The outcomes of the curse on their collective lives become more complicated with the arrival into town of Tuscon Police Detective Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn), whose arrival is not by accident and involves more than just his stated professional purpose. The curse works its way into Gillian's and Sally's lives in different ways.

More introspective Sally, who has sworn off the use of magic except in its most practical sense, has taken measures not to fall in love because of the curse, but ends up falling for and marrying Michael (Mark Feuerstein), a local merchant, the two who end up having two daughters of their own. With this experience, extroverted Gillian decides to leave the island to live life to the fullest, in the process, falling for Jimmy Angelov (Goran Visnjic), a Bulgarian who grew up near Transylvania. The Owens women are also under a curse that any man with who they fall in love is doomed.

Rumors of the Owens women being witches have existed for generations in the small close-minded town in which they live, despite there being no hard evidence. Having grown up with their spinster Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) in the long time Owens family house on an island off the coast of Massachusetts following the death of their father and then their mother, they are the latest in a long line of witches. Nyman said that he regrets the fact that his music exists on the album because it limits people's exposure to his work, but does appreciate that, at the very least, it proves his involvement in the film.Sisters Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) have a special bond with each other despite being different in personality and outlook. Some of Nyman's score can still be heard on the original CD release of the soundtrack, which was recorded before the studio changed the music. thought the score was not enough of a 'Hollywood soundtrack' and opted to go in a different direction. The initial soundtrack apparently was not 'Hollywood' enough.Ĭomposer Michael Nyman said he wrote an entire score for 'Practical Magic' that was not used in the movie - instead, the studio chose a score by Alan Silvestri.Īccording to an interview with, Nyman said that although he felt the music he wrote for the film was sexy, sleazy, humorous, scary and 'very high quality,' Warner Bros. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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