For Immediate Release
WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE HARRY POTTER
AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
ON JULY
10TH
Soundtrack to Fifth Installment of Blockbuster Harry Potter Film
Franchise Scored by Award-Winning British Composer Nicholas Hooper
(June
14, 2007, Burbank, CA): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack - the score to the highly anticipated feature film
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - will be released by Warner Bros.
Records on Tuesday, July 10th, the day before the movie opens in theatres across
the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, July 11th.
The fifth installment of the
blockbuster fantasy adventure franchise has been scored by award-winning British
composer Nicholas Hooper, who has enjoyed a long association with the film's
director, David Yates. Hooper and Yates have worked extensively together in
television, as well as on the feature The Tichborne Claimant. Most recently,
Hooper won the 2007 BAFTA TV Award for Best Original Music for his score for the
telefilm Prime Suspect - The Final Act, starring Helen Mirren. He was also
nominated for a 2006 BAFTA TV Award for his score to the Yates-directed drama
The Girl in the Café. Hooper follows in the footsteps of the previous Harry
Potter composers: Patrick Doyle, who scored 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire, and John Williams, who composed the music for the first three Harry
Potter films, which together were nominated for three Grammy Awards and two
Oscars, and sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Based on the fifth
book in the series of best-selling novels by British author J.K. Rowling, Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returning for
his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to discover that much of the wizarding
community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent
encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is a lie, putting Harry's
integrity in question. Worse, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge (Robert
Hardy), has appointed a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, the
duplicitous Professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton). But Professor
Umbridge's "Ministry-approved" course of defensive magic leaves the young
wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the Dark Forces
threatening them, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and
Ron (Rupert Grint), Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly
with a small group of students, Harry teaches them how to defend themselves
against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the
extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
"I saw the scoring of this Harry
Potter film as a great opportunity to work with such important themes on a grand
scale," Hooper says. "David Yates and I started early, even before filming
started, working on such themes as Ministry of Magic, Umbridge, and Voldemort.
However, as we came closer to the final cut, the music developed beyond what we
had first imagined, so there was that inevitable race against time. My process
is one of discovery, rather than having a specific plan. This can be
nerve-wracking, but it has its creative benefits."
Hooper recorded nearly
two hours of music at London's fabled Abbey Road Studios, famous for its
acoustics and ambience. His team included engineer Peter Cobbin (the Lord of the
Rings trilogy), and conductor Alastair King (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest) who conducted the Chamber Orchestra of London. "The team was the
best around," Hooper says. "We had a complete rapport and I always felt that
they knew what we were trying to achieve."
Warner Bros. Pictures presents
a Heyday Films production, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, starring
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie
Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard
Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith,
Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters. Directed by
David Yates, the film is produced by David Heyman and David Barron, with Lionel
Wigram executive producing. The screenplay is by Michael Goldenberg, based on
the novel by J.K. Rowling.
Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment company, will release the film Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix on July 11th, 2007 in the United States and Canada.
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For further information, please contact: href="mailto:cinemediapromo@yahoo.com">cinemediapromo@yahoo.com or
visit www.harrypottersoundtrack.com
WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE HARRY POTTER
AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
ON JULY
10TH
Soundtrack to Fifth Installment of Blockbuster Harry Potter Film
Franchise Scored by Award-Winning British Composer Nicholas Hooper
(June
14, 2007, Burbank, CA): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack - the score to the highly anticipated feature film
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - will be released by Warner Bros.
Records on Tuesday, July 10th, the day before the movie opens in theatres across
the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, July 11th.
The fifth installment of the
blockbuster fantasy adventure franchise has been scored by award-winning British
composer Nicholas Hooper, who has enjoyed a long association with the film's
director, David Yates. Hooper and Yates have worked extensively together in
television, as well as on the feature The Tichborne Claimant. Most recently,
Hooper won the 2007 BAFTA TV Award for Best Original Music for his score for the
telefilm Prime Suspect - The Final Act, starring Helen Mirren. He was also
nominated for a 2006 BAFTA TV Award for his score to the Yates-directed drama
The Girl in the Café. Hooper follows in the footsteps of the previous Harry
Potter composers: Patrick Doyle, who scored 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire, and John Williams, who composed the music for the first three Harry
Potter films, which together were nominated for three Grammy Awards and two
Oscars, and sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Based on the fifth
book in the series of best-selling novels by British author J.K. Rowling, Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returning for
his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to discover that much of the wizarding
community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent
encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is a lie, putting Harry's
integrity in question. Worse, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge (Robert
Hardy), has appointed a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, the
duplicitous Professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton). But Professor
Umbridge's "Ministry-approved" course of defensive magic leaves the young
wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the Dark Forces
threatening them, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and
Ron (Rupert Grint), Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly
with a small group of students, Harry teaches them how to defend themselves
against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the
extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
"I saw the scoring of this Harry
Potter film as a great opportunity to work with such important themes on a grand
scale," Hooper says. "David Yates and I started early, even before filming
started, working on such themes as Ministry of Magic, Umbridge, and Voldemort.
However, as we came closer to the final cut, the music developed beyond what we
had first imagined, so there was that inevitable race against time. My process
is one of discovery, rather than having a specific plan. This can be
nerve-wracking, but it has its creative benefits."
Hooper recorded nearly
two hours of music at London's fabled Abbey Road Studios, famous for its
acoustics and ambience. His team included engineer Peter Cobbin (the Lord of the
Rings trilogy), and conductor Alastair King (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest) who conducted the Chamber Orchestra of London. "The team was the
best around," Hooper says. "We had a complete rapport and I always felt that
they knew what we were trying to achieve."
Warner Bros. Pictures presents
a Heyday Films production, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, starring
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie
Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard
Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith,
Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters. Directed by
David Yates, the film is produced by David Heyman and David Barron, with Lionel
Wigram executive producing. The screenplay is by Michael Goldenberg, based on
the novel by J.K. Rowling.
Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment company, will release the film Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix on July 11th, 2007 in the United States and Canada.
###
For further information, please contact: href="mailto:cinemediapromo@yahoo.com">cinemediapromo@
visit www.harrypottersoun
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