If you get the Warner Brothers Newsletter you will have already seen their exclusive interview with Nicholas Hooper. Nicholas is up for a Grammy for his work on the Half-Blood Prince soundtrack. If not read below and click here for the full interview!
When do you make the final recording for the film – do you do it in segments or while the raw film is playing?
The scoring sessions are time to be at the end of the post production period although the film will probably still be going through some changes, even at that point. We work to the latest cut and record the music scene by scene. Often we will record the orchestra section by section. For example: 1. All the strings. 2. All the brass excluding the horns (which have a different color) 3. Then the horns etc. etc., until everyone has played. Normally percussion, choir and soloists would be recorded at a different session in the evening.
Emma Watson’s clothing line for People Tree, has launched online a few days earlier than expected! You can see all the girls fashions here and guys here! Below are a few pieces:
A new trailer for the LEGO Harry Potter Year 1-4 video game (the Playstation 3 format) has been released and can be viewed below. The video announces that the game will be released this May!
A new television commercial for the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is set to be aired during Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, February 7 on CBS at 6:30pm EST.
The spot will also begin a brand campaign for the resort, carrying the theme “Be courageous. Be outrageous. Be extraordinary.” The idea is to highlight the new Harry Potter attraction, as well as mainstays that feature characters like Shrek and Spider-Man.
The spot is planned for the first half of the game. It was created internally with the help of Rosso Media in Surrey, England.
Why he’s so miserable: It may have been largely excised from the filmed versions, but in the Harry Potter universe house elves like Dobby are essentially slaves, in that they work without pay and without possibility of release except by their master’s say-so. That may be alright if you work somewhere fairly cuddly, like the Hogwarts kitchens (where the elves are largely bemused by Hermione and her Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare), but if you work for the Malfoys you can count on regular beatings, semi-starvation, verbal abuse and having to cater to dark wizards. Why he’s inspiring: Dobby’s best efforts quite often bring disaster on their intended beneficiary (usually Harry Potter), but you can’t fault him for doing everything he can to protect The Boy Who Lived from a clear and present danger – and he does it at considerable risk to himself. Dobby continues to play a heroic role throughout the series, always putting the welfare of others before his own, and plays a role out of all proportion to his size.
