Lily’s Theme

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Lily’s Theme is a haunting musical piece composed by Alexandre Desplat for the Harry Potter film series, associated with the character Lily Potter and the final installment’s emotional tone.

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Label Occurrences
Lily’s Theme canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film score piece ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
associatedCharacter Harry Potter ⓘ
Lily Potter ⓘ
Severus Snape ⓘ
basedOnUniverse Harry Potter (literary universe) ⓘ
linked to: Harry Potter
composer Alexandre Desplat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
featuredInWork Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (film) ⓘ
filmDirectorCollaboration David Yates ⓘ
franchise Harry Potter film series ⓘ
genre film score ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasComposerRole Alexandre Desplat ⓘ
hasKeyAssociation minor tonality ⓘ
hasTheme loss ⓘ
maternal love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
hasTitleCharacterReference Lily Potter ⓘ
hasVocalType female solo vocalise ⓘ
includedInAlbumFormat CD release ⓘ
digital release ⓘ
label WaterTower Music ⓘ
languageOfVocalise wordless vocals ⓘ
medium film music recording ⓘ
mood emotional ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
narrativeFunction evokes memories of Lily Potter ⓘ
linked to: Lily Potter

supports emotional tone of the film’s conclusion ⓘ
underscores themes of love and sacrifice ⓘ
partOfSoundtrack Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (soundtrack) ⓘ
primaryInstrument orchestra ⓘ
voice ⓘ
publisher WaterTower Music ⓘ
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
seriesInstallmentContext final installment of the Harry Potter film series ⓘ
style lyrical melody ⓘ
minimalist orchestration ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
trackNumber 1 ⓘ
usedAs opening track of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (soundtrack) ⓘ
usedFor emotional atmosphere in key scenes ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harry Potter film scores → notableWork → Lily’s Theme ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (film score) → featuresTheme → Lily’s Theme ⓘ