BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Singer confirms producers of Harry Potter series rejected a ballad he composed for one of the films Springsteen told BBC in an interview that he wrote the song I’ll Stand By You for the fantasy movie franchise after reading the novels to his eldest son 2 Harry Potter author JK Rowling is said to have had a contract stipulation that prevented the use of commercial songs in the films. The song is said to date as far back as 1998 3 “It was a big ballad that was very uncharacteristic of something I’d sing myself... At some point, I’d like to get it into a children’s movie of some sort because it was a pretty lovely song,” Springsteen said.