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Big changes are afoot for everyone's favorite teenage wizard in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film in the series based on J. K. Rowling's mega-selling novels. In addition to a growing interest in the opposite sex, Harry is selected to compete in the prestigious Triwizard Tournament, which pits him against more experienced students from Hogwarts as well as two other rival schools. More ominous still are the signs that Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, is returning to power. There are big changes on the soundtrack, too. After providing the score for the first three Potter films, John Williams hands the reins to the able-bodied Patrick Doyle, who has provided scores for such films as Donnie Brasco, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Sense and Sensibility. Doyle doesn't stray from the grand, occasionally whimsical style Williams established for the series, though he brings his own touch to the suspenseful "The Quiddich World Cup" and playful "Underwater Secrets." And his theme for Voldemort gives appropriate gravitas to such a malevolent villain. More surprising is the inclusion of three rock songs from Jarvis Cocker of the British band Pulp. Backed by members of Pulp and Radiohead (the band appear in the film as the Wyrd Sisters), "Do the Hippogriff" and "This Is the Night" are catchy but genuinely weird rock songs, especially for a blockbuster film of this nature. "Magic Works," however, is a gorgeous ballad complete with sweeping strings that would make for the perfect last dance at any Hogwarts social function -- or any Harry Potterthemed party, for that matter. Bill Pearis, Barnes & Noble