Fantastic Beasts

The Fantastic Beasts movies — as with the Harry Potter predecessors — seem to be set in winter more often then not. For that reason, I think of the films, and the music by James Newton Howard, as seasonal. To me, it only feels right to play this music around winter. My favorite piece from the franchise is, A Close Friend. I view it as the central theme.

I love composer James Newton Howard. His scores from M. Night Shyamalan’s early films — Signsand The Village — are some of then…