind instruments and string instruments /violins0

followed celeste when a lot of letters are coming out of nowhere

Hedwigs Theme and %ts Transformations 9 "naly,e the use of Hedwigs Theme and discuss specificinstances of its use and how it musically and dramatically transforms in form1 function and meaning inthe following cues.

3 H31 !ue : /3+:01 +ail (elivery 3;2:23 H61 !ue 6>1 " Wal4 in the Woods5Winter !omes /revisit this cue for Hedwigs Theme0 :?23?=:32>@

6 HA

< H:1 !ue 3A1 " Journey to Hogwarts >?2@23A

: H?1 !ue A /3+A01 Harrys !loset and olyuice1 and !ue @1 t. 6 /The theme is -uoted briefly in each of these

two cues.0 3;2