GoodMusician 56 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 The story starts when the book was first released. I read the book (having only read one chapter of book 4--sacrilege i know) and I found myself overwhelmed and in love with the story. I read it cover to cover (not something I do often) and heard music almost the entire time. A few weeks later, on this very forum, a thread got posted about "Imaginary Cue lists" and so I wrote down the one I had imagined and included notes on new themes. I left this forum for quite some time and then came back recently when the Complete Sorcerer's Stone score got leaked. I'd been listening to it for weeks prior and found an amazing affinity for the sound and creativity Williams had expressed. I found myself in awe of simply how much music he wrote! On top of that, almost every cue sounded like the opening of something bigger and greater. You could tell, even from an editing stand point, that William's score had grown from a place of great respect and love for the story and having heard he read the novels first (something he's only ever done for Memoirs of a Geisha) it is no wonder that Williams had a field day. With such a fertile soil from which to be inspired, it was brilliant to hear the fruition of his imagination.And so ,now, years later, I too endeavour on this journey. I had posted a video of how I Imagined the opening (with a sort of break down of how I imagine it would look and be filmed) and people seem to enjoy it so I'm gonna keep writing and posting my work.Here is the "imaginary" cue list I wrote:I know it's already been done, but when I read the last harry potter, I heard the score in my mind and I knew exactly how I wanted it to sound, where the new themes should be, what scenes need some music, where the montages would be, and where old themes would return.You may not want to look at this if you've not read it:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 01) Main Title (Distant Memory's) *New Theme02) The Durlsey's Depart03) Becoming Harry/ Frightening Flight *Hedwigs theme is used partially04) Ominous Arrivals05) The Wedding06) Patronus Interruptus/ Dissaparation07) The Diner Attack08) A Place to Hide09) Distant Memories (Reprise) *The New Theme10) The Horcrux *New Theme11) Plans for the Ministry *montage 12) Magic is Might13) Escape from the Ministry14) Visions of the Past *Second new Theme15) The Deathly Hallows / The two carry on *New Teme16) The Graveyard *A Window to Time Past17) The House/ Deception18) Quiet Travels (Traveling Montage) * New Theme18) The Patronus/ The Sword of GriffindorDisc 201) Xenophilius Lovegood02) The Three Brothers/ Treachery *New Theme03) Exploding Horns04) Harry, No!05) Bellatrix and Malfoy06) House Elf Rescue * Dobby the House Elf Theme07) The Funeral08) Harry's Thoughts * New Theme09) Going for Greengotts10) Being Bellatrix11) The Elevator Ride/ Rush for the Cup12) Escape by Dragons Flight13) Hogsmede14) Dumbledore's Army * Reprise from Order15) Ravenclaw Tower16) The Sacking of Severus Snape17) Evacuating the School18) Ghosts of the School19) The Diadem of Ravenclaw * new theme20) The Attack on Hogwarts21) Severus' Gift22) Harry Potter's StandDisc 301) Kings Cross02) The Final Horcux03) The Battle for Hogwarts I04) The Battle for Hogwarts II05) The Final Showdown * Voldemorts Theme06) The Peeve's Song/ Victory07) The Deathly Hallows Final Resting place08) Nineteen Years Latter09) The Train to Hogwarts10) End Credits (Hedwigs Theme)11) Distant Memories (Concert Suite)12) Horcux Concert Suite13) Xenophilias Lovegood (Concert Suite)14) Harry's Wonderous WorldSo the new themes would be01) Distant Memoris02) Alone in the World03) Horcux ThemeThis will change and adapt I'm sure but I'll keep posting updates as i go.Here is Part I of this journey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Nice work, it sounds great! I especially love the treatment of the family theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 Thanks i wrote the next two cues last night but havnt had the time to ppst thrm yet. The first is as harry talka about the protection charm. He stars out by demonstrating his scar and speaking of his mothers last effort to save harry. It goes dark at the mention of the dementors and dudley pleads to go "with the ones harry sent to save [them]."The next cue is the arrival of the quirky wizards who came to get the dudleys. A kinda mideavel winds trio against a proud "walk" tempoHehIll post tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 604 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 Heres my next part:It's two cues.[1m2] Mother's Charm[1m3] Dedalus, Dursley's, and Dudley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 GoodMusician is actually Alexandre Desplat leaking his own demo score to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 Lol that bad huh? :-PJust teasing heheThanks for the compliment :-PSry to double post but i thought it might be a good role play if you all wanted to comment on thr nusic as a director would. Say you didnt like anpart and wanted a rescore? Granted ive not done much but hehAlso, i had planned to score the whole thing as id imagined it but mayne i ahould just take requests.Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpvee 805 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I'm loving this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 It's very brooding. Kind of reminds me of Hooper's scores, actually. I had more Williams-esque music in mind, but that's just my approach (and not a very original one at that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 yea... the first half of it definately is brooding. I think i excel more at that. These may work more as first versions and then the second being a bit more williams-ey. I do like the Hooper brooding. Its his action that's not strong enough i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 476 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I like your music for this very much! Nice Williams variations thrown in the mix. I also agree that Hooper does good brooding music (and I loved the music he did for Draco is Half Blood Prince). But his action is very very forgetful and sometimes even silly. Let's see you do a major action cue for Part 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 You would Derrick lol... I'm almost to the first major action sequence. I'm thinking I may just keep scoring till I get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 I decided to write an alternate version of "Mother's Charm [1m2]" being a bit more tonal when I felt it was appropriate. I edited that into the video I had made and here's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Wow! This is great stuff so far!I'm also pretty impressed by the quality of the synthesized music. What library(s) are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Well, i'm using Logic Studio with a few different libraries. I have the standard Logic and garage band libraries, I have East West Ra and Storm Drum 2 but i haven't utilized them yet in these. I also have Komplete 6 with Kontact 4 which i tend to use the most.So far we have:01) [1m1a] Visions in the Mist - Book VII: Opening /[1mb] Harry Remembers - [04:07]02) [1m2] Mother's Charm - [01:35]03) [1m2 Alt] Mother's Charm - [2:15]04) [1m3] Dedalus, Dursleys, and Dudley - [03:25]That's as far as I've gone so far, but these are the next cues i'm gonna work on. Im' kinda excited for "Frightening Flight" as i have some ideas but at the same time, I need to block it all out action wise too so that'll be interesting lol05) [1m4] The Setting Sun06) [1m5] Becoming Harry / [2m1] Frightening Flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelparnis 0 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hey, really enjoying this so far. Because I'm new, this may be an ignorant question but, are you working in the industry? Only because it seems like you have quite a lot of talent, and i would hope your out getting your musical voice heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 No, unfortunately i'm not. I keep trying. I was working on my first fan film but life issues became so stressful that i was unable to complete the project which is on hold indefinitely. I may be able to return since they have been unable to replace me lol.I'd like to though. That's my dream. I'm kinda using this as a way to flesh out a protfolio maybe. The fan film i did was a Jurassic Park fan film, this being Harry Potter, my next project i'd love to work on a Star Wars fan film heh.Thank you for the kind words :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelparnis 0 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 No worries. It seems clear that you a lot of skill. I guess there's not much else to say except keep trying. Some dreams are worth striving for I don't know much about the film scoring industry but I imagine its a hard slog getting your name established in the biz. So all the best, hope to see your name attached to something soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Thanks man. I'm gonna try my best: Then you'll all be able to be like "I knew him!"I still haven't decided if I should have my name be pronounced how i say it now "Ber-nard" or like the other famous composer "Ber-nerd" lol Either way, look for "Kyer" that won't change and that's original! :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I say that other composer pronounces his name weirdly. "Ber-nard" is the only way that sounds correct to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 My grandmother use to get angry at anyone who said it that way, claiming it had to be Ber-nerd, which when i was at college, my British conductor use to call me Ber-nerd heh... so I dunno :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Your call, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Brachio, you should do something for the finale! The piece we won't probably get. Something in the direction of "Leaving Hogwarts" or "Reunion of Friends". I know I've said it a million times, but you could include "A Window to the Past" and even your own themes! I bet in your hands it would be the most amazing thing ever, as your posted compositions are!Keep up the fantastic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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