"Order of the Phoenix" Wins Award for Best Score of Video Game

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"Order of the Phoenix" Wins Award for Best Score of Video Game

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Posted by: Sue

March 08, 2008, 02:49 PM

Thanks to TLC reader Pete for letting us know the score to the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game was a recent winner at the Movie Music U.K. Awards. The music for the fifth Harry Potter video game, composed by James Hannigan, was named “Best Score-Game,” beating out scores from Halo 3, Lair, Bioshock and Mass Effect. You can read more about composer James Hannigan and hear excepts from his various works including a piece used frequently in the OotP game-”Welcome to Hogwarts”- here via this link, and watch a video interview with the composer on creating the score for the game from EA, here in our galleries.

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Cool, the music of that videogame is very cool!

Posted by Alejandro Martinez on March 08, 2008, 03:00 PM report to moderator

yeah I agree with alejandro, the music in the great was great, and the video game was great too!

Posted by Sam on March 08, 2008, 03:08 PM report to moderator

Great news! Congratulations!!

Posted by Prenz on March 08, 2008, 03:26 PM report to moderator

Congrats!!! Today is a happy day! My 18th birthday,OOTP’s wining more awards(I hope tommorow as well). YAY…I love you Leaky : )

Posted by Matea on March 08, 2008, 04:34 PM report to moderator

Excellent…and thoroughly deserved.

Posted by Dave on March 08, 2008, 05:09 PM report to moderator

i wanna get the game so bad…..great job everyone who worked on the game! i’ve heard it was amazing!!!

Posted by emily? on March 08, 2008, 05:22 PM report to moderator

and happy 18th birthday Matea!!!!!! lol

Posted by emily? on March 08, 2008, 05:23 PM report to moderator

I always thought many games soundtrack to be of high standards and even better than what hollywood films can muster. This is a great event to bring these unsung composer heroes to the fore. And yes OOtP video game was one of the best soundtracks. My favourite was Dreamfall (The Longest journey 2) – maybe that was the year before though, not sure.

Posted by Professor Potter on March 08, 2008, 05:25 PM report to moderator

The music in the game was good, but I honestly think it’s a joke that it beat the epic soundtracks of Halo 3, Mass Effect, or Bioshock.

Posted by Mark on March 08, 2008, 05:49 PM report to moderator

Mark…You have to be kidding… Whatever you feel about the game itself the music was extremely good.

Posted by Dave on March 08, 2008, 06:06 PM report to moderator

I thought it was good, deserving of the nomination, but I just didn’t like it as much as the others. :)

Posted by Mark on March 08, 2008, 08:04 PM report to moderator

Yay!

Posted by isabela on March 08, 2008, 08:10 PM report to moderator

Huh? It was good but Halo 3 was better!

Posted by TPT on March 08, 2008, 11:28 PM report to moderator

I agree with Mark. I’d have given it to Mario Galaxy or Bioshock.

Posted by Agahnim on March 09, 2008, 05:21 AM report to moderator

The award is deserved if you ask me. The music in the other nominated games is also good (if a bit hyped) and they are very good games but the Ootp music is incredible.

Posted by Peter on March 09, 2008, 07:08 AM report to moderator

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