Alexandre Desplat has been named the film composer of the year for the third time in a row! Alexandre was the composer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I and II. You can buy the soundtracks at the links below:
A new trailer for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II DVD/BluRay trailer is now online and may be watched below. The trailer contains some brand new footage from Maximum Movie Mode.
You can pre-order the movie at the following links.
Also, don’t forget to pre-order WB’s Exclusive Gift Sets for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II which are also available for pre-order at the WB shop.
The Pottermore Insider Blog has been updated letting fans know that their Beta Tester Survey is now available. So they would like for those of us who were lucky enough to gain early access to take the quick 10 minute survey so they can better the experience for when it opens to the general public. You’ll be able to comment on the different areas of the site, letting them know what you enjoy, and what you think could be even better.
Warner Bros Insider Rewards has released a new behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Room of Requirement scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The video shows Tom Felton talking about filming the part where he and Blaise (played by Louis Cordice) almost fall off a pile of stuff in the Room of Requirement.
The Pottermore Insider Blog has been updated showing fans how the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor House Crests were designed! They were designed by the Atomhawk Design team and they have given Pottermore some of their design sketches which you can view along with the final products in the post right here.
The starting point for each of the house crests was the Hogwarts crest, which first appeared on the title pages of the Harry Potter books, and represents all four Hogwarts houses. This original artwork and J.K. Rowling’s descriptions of the houses were used to inspire four unique house emblems for Pottermore.
The artists started by talking about the best way to include the natural elements of fire, earth, water and air into each house; what the best positions and expressions for the animals would be; and the most effective way to include the house colours in the final designs.
Their main aim all the way through the process was to make the crests into symbols that Sorted Pottermore users would be proud to display as a token of their Pottermore identity.
To start with, three versions were sketched for each house crest. The team then looked at each variation to make absolutely sure the details and attributes of each house were clearly represented. The design they felt was the strongest out of the three was selected to go through to the next stage of the process, which involved adding colour to the designs.
Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, the Phelps twins, Tom Felton, Warwick Davis and other Harry Potter stars were on the Matt Edmondson Show on BBC Radio 1 tonight. It was a miniature comedy show called “The One With a Hogwarts Job Centre” where Matt, the host, suggests jobs for the actors. You can listen to the here with that segment beginning at 23:06 .
