Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Hollywood Bowl Concert Breathes Fresh Magic Into Original Harry Potter
Variety: It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years since the first Harry Potter movie, since author J.K. Rowling’s literary creation crystallized into the form audiences followed over the course of the next decade on-screen. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” director Chris Columbus deserves credit for making that experience so iconic, of course, as do actor Daniel Radcliffe and the rest of the cast, though a unique summer-night cine-concert at the Hollywood Bowl reminds just how important John Williams’ contributions were in bringing the character to life.
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I absolutely love the Harry Potter movies! It is so cool that The Hollywood Bowl hosted a live screening with live music of the first movie. This created such a cool atmosphere were a huge mass of fans could come together and enjoy the movie that they love as a community. Another really cool element of this event is the live orchestration. I love how this article talked about how the score effected the movie. The point that was made about the music in the first movie being cheesy and then as the series progresses the score gets more and more complex. This fact effects the Harry Potter series as a whole. Looking at the progression of the scores form movie to movie shows the progression in the characters, the progression of time, and the progression in cinematography. A score is so important in a movie, it can make or break the movie. Another interesting thing about live orchestration is it gives the audience a new perspective hearing it live. The sound qualities between recorded music and live music are so different so it would be so interesting listening to the sores in both ways and then comparing them.
I am a HUGE John Williams fan, HUGE HUGE HUGE, and I am so jealous of all the people who got to go see this movie with the original score being performed live in time in time with the movie. I am always a supporter of not only William’s work, but the work of all composers who use their talent and creativity to breathe a new life into a work. The Harry Potter movie scores are also super interesting to me because the movies changed composers as the series went on, with each composer adding their own work to move along the story and create different moods (Williams' work is a bit too playful for the last movie, and Desplat's work is a bit too dark for the Sorcerer's Stone). One of the most interesting things to me about this event is that it is reminiscent of the movie-going experiences of the past (and sometimes the present if a cinema is willing) in which all of the music was played live. Live music and recorded music are very different, as the moviegoer can hear the music straight from the instruments (or through speakers) that gives a less processed quality to the soun. I have not been able to see a movie in such a way and hope an event like this comes to New York!
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