Patrick Doyle scores new 'Harry Potter' film

Cool.

K

As much as I love what Williams has done, it will be nice to have a composer change.

I vote Bruce Broughton for OOTP.

That's "Order of the Phoenix" for the non-hip crowd

--The Geek!

Mira Nair ----> Mychael Danna

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Originally posted by PeterK:
Lou,

Mira Nair ----> Mychael Danna

Unless you know something we don't?

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JC

Ah, and reading over that old thread Peter linked to reminds me how happy I am that Prisoner of Azkaban turned out so well. Cuaron definitely raised the bar to Olympic heights. I hope Newell knows what he's doing.

I am looking forward to Doyle, and Danna would be an interesting choice too, but I'm still voting Bruce Broughton!

Can I vote Goldenthal for the final film

Kirk, buddy, I'm no worried about Newell, I'm hoping the final time is not like 2 hours and 10 minutes. GOF and OOTP are epic, I just hope they don't gut the story’s for sake of run time. As much as I liked POA, I felt they should have added 15 minutes at least. I think WB should release "Potter Extended" DVDs with like 3 hours cuts or something, that would be cool.

--Bri Guy

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Originally posted by Crono/Kyp:
Can I vote Goldenthal for the final film

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That would be interesting, in a good way.

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I think WB should release "Potter Extended" DVDs with like 3 hours cuts or something, that would be cool.

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Originally posted by Maestro Sartori:
I only loved Doyle's Frankenstein score

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Just curious if you have heard Doyle's music to HENRY V, A LITTLE PRINCESS, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING or most recently SECONDHAND LIONS? If so, did you not like or love those scores? I did!

Just wondering...

As long as he uses William's orignal themes as his groundwork I think I'd be okay. I mean any good composer would look to his predecessor for a backdrop on which to formulate his music (For a series at least).

As long as he sticks to those strong themes Williams has cooked up, I'd be interested to hear what he has to offer. It's just like getting a new director, he has the past director's work to go off of, but he does it in his own way.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by Maestro Sartori:
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Just curious if you have heard Doyle's music to HENRY V, A LITTLE PRINCESS, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING or most recently SECONDHAND LIONS? If so, did you not like or love those scores? I did!

Just wondering...

-Erik-[/B]

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I have not listsned to those scores, though I did see Much Ado... Those are classical scores by their period settings. Harry Potter, though in a period atmosphere, requires more magic, more whimsy, and more extra "unknown" qualities.

Philipp

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Originally posted by Philipp:
Did Williams suggest Doyle?I mean after all, Williams once replaced Doyle on STEPMOM...

Philipp

np: superman (john williams)

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Originally posted by Maestro Sartori:
I have not listsned to those scores, though I did see Much Ado... Those are classical scores by their period settings. Harry Potter, though in a period atmosphere, requires more magic, more whimsy, and more extra "unknown" qualities.

I don't know how to express my displeasure at this time. I'm still quite livid by the decision.

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I find it interesting that the producers are willing to try different hands at the helms of these films (the Alien franchise all had interesting different directors as well).

Since the basic idea is just an upper class British boarding school with magic thrown in, I'm interested to see what a British director and an Indian director are going to do with the subject. Obviously they can't travel far from the material in the original books and the overall scheme of what the audience will expect, so it'll be interesting to see what touches they work in (if any) and where they'll be.

Since Nair used Rachel Portman on Vanity Fair that's an option that people should consider. Maybe Nair will opt for another female composer (imagine Shirley Walker or Debbie Wiseman).

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Originally posted by Lou Goldberg:
Since Nair used Rachel Portman on Vanity Fair that's an option that people should consider. Maybe Nair will opt for another female composer (imagine Shirley Walker or Debbie Wiseman).

By the way, what's the gen on Williams bowing out again after doing the 3rd film, is he gone for good, is it because he's taken on other projects that people here know about?

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Firstly, Mychael Danna scored Mira Nair's four most recent films, including Vanity Fair.

I just read THIS at Dark Horizons:

Whilst John Williams may be seeing his "Superman" theme getting a revival, his "Harry Potter" tunes seem to be going the way of the dodo.

Jarvis Cocker is set to write the soundtrack for the next film - the currently shooting "Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire" according to recent reports in British tabloid The Sun. Movie bosses apparently wanted a trendy British musician to score the new film rather than utilising stalwart John Williams.

The good news is that Cocker was the top choice by the various cast, including Radcliffe for the job. A film insider says: "He is a very talented musician who is a big fan of movies and knows exactly how they work. You may just think Jarvis is the bloke in specs who fronted Pulp but he is a man with many hidden depths".

Considering their source is The Sun tabloid, I doubt this is true. But still...

James

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GoF Film Music News: Jarvis Cocker New Film Score Composer?

A few days ago we told you that UK music group Franz Ferdinand may contribute a few songs for the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. As many readers have let us know, in a recent interview with BBC Radio 1 they confirmed their involvement in the film. Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy said:

"We were going to collaborate with Jarvis, Jarvis Cocker." "He's written three songs already and he wants us to write another one with him, so hopefully we'll have the time and energy!""No, we do have the energy, I'm sure. It's such an exciting thing to do, it's incredible.They've asked us to be in the film. Something about the four weird sisters or ugly sisters, (it's actually the Weird Sisters) playing bagpipes or something, I don't know."
However today, comes this report from the tabloid The Sun, that former Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker will be actually be writing the score for the Goblet of Fire film.

"JARVIS COCKER has been signed to write the soundtrack for the fourth Harry Potter film. As well as composing the music for Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, the former PULP frontman will make a cameo appearance.
Movie bosses were determined to bring in a trendy British musician to give the film a sprinkling of Britpop cool after the previous Potter flicks were scored by prolific American composer JOHN WILLIAMS - most famous for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET and the chilling theme from Jaws.

But new Potter director MIKE NEWELL wanted to make sure his movie appealed more to a generation of music-mad teens."

The report goes on to state:

"A source at movie giants Warner Bros tells me: "Everyone here is really excited about Jarvis being involved in Goblet Of Fire."
"He is a very talented musician who is a big fan of movies and knows exactly how they work. You may just think Jarvis is the bloke in specs who fronted Pulp but he is a man with many hidden depths."

This would seem to contradict a previous report that noted film composer Patrick Doyle would be writing the score for the Goblet of Fire movie.

Please Note: We are looking into these reports and can not yet confirm them. We will update when we can.

But we'll see, I'll be bothered if this guy does the score.

--Brian

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire: Patrick Doyle has been confirmed as the composer, not Jarvis Cocker as reported yesterday. Cocker is involved in a minor capacity though.