Potterdom Film/Score Series Thread

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Possible. She probably signed one hell of a contract.

[Bilbo 3,709]

She definitely spoke about vetoing a HP toilet seat.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Much to MV Gerhard's annoyance!

[bollemanneke 3,342]

But her agent clearly told me she had no say whatsoever regarding any film music releases. All wouldbe up to WB.

[Jay 37,336]

Cool.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

So how does this lecensing process work? Do record labels have to badager studios every month or so, or do they have a 'What LLL' wants list or something like that? And when the specialty labels are allowed to release the scores, do the big studios still make any profit from those new albums?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I'd bet it's very personality-driven; all down to the individual relationships the label owner has with the people in the music departments of each studio.  As always, everything's about who you know in the end!

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Bilbo 3,709]

34 minutes ago, BloodBoal said:

 

Shame. Would have loved to poop on Radcliffe's face!

 

You poop ON the seat? Fuckin weird. 

💩 

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Jay 37,336]

58 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

So how does this lecensing process work? Do record labels have to badager studios every month or so, or do they have a 'What LLL' wants list or something like that?

 

It's all about relationships.  You should actually read this article, and learn how the LLL guys releasing The Devil's Rejects score by Tyler Bates for Lionsgate, let to their huge catalog of titles for Warner Brothers!

 

CG: Do you find the studios are approaching you more often now to do projects for them?

MV: Newer stuff, yeah.

MG: On the older stuff, we really have among us, Intrada, Kritzerland, Quartet, BSX and Perseverance, I mean all these guys…

MV: We’re all pulling from the same reservoir—fishing from the same place.

CG: So how do they know who to go to?

MG: You just try to work your relationships. Right now, Disney and Intrada are like this [crosses fingers], you know. We’re very tight with Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros.

MV: We just try to keep our relationships as fruitful as possible, keep everybody happy.

CG: So it’s all who you know!

MG: Yeah, I mean we have a possible project coming up—well, it will be put on the very very fast track if it happens—where we did a number of projects for this particular filmmaker in the past and now we have a project coming up that we really needed him to make a call for us on, which he will gladly do because he’s liked working with us in the past. That will help put this particular project over the edge so we can start working on it finally. You just never know what project is going to lead to something really cool in the future.

MV: That in itself can dictate why we do something. Sometimes it’s because of who’s involved. We may not know the score, we may not know the composer, but we know other parties that we desperately want to work with, or throw our hat in the ring with.

MG: When we did Devil’s Rejects, one of our earlier scores with Tyler Bates, Tyler then was assigned to work on 300. We had just finished Devil’s Rejects and he was like, “Guys, you gotta see this this movie. I would love for you guys to release it.” And we were like, “Come on, Warner Bros. is not going to give us the rights to this huge movie.” But they were kind enough to put us on the guest list for a screening at the studio with the other execs, we watched the movie and we got to meet the execs. We said, “We’d love to do the soundtrack, if possible,” and they said, “Yeah, sure, we’ll let you know.” They gave us a call a day or two later and they said, “Well, we’re going to do it ourselves and we’re going to release it on Warner Bros. Records. However, we like what you guys are doing and we’d like for you to come in for a meeting and talk to us, maybe we can work on some projects together.” So, we went in and brought them some samples of some of our work. I remember meeting Doug Frank who was head of music there at the time, he took a look at the CDs and went, “People want this stuff?” And we’re like, “Yeah, and we want to release a bunch of stuff from the Warner Bros. catalog!” He goes, “I don’t see why not, makes sense to me.” From doing Devil’s Rejects and being friends with Tyler, then going to that screening and then to that meeting, we got into Warner Bros. and since then, we have done so many dream projects that it’s not even funny. Just because of that one soundtrack we did with Tyler and Lionsgate so many years ago.

MV: Lethal Weapon, The In-Laws…

MG: Batman: The Animated Series is one of the reasons why I started this label.

MV: Sometimes, you say yes to Devil’s Rejects, and…

CG: And the whole world opens up for you!

 

http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline/story.cfm?maID=4935&issueID=119&page=4

 

 

58 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

And when the specialty labels are allowed to release the scores, do the big studios still make any profit from those new albums?

 

Technically yes, but its peanuts in the grand scheme of everything these major studios do.  

 

 

54 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

I'd bet it's very personality-driven; all down to the individual relationships the label owner has with the people in the music departments of each studio.  As always, everything's about who you know in the end!

 

Yup!

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Thaks, that was certainly an interesting read!

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Question: Are there any members here who own the UK version of the 2016 DVD box set with all 8 films plus one bonus disc per film and who could check some audio specs for me? (As usual, there are no clear details on the Internet.)

[Alex 2,835]

I still have the first 3 on VHS! 

I have 4-6 on two disc DVDs but they were purchased ages ago. The rest I have on two disc blu-ray. Hope you find what you're looking for.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

11 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

Question: Are there any members here who own the UK version of the 2016 DVD box set with all 8 films plus one bonus disc per film and who could check some audio specs for me? (As usual, there are no clear details on the Internet.)

 

Trying to find if there's an audio description track?

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Yes. The thing is, ever since Goblet of Fire, the UK DVDs have got an audio description track. The first three films, however, were only audiodescribed on VHS. I do have copies of those, but they sound terrible. Even the 2011 DVD box didn't have AD tracks for 1-3. But now I read that the 2016 DVD and Blu-Ray box set (only the UK version) would apparently have AD tracks for the first three films as well, but I can't find any reliable confirmation anywhere.

[Alex 2,835]

I do have the first three on Blu ray which I purchased last year but I don't have them where I'm living right now.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

https://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-actor-sam-beazley-dies-at-age-101-a-107668/

[mstrox 6,649]

It's always the young ones

[Alex 2,835]

101?! That's not a bad innings

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

They don't say what he died from.

[mstrox 6,649]

jetski accident

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I wanna die fighting a tiger in a broken down Russian nuclear submarine!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Is Harry Potter even relevant or important anymore?

[bollemanneke 3,342]

YES!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

The only things HP related these days are Emma Watson's leaked nuddy pics, a spin-off movie I never saw, and cranky politcal rants from JK Rowling on Twitter. Seems to be in the doldrums now.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

The spin-off is great, but the political rants aren't.

[Bilbo 3,709]

14 minutes ago, Sally Spectra said:

The only things HP related these days are Emma Watson's leaked nuddy pics, a spin-off movie I never saw, and cranky politcal rants from JK Rowling on Twitter. Seems to be in the doldrums now.

 

Theres that hugely successful play which is sold out until some time next year which will also be opening on broadway. There's the theme parks. The studio tour which you have to book weeks in advance because of the demand. 

[TheUlyssesian 2,475]

The spinoff is actually great. As for the tweets, let's just say JK rowling needs to be on twitter as much as the Donald needs to be on twitter.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

But the play sucks. Really, it's Potter-unworthy.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

To be fair, Rowling's politics are all over the Harry Potter novels.

[Bilbo 3,709]

1 hour ago, bollemanneke said:

But the play sucks. Really, it's Potter-unworthy.

 

Doesn't matter. Critically acclaimed, award winning, and sold out. It's still relevant. Which is what was being asked .

[bollemanneke 3,342]

I still want to know who those critics are and who's bribing them.

[Alex 2,835]

Honestly don't understand the love for the play. Half of it is like bad fan fiction. However where there's money to be made...

[Fancyarcher 350]

Never saw the play but based off what I read of it, it didn't exactly sound "great".

[Bilbo 3,709]

2 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

I still want to know who those critics are and who's bribing them.

 

Marvel. Obviously. 

 

2 hours ago, Alex said:

Honestly don't understand the love for the play. Half of it is like bad fan fiction. However where there's money to be made...

 

1 hour ago, Fancyarcher said:

Never saw the play but based off what I read of it, it didn't exactly sound "great".

 

Those who saw it have loved it. The production of it is amazing apparently. I'm willing to take the word of people who've seen it over those who haven't. 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

It's certainly true of every play I've seen that reading it is not the same as seeing it performed.

[Bilbo 3,709]

Performance is such a vital part of play. You don't get that from reading it. 

 

Granted, the plot of the play doesn't seem too great from reading it but people have been floored by the production and performances. 

 

As I said, it's been enormously popular and successful so yeah. Potter is still a big deal in 2017. 

[Fancyarcher 350]

36 minutes ago, Bilbo Skywalker said:

Those who saw it have loved it. The production of it is amazing apparently. I'm willing to take the word of people who've seen it over those who haven't. 

 

Yeah I heard the actual production was great, the actual story sounded like bad fanfiction though. 

[mrbellamy 6,275]

The best plays can still be read like literature, even if it's a very different experience. Obviously the problem with reading the Cursed Child script is that in taking away the spectacle, all you're left with is an attempt to extend the Potterverse and it pretty quickly falls apart on the page.

 

I haven't seen the play but what I've read from fans who enjoyed it but did not think much of the story is that it becomes less of an issue because the overall vibe of the show is that of a greatest hits retrospective, presented more as a novelty act than serious theater. I've seen a lot of people say that it feels less like they're trying to do "Harry Potter 8" and more "A Tribute to Harry Potter" which makes some sense and would never be very satisfying to read. Your eyes can quickly gloss over "Dementors swarmed the Forbidden Forest" but it's probably a whole other thing to see it performed live. Kinda sounds like it has the same appeal as a theme park attraction where you excuse the flimsy story as a means to an end.

 

Still seems excessively long, though. Then again so were the books!

[Pieter Boelen 740]

Interesting:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alan-rickman-snape-harry-potter-letters-frustrated-auction-collection-a8371851.html?amp

 

Especially this about the role of Snape:

“It’s as if David Yates has decided that this is not important in the scheme of things i.e. teen audience appeal,”

[Once 605]

He's not wrong.

[Pieter Boelen 740]

On 29/05/2018 at 12:49 PM, Once said:

He's not wrong.

Who isn't? Alan Rickman or David Yates? 

[bollemanneke 3,342]

https://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/warner-bros-unveils-100s-of-upcoming-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-tie-in-products-109932/

 

'Music books tailored to the concert series.' What could that mean?

[Pieter Boelen 740]

14 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

https://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/warner-bros-unveils-100s-of-upcoming-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-tie-in-products-109932/

 

'Music books tailored to the concert series.' What could that mean?

Good question!

[Arpy 4,145]

Sounds like specific score booklets which compliment the concert series like a program. 

 

I wonder as the HP hype ramps back up before FB2 that it might be long enough for something score-related to be announced.

[Arpy 4,145]

Collider ranks the Harry Potter films, strangely putting Order of the Phoenix high on the list. http://collider.com/best-harry-potter-movies-ranked-worst-to-best/

 

 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Saying Hoopers score is the best makes it only better than Doyles which it is.

[Arpy 4,145]

Doyle's Goblet of Fire is fucking amazing! Big, dark, emotional, it was a great follow-up to Williams'.

1 hour ago, JoeinAR said:

Saying Hoopers score is the best makes it only better than Doyles which it is.

 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Really? I found Doyles score was mediocre at best. A true dust collector and its such a shame because Goblet Of Fire was the best source material. The best book of the series.