Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince : Malfoy's Mission
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Nicholas Hooper was given a double edged sword when he got the assignment to score "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix". On one hand it's a once in a lifetime chance for any composer to come from working on small television projects to working on a major motion picture which will undoubtedly be a success at the box office, and having your work exposed to a wider audience. Of course there's also the other side of the blade which can cause some serious injury, having to follow in the footsteps of John Williams and Patrick Doyle isn't an easy task, and Doyle did receive some harsh criticisms from fans for not integrating enough of Williams' theme into his score (although I must admit Doyle's score is my favorite). Hooper's score for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was not considered to be the highest point for the music in the franchise of Harry Potter, and I found it to be a rather adequate piece work, and it did pale in comparison to Doyle's and Williams' material.
Hooper returns for the following film "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince" and in doing so he creates a much darker score which does resemble the turn that the franchise has been taking since the third installment. Hooper once again disregards most of what Doyle and Williams had done previously and reinstates most of his own material from the previous score such as the Weasley's theme (which sounds very out of place in "The Order of the Phoenix" and "The Half-Blood Prince") . John Williams very popular "Hedwig" theme makes two appearances, but they're brief, the first is in "Opening" but it's barely noticeable, and "Ginny". The total amount of time the "Hedwig" theme is given is probably less than 20 twenty seconds when you combine both tracks, which is a shame I think. The other theme that's from John Williams is the Quidditch fanfare, but Hooper injects plenty of his own material into it that it muddles the theme entirely in my opinion. Hooper does create something new for the score and it is reprised in different forms through out the score "In Noctem" (of the night) it's a lovely little Latin choir piece. Dumbledores Speech and Dumbledores Foreboding" are two of the tracks where the lovely peice makes its reprisals, but the choir is tonned down a bit in those two tracks and the piano melody shines through much more than it does in the track "In Noctem", it also appears in the track "Journey To The Cave", but it's barely noticeable in my opinion.
There's a depressing theme created for the character Malfoy which is titled "Malfoy's Mission" it uses synthesizers to enhance the already mournfully sounding track (a highlight of the score). The romance elements in the score are handled well, but it mostly just adds to the score's monotone feel, Harry and Hermione and When Ginny Kissed Harry sound nice from the outset but don't bring any real emotion to the table. They sound as if their scored by a harp, and an aucustic guitar, which would sound promising but not much is done with them that it really fails to impress. A good chunk of the score just chugs along, on what seems to be a monochrome of color, never really changing, but only briefly will things brighten up, but they'll quickly fade back into grey. The more exciting portions of the album occur in the final couple of tracks, "The Drink of Despair" uses synthesizers to enhance the eerie whispers presneted in the track but they do tend to become annoying during their breif appearance. "Inferi in the Firestorm" is a track (which is the highlight in the album I think), it's unsettling from the start and hints at impending doom, and has a thrilling climax which eventually leads into "The Killing of Dumbledore" which is similar to most of the album, not much that's impressive about it-it provides moments of dissonance on string instruments to encite great fright, but again it doesn't seem to achieve it's goal. "Dumbledore's Farewell" is another mournful sounding piece and it's enourmously effective even though the cello solo, and overbearing sound of the orchestra does seem a bit cliche, it works quite well.
Most of the score doesn't make much noise, and it seems as if Nicholas Hooper is taking a very conservative approach to the franchise. I do believe the album is a huge disappointment and more was expected for the franchise of Harry Potter, and if anything Hooper's efforts just highlight how impressive John Williams', and Patrick Doyle's contributions to the franchise were. Hooper's score isn't necessarily bad, but it does nothing to really distinguish itself from the work created by Doyle and Williams. There's some good music to be heard in the score to "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince" but there's not enough of it to consider this a great album or even a good one, it's just a bland steak which unfortunately doesn't have enough seasoning to make it taste great, plenty of substance, but not enough style.
this song shows the danger that Malfoy is bringing Hogwarts but also makes clear the purity and innocence of a child subjected to a horrible and painful task given to him by Lord Voldemort, this is the part where I feel sorry for the kid. I like the flute in this music that highlights the purity contained in a boy who is not as bad as it sounds
+Rodolfo Temponi are the same things that I think!
+Rodolfo Temponi I love how you describe the elements of the song :)
Rodolfo Temponi exactly.
I was already crying.
DRACO. IS. NOT. EVIL.
The Definition of Geek yeah no one said that, that's why there's flute to high light the innocence
Right.... Don't Shut up Draco!! I Luv You Draco~!!!!
No soundtrack has ever had so many tracks that have made me cry...except for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
exactly
Who's the loser who wrote the description?? Half-Blood Prince is one of the best soundtracks ever made!
It's the song when Draco kill the bird !!!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I admit it, I'm not that knowledgable on scores, and how each one bears the trademark styles of particular composers. However, I do believe that the Harry Potter soundtracks are quite beautiful. Dark, and sinisterly emotional.
Plug your headphones in, and close your eyes. You'll nearly die and I'm not jocking.
Harmonia Nectare Passus. Harmonia Nectare Passus!
I've grown up with the HP books and movies
i have been trying to find this song for soooooo long and i cant believe i found it !! this is my favorite in the movie...LOVE HARRY POTTER
Doyle's score is my favorite as well. It's got both epic and really emotional themes.
I love this song so much
Beyond pure
Yesss! I cannot agree more with you! As much as I love the classical sound of Williams' work, HBP definitely has the best scores. The music is far more meaningful. Just listen to "The Friends" or "In noctem", so beautiful!
This song is amazing.
This is my favorite song in the entire HBP score not just because Draco is my favorite Character but also because it has such good volume and suspense. Hooper did an amazing job with the score of HBP and I am really glad they got him, because if not, this song would not exist most likely. And that brings me comfort that only Hopper could have made such a wonderful soundtrack. Yes the other 1st 4 were amazing. But this is my second favorite song put of all the Harry Potter movies.
I did a piano solo arrangement of Malfoy's mission. Download and support us! Here's the sheet music: sellfy.com/p/qGER/
todas las canciones de HP te llegan al alma☇☇☇
Exactamente.
HBP is my fav, all songs are amazing!
I love this song!!! Amazing
I Love Draco Malfoy Mine Draquinho
Demais essa música, combina muito com o filme!!!
Guys listening it in 2017 and loving Drago ? like it
This killed me
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i dunn think ny potter movies is worst all are amazing in their own place even order of phoenix true they missed a lot a huge amount of book but it was really good effort i expect ppl who say its worst or this or that to make it they can't ... its hard ... so for me every movies is valueable ...
@Lilynettemiel i totally agree with you man
I feel sorry for Draco, &I love Draco Malfoy should not be a death eater he is not evil &villain he was giving the most dangerous shocking tasks for Lord Voldemort, I'm not scared 2 say the evil dark lord's name why would people be scared &afraid 2 say the evil dark lord's name shame for Draco my heart goes out 2 Draco Malfoy but don't like &trust Draco's father Lucius Malfoy he doesn't care about his own son Draco, I love you Draco Malfoy he is a Slytherin prince
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@LiveByTheCreed2010 respect for dumbledore, please re-read books 1-7 again.