Veteran Composer Hans Zimmer Will Score HBO's New Harry Potter Series

HBO's caller Harry Potter bid volition beryllium scored by Hans Zimmer, the award-winning composer down Interstellar, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Gladiator and countless different blockbusters.

Zimmer volition enactment with Kara Talve and Anže Rozman from Bleeding Fingers Music, an Emmy Award-winning corporate of muscians helium co-founded, to nutrient the caller Harry Potter TV bid score. Their enactment volition archetypal beryllium heard erstwhile the amusement launches via HBO Max successful 2027.

Warner Bros.' erstwhile Harry Potter movie bid initially featured a soundtrack from the legendary John Williams, though different composers took implicit for aboriginal entries. Still, Williams' themes remained throughout, and became synonymous with the franchise's sound. It'll beryllium absorbing to perceive however Zimmer takes this bequest on.

Hans Zimmer. Image credit: HBO.

"The philharmonic bequest of Harry Potter is simply a interaction constituent for composers everyplace and we are humbled to articulation specified a singular squad connected a task of this magnitude," Zimmer said. "The work is thing that myself, Kara Talve and Anže Rozman bash not instrumentality lightly. Magic is each astir us, often conscionable beyond reach, but arsenic successful the satellite of Harry Potter, you simply indispensable look for it. With this people we anticipation to bring audiences that small spot person to it whilst honoring what has travel before."

While it is improbable Zimmer volition see Williams' themes successful this caller soundtrack, his connection suggests the dependable of HBO's bid apt won't consciousness similar a immense departure from what fans person travel to expect from the wizarding series.

Zimmer's backmost catalogue extends to much than 500 projects which person collectively grossed much than $28 cardinal astatine the container office. His scores for The Lion King and Dune won Oscars, and helium is besides the recipient of 3 Golden Globe Awards, 5 Grammy Awards and a BAFTA. You'll person heard his enactment successful The Pirates of the Caribbean series, Black Hawk Down, Inception, No Time to Die, Man of Steel and Top Gun: Maverick.

Filming for HBO's bid began past year, with assorted glimpses spotted by fans including enactment connected caller scenes not from the anterior movies oregon books. Notable formed members see John Lithgow arsenic Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essidu arsenic Severus Snape and Katherine Parkinson arsenic Molly Weasley. Sherlock histrion Louise Brealey has present been spotted arsenic Quidditch teacher Madam Rolanda Hooch, portion Game of Thrones' Anton Lesser portrays legendary wandmaker Garrick Ollivander. Alongside each the caller faces, 1 acquainted histrion volition return: Star Wars and Willow histrion Warwick Davies is backmost arsenic Professor Flitwick.

The Harry Potter TV bid is expected to debut connected HBO successful aboriginal 2027, with an eight-episode archetypal season. Subsequent seasons volition accommodate each of the Harry Potter books successful turn, with their merchandise expected to past overmuch of the adjacent decade.

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