Warner Bros. has unveiled a fun new website, MuggleHub! There you can find videos, screensavers, buddy icons, wallpapers, web banners, posters and a profile picture generator!
Thanks to WB we now know that you can watch a video from the Harry Potter premiere (Red Carpet) and view photos at the Official Harry Potter site! Go here to view the video and photos! Enjoy!
The LA Times has posted an interview with composer Nicholas Hooper.
DM: You’ve known and worked with David Yates for the last 19 years. How did you feel about taking on a project as big and well-known as the “Harry Potter” movies? NH: I was already a fan of Harry Potter from the books. When the first films came out I had to go watch them, of course, and I thought I’d love to do one. Then David told me he was going to do one and I nearly fell over backwards because I didn’t expect it at all. David had done political thrillers and those kinds of things, so this was something quite different.
DM: How were you able to put your own stamp on the score when four movies had already been done with a more or less established sound? NH: I started by listening to a lot of the John Williams score, particularly from the third movie, “Prisoner of Azkaban,” which I loved and I suppose is closest to what I was trying to do. I used some of his themes, particularly his Hedwig theme. After that, we all decided that it was best if I moved into my own way of composing rather than trying to emulate John Williams, which is impossible. I did a different kind of score for “Half-Blood Prince,” really. It was simpler, the way I write music is simpler.
I’ve found a bunch of videos from the Half-Blood Prince premiere on youtube! I will update this post as I find them! (unless I post something else after this) For videos (well sound clips with photos) of Bonnie, Jason Isaacs, Dan, Emma, James and Oliver, and Robbie go to this channel! I’ve made a playlist and you can view it below!
Digital Spy has the entire press conference with Daniel Radcliffe, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Micheal Gambon, David Yates and David Heyman on their website. You can watch it here at their site. Enjoy!
Part two of the conference with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Jessie Cave, Jim Broadbent and David Barron is also on their site and can be viewed here!