NICHOLAS HOOPER

Despite your acronymitis, my hands do get tired of typing out the very long titles of the movies. Would Harry Potter [insert number] do for you?

On another note, both the U.S. and UK web site opens with some snippets of Hooper's score for the sixth film. Some foreboding music as the page loads, and another arrangement of "Hedwig's Theme" (Hooper really likes using the softer instruments and those lingering strings).

I can't wait!

Oh, no, I can.

yay, if it's a stinker as his first, I got another coaster for putting my drinks on it

oh man, will you quit harrasing a composer who actually has the skills?

yikes, whatsemesa saying (quoting Jar Jar Binks)

Hooper has some talent, he's just probably better off composing for more BBC-made-for-TV productions. I enjoyed his score for the fifth movie, it just lacked that sense of power and dense orchestration Williams and Doyle used for their scores.

But some people are looking back on Hooper's score like it was last year's Iron Man. Please, Hooper has more talent in his finger than Djawadi or Bates combined but even then he just can't compare to the brilliance of Williams' music.

And James, the score for the sixth movie was recorded in late summer/early fall as it was originally supposed to come out last Thanksgiving. The film has been complete since then, but like Paramount and Star Trek Warners is sitting on it so it makes more money in the summer.

Hooper definitely has talent because it takes talent to write cues like Flight Of The Order Of The Phoenix, Professor Umbridge, Dumbledore's Army and Room Of Requirement. But his music is too much like for a TV show, it does not have the power and emotional brilliance Williams' and Doyle's had. Like James said in a previous post, where the emotional level was high and needed to be emphasized by the music (eg: in the "Possession" track's scene) Hooper was just pressing the right keys and nothing else, there was no strong theme or melody to enhance the already emotionally powerful scene and the whole thing felt flat. This kind of thing JW would have elevated to brilliant levels and IMO it was a great missed opportunity.

Amazon says the soundtrack will be released on July 7th - http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Bloo … amp;sr=1-2

No tracklist yet though.

for me the entire score was a light dissapointment, there was little action but even his underscore wasn't that good

like you, I was spoiled by the magic of both Doyle and Williams
ah, here's his chance to redo that mistake

90% it is Hooper, even if the music sucks big time

I'm not going to watch the 6th and 7th film either in theatre, rent it when I can

well, I hope for both our sakes then that he will return to finish the story

Yates said that there is an option to get Williams back for Deathly Hallows, didn't he?

CD COVER for the new Harry Potter score CD:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/6 … SS500_.jpg

I was personally never into the whole Harry Crapper thingy and i couldn't care less to tell you the truth, especially since John Williams abandoned the project.

the only thing wrong with it is the name of Hooper on that cover