16 years after it was produced, Springsteen’s ballad for the « Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone » is released
Last October, Bruce Springsteen revealed he had written a song for the first installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. Although his song didn’ t make it into the film, fans are now remembering the ballad on the book series’s 20th anniversary. Springsteen’s song “I’ ll Stand By You Always” had a short-lived spot on SoundCloud when it was leaked in February, but was later removed after a few short hours. Though Salon cannot confirm this is indeed the original track, you can take a listen to what it might have sounded like. Although it does not directly reference the film’s characters or plot, the lyrics follow the series’s theme of fantasy:
