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I spoke with Nicholas Hooper yesterday (the interview got delayed), and I can assure all of you that he is a very humble and kind man.
He explained a little why he chose to take the series in a totally different musical direction. He testified of his admiration of John Williams. (I won't go into more detail, because I want everyone to subscribe to FSM Online!)
The one juicy tidbit, which I also mentioned in the interminable "Williams may score seventh Potter film" thread, is that Hooper is bowing out of the series altogether. He told me that the films have put too great a strain on his family life, and that he always thought that a certain composer "whose name I know well" should finish out the series, "since he started it."
Have fun with this news. And check out this month's issue of FSM for oodles and oodles of moi!
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 06:26 PM
"He’s been the master for 30 years. Whatever anyone says...he is the master; there’s no other master in America. He’s the one. And I wouldn’t write melodies like I write, if any good, if I’d not listened to John Williams. I would not be as obsessed by orchestration if I’d not listened to John Williams, because he’s also the one who made the orchestra still going and alive in the ‘70s and ‘80s."
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 06:34 PM
i feel bad a little... i hope his family problems resolve 
Horner is a very good composer. He steals from himself no more than Jerry Goldsmith did, and even John does it all the time as well. -Joey
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 06:36 PM
Interminable?
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 06:46 PM
QUOTE (Maestro @ Jul 15 2009, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The one juicy tidbit, which I also mentioned in the interminable "Williams may score seventh Potter film" thread, is that Hooper is bowing out of the series altogether.
That's good news for us
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 06:46 PM
QUOTE (Maestro @ Jul 16 2009, 04:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The one juicy tidbit, which I also mentioned in the interminable "Williams may score seventh Potter film" thread, is that Hooper is bowing out of the series altogether. He told me that the films have put too great a strain on his family life, and that he always thought that a certain composer "whose name I know well" should finish out the series, "since he started it."
Seriously, please don't joke about such things.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 06:50 PM
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i feel bad a little... i hope his family problems resolve
His family problems will be resolved... after we murder his family!
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 07:00 PM
If this is true (and it adds up with the producers trying to get Williams back) and we're going to get two more Potter scores from Williams.
Woooohoooooooooooooooo!!!!
And if they don't manage to get him back... yay... we're at least going to get two scores by a real, film composer.
Woooohoooooooooooooooo!!!!
And if they don't manage to get him back... yay... we're at least going to get two scores by a real, film composer.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 07:02 PM
I will be the first to admit, I was certainly quite mistaken in believing it is VERY unlikely Williams will return for the final films.
NOW DAMN YOU TIN TIN!
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 07:05 PM
I was guilty of that too. I guess we all underestimated how the producers felt about having him on the first three.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 07:52 PM
Cautious optimism prevails once again!
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 07:54 PM
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QUOTE (Mr. Breathmask @ Jul 16 2009, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No, but I can assume they at least refer to the music Hooper composed, rather than aiming petty comments at the man himself.
Well I for one have been leveling my criticisms at the director/producers more than anything. I also called him Hooper Pooper but that wasn't going out of my way to attack him, it just sort of came out naturally and I found it amusing and somewhat apt.
Hooper Pooper?
I call him Hooperman.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 07:57 PM
QUOTE (Maestro @ Jul 15 2009, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The one juicy tidbit, which I also mentioned in the interminable "Williams may score seventh Potter film" thread, is that Hooper is bowing out of the series altogether. He told me that the films have put too great a strain on his family life, and that he always thought that a certain composer "whose name I know well" should finish out the series, "since he started it."
I wonder... what has his family life got to do with this? Seriously?
Because he spends too much time working??
QUOTE (indy4 @ Jul 15 2009, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So now the only obstacle is schedule conflicts!
I am more convinced than ever now... John Williams will come back.
He would have scored 4 out of 7 movies then.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:07 PM
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:08 PM
QUOTE (Wycket @ Jul 15 2009, 10:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If he writes for two DH, it'll make 4,8.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:09 PM
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Ahhh OK. Although WR didn't really write ANY new music.
But it still should be 4.8 of 8! (or 3.8 of 7)
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:14 PM
Hooper struck me as a very humble, down-to-earth, "simple" kind of guy. Most of his professional life has consisted of writing small scores for "small" projects. Even for Harry Potter he didn't have to leave London.
Harry Potter represents the first (and only) giant, Hollywood scoring experience he's had, and I think it was quite hard on him (what with the time constraints, studio pressure, etc.). I got the impression that he'd be content just leading a quiet life in London from now on, without dabbling in mega blockbusters like this anymore.
I felt quite sympathetic towards the chap, really.
Harry Potter represents the first (and only) giant, Hollywood scoring experience he's had, and I think it was quite hard on him (what with the time constraints, studio pressure, etc.). I got the impression that he'd be content just leading a quiet life in London from now on, without dabbling in mega blockbusters like this anymore.
I felt quite sympathetic towards the chap, really.
"He’s been the master for 30 years. Whatever anyone says...he is the master; there’s no other master in America. He’s the one. And I wouldn’t write melodies like I write, if any good, if I’d not listened to John Williams. I would not be as obsessed by orchestration if I’d not listened to John Williams, because he’s also the one who made the orchestra still going and alive in the ‘70s and ‘80s."
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:16 PM
QUOTE (Maestro @ Jul 15 2009, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hooper struck me as a very humble, down-to-earth, "simple" kind of guy.
This description also fits John Williams.
However, the similarity ends there.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:18 PM
QUOTE (Maestro @ Jul 15 2009, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hooper struck me as a very humble, down-to-earth, "simple" kind of guy. Most of his professional life has consisted of writing small scores for "small" projects. Even for Harry Potter he didn't have to leave London.
Harry Potter represents the first (and only) giant, Hollywood scoring experience he's had, and I think it was quite hard on him (what with the time constraints, studio pressure, etc.). I got the impression that he'd be content just leading a quiet life in London from now on, without dabbling in mega blockbusters like this anymore.
I felt quite sympathetic towards the chap, really.
Harry Potter represents the first (and only) giant, Hollywood scoring experience he's had, and I think it was quite hard on him (what with the time constraints, studio pressure, etc.). I got the impression that he'd be content just leading a quiet life in London from now on, without dabbling in mega blockbusters like this anymore.
I felt quite sympathetic towards the chap, really.
That's probalby true. Well, I am sure most of RCP scoremakers are nice people too. I noticed that Ramin Djawadi is a very likeable guy, too bad I don't like his music.
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Posted 16 July 2009 - 10:00 AM
QUOTE (richuk @ Jul 15 2009, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I was guilty of that too. I guess we all underestimated how the producers felt about having him on the first three.
Not everybody. But yeah, most people did.