Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible View Post
A) does not explain what you say it does
It illustrates the point perfectly.

Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible View Post
B) is not a print master or even a rough edit of the 5.1 score,
It is exactly what it says it is - one of the scoring sessions you end up hearing on the soundtrack, piped in chorus and all. I have both the movie (special BR edition no less!) and the soundtrack.

I think it is pretty funny that you think I'm commenting strictly on the sound of the Youtube video! I'm certainly not referring to when you hear this segment in the movie either - amongst the thunder and all the noise of the mayhem wrought by the flying dementors. I refer to the music. Have you ever listened to the soundtrack?

The Soundtrack

What the video clearly illustrates is why the close miked tympani sound like they don't belong to the orchestra. On the soundtrack. The Only Way to Listen to This Music. You hear this not only with "Opening", aka 1M1, but in other cuts as well like "Dumbledore's Foreboding".