Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings

The Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings provides an in-depth study of the music of two of the biggest fantasy franchises, focussing on music’s worldbuilding roles within the film-watching experience and elsewhere in videogames, trailers, plays, theme parks and other attractions, and the world of fandom.

Daniel White takes a range of approaches and techniques of motivic and thematic musi...