Oct 26, 2010
Thirty second preview clips from the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” film soundtrack have made their way online care of Amazon.com. Readers will recall, the track titles for the soundtrack were revealed by a Belgin site; this posting on Amazon confirms the track listing for the forthcoming Harry Potter film soundtrack.
Oct 25, 2010
The track listing for the forthcoming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One” film have been released via a Belgian music website. Comprising a total of twenty-six tracks, the album track listings are as follows: 1-1 Obliviate 1-2 Snape to Malfoy Manor 1-3 Polyjuice Potion 1-4 Sky Battle 1-5 At The Burrow 1-6 Harry …read more!
Oct 20, 2010
Quick reminder to all of you wizard rockers: TODAY is the last day to get in an entry to our The Great Jingle Spells Contest – read the rules here, remember to send your file to [email protected] and that it must be in WAV or AIFF format. We’ve gotten a bunch of amazing entries so …read more!
Sep 24, 2010
Conrad Pope, film composer and orchestrator, has updated his Facebook with comments on the “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” soundtrack: Just finished the first week with the LSO of recording Alexandre Desplat’s score to “HP7”. Harry Potter now occupies a new musical universe. For Lovegood AD has written a charming, “groovin’” theme. Dobby, too, is given …read more!
Sep 14, 2010
Our friends at Potterish have gotten confirmation from Warner Bros. Brazil that composer John Williams, who wrote the music for the first three Harry Potter films, will return to score the final movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” will be scored by Alexandre Desplat.Update: While this is indeed …read more!
Aug 05, 2010
The region of Scandinavia will get a taste Harry Potter wizard rock this month, as band Harry and the Potters will be making their way through Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Their week-long tour will consist of nine stops and is open to Potter fans of all ages. Here is a rundown of the events: Aug …read more!
Apr 25, 2010
According to an update on the official website of Alexandre Desplat, the composer for the forthcoming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” film, will be among the jury members for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. Sitting on the Feature Film Jury lead by director Tim Burton, Mr. Desplat will be joined by such …read more!
Jan 30, 2010
Warner Bros.’ monthly Harry Potter newsletter has a brand new interview with Nicholas Hooper in which he talks about his experiences scoring “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” In the interview Mr. Hooper comments that the journey to the cave was his favourite scene to score …read more!
Dec 03, 2009
Congratulations are in order today as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a Grammy Award. The score composed by Nicholas Hooper for the sixth Harry Potter film is among those nominated s “Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.” Others nominated include scores for “The Curious …read more!
Nov 02, 2009
Radio listeners in the UK have selected Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams as the all time favorite in a new poll of children’s classics for station Classic FM. The PA reports the iconic main theme song for the Harry Potter films was the winner,”with youngsters choosing it ahead of other movie scores such as Jurassic …read more!