US EditionVeteran Composer Hans Zimmer Will Score HBO's New Harry Potter Series
- Hans Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers Music will compose the score for HBO's Harry Potter series, a major reboot drawing intense industry anticipation.
- Each Harry Potter book will be adapted into a season, allowing a deeper dive into the material, while Zimmer and collaborators say the score will honor and reimagine the franchise's musical legacy.
- Zimmer has already begun composing with the collective and has scored more than 500 projects, while Bleeding Fingers composers Kara Talve and An~e Rozman will collaborate directly with him.
- Casting mixes new child leads Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout with veteran adults John Lithgow, Paapa Essiedu and Janet McTeer, while Mark Mylod executive produces and directs multiple episodes.
- Later this year Bleeding Fingers will open a new London office as it expands globally, and Hans Zimmer, Oscar-shortlisted for F1, will have work heard on Euphoria and Dune: Part Three.
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A living legend of film music, the 68-year-old doubly Oscar-winning composer was chosen to sign the soundtrack of the next adapted series of the adventures of J.K. Rowling's young sorcerer produced by HBO.
Also in this country the new HBO series around the magic apprentice Harry Potter is already eagerly expected by the fans. Now a new detail has become known. Thus nobody less than star composer Hans Zimmer will set the series to music.
Hans Zimmer has already been awarded with several Oscars for the setting of films. Now he has a new big project in mind: Harry Potter. For the new TV series he delivers the music - but still gets support.
Zimmer said the new HBO series is a great responsibility. The Oscar winner composed the scores for many other legendary films.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
The Oscar winner is going to enter the Harry Potter universe. The native German is going to set the planned HBO series to music. He talks about a great responsibility.
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