ITV1 has released the first of two video previews for J.K.Rowling…A Year in the Life documentary, which will be be aired on ITV on Dec. 30th at 7pm GMT. This clip shows when JKR finished writing Deathly Hallows. The second snippet, which will be released on Sunday, will show her revisiting her old flat.
There is a new interview online with Patrick Doyle, who composed the soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Many people discovered your music recently through your score to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. What was that like?
PD: It was extraordinary and it was great to work with Mike Newell again. I’d worked with the producer David Barron before, though not with David Heyman. I’d worked with Mike Newell on Into the West and Donnie Brasco.
John Williams wasn’t available and initially the request was that I’d be working with John’s material so I was a little hesitant. In the end it was just the Hedwig’s Theme that I bought over. It was an honour to follow in the footsteps of such a great composer.
J.K. Rowling was the #1 choice by fans for TIME magazine’s ‘Person of the Year.’ She was the third runner-up this year. They have an interview with the her where she talks about the books and answers 10 questions about Harry Potter. There is a spoiler below so don’t read the blockquote if you haven’t finished Deathly Hallows.
Who does Draco Malfoy marry? Astoria Greengrass, younger sister of the Greengrass family. We meet Daphne Greengrass, part of Pansy Parkinson’s Slytherin posse, in Book V when Hermione takes her O.W.L.s. Neville marries Hannah Abbott, who becomes the owner of The Leaky Cauldron. “I do have it all worked out in my mind because I couldn’t stop myself doing that.”
This week’s issue of the magazine hits newsstands on Friday with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as the ‘Person of the Year’ on the cover.
