The Internet is a crazy thing; it’s an educational tool, it gives us access to an almost infinite amount of media, and in many cases,we can end up with music that wasn’t exactly meant to be heard. This time though, the victim at the forefront of this latest music leak, is the musical wizardBruce Springsteen.

With a large cacheof unreleased music to his name, a dedicatedBruce Springsteen fan might see the words ‘leaked music’ andassume we’re finally seeing the famousElectric Nebraskarecord released, the truth is that at least this time, it’s a ballad written for a movie soundtrack.

Back in October of last year,Bruce Springsteen was interviewed by Simon Mayo ofBBC Radio2, and it was revealed that The Boss had written a song for the first Harry Potter film, although the track was ultimately never used in the film.

The track, titled ‘I’ll Stand By You Always’, was apparently ‘a big ballad’ and went unused by the producers ofHarry Potter And ThePhilosopher’sStone. However,asRolling Stonereports, the track has now surfaced on SoundCloud after being released on a compilation of bootlegs released by the Bruce Springsteen bootlegwebsite Jungleland.

While the track doesn’t reach the same inspirational heights as Springsteen’s Academy Award winning song ‘The Streets Of Philadelphia‘ from the moviePhiladelphia, it is a slow-burning track, somewhat uncharacteristic of Springsteen’s usual style, but perfectly suited for a film soundtrack.

While Springsteen never said in his interview back in October why the track was rejected, there’sa strong chanceit may have had something to do with the fact the producers wanted to use the purely instrumental tunes writtenby influential composer John Williams.

You can have a listen to the track here, but in the meantime, let’s just think about how many morekids would have a radically different music taste if they had been exposed to the genius of Bruce Springsteen at a much younger age.

This article originally appeared onTone Deaf. You can check out the original article here.

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