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The '''''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' original motion picture soundtrack''' is the soundtrack to the [[Between 1998 and 2017|2009]] [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film]] of the same name, based on the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|book]] by [[J. K. Rowling]]. [[Nicholas Hooper]] composed the film's score who also composed the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the previous ''Harry Potter'' movie, ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''<ref>'''[http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Half-Blood-Prince/dp/B0028EQMW6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]''' at [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]</ref> Hooper followed [[John Williams]], who scored the first three [[Harry Potter films|films]], and [[Patrick Doyle]] who did the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (soundtrack)|fourth]]. Hooper collaborated with the film's director [[David Yates]] in other movie projects. The soundtrack was released on July 14, 2009.
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The '''''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' soundtrack''' is the soundtrack of the [[2009]] [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film]] of the same title based on the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|book]] by [[J. K. Rowling]]. [[Nicholas Hooper]] composed the film's score, who also composed the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the previous ''Harry Potter'' film, ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''<ref>'''[http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Half-Blood-Prince/dp/B0028EQMW6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]''' at [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]</ref> Hooper followed [[John Williams]], who scored the first three [[Harry Potter films|films]] and [[Patrick Doyle]] who did the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (soundtrack)|fourth]]. Hooper collaborated with the film director [[David Yates]] in other film projects. The soundtrack was released on 14 July, 2009.
   
 
==Tracklist==
  
==Tracklist==
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#"Opening" - 2:53
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# [[Harry Potter films|Opening]]
  
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# In Noctem
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#"[[In Noctem]]" - 2:00
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#"The Story Begins" - 2:05
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# The [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Story]] Begins
  
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# [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]]
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#"[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]]" - 1:30
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# [[Severus Snape|Snape]] & the [[Unbreakable Vow]]
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#"[[Severus Snape|Snape]] & the [[Unbreakable Vow]]" - 2:50
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# [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|Wizard Wheezes]]
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#"[[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|Wizard Wheezes]]" - 1:42
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#"[[Dumbledore's theme|Speech]]" - 1:31
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# [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]'s Speech
  
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# [[Draught of Living Death|Living Death]]
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#"[[Draught of Living Death|Living Death]]" - 1:55
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# [[Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore's private lessons|Into the Pensieve]]
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#"Into the [[Pensieve]]" - 1:45
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# The [[Severus Snape's copy of Advanced Potion-Making|Book]]
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#"The [[Severus Snape's copy of Advanced Potion-Making|Book]]" - 1:44
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# [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]]'s [[Quidditch|Victory]]
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#"[[Ronald Weasley|Ron]]'s [[Quidditch|Victory]]" - 1:44
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# [[Harry Potter|Harry]] & [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]]
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#"[[Harry Potter|Harry]] & [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]]" - 2:52
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# [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|School]]!
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#"[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|School]]!" - 1:05
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# [[Plot to assassinate Albus Dumbledore|Malfoy's Mission]]
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#"[[Plot to assassinate Albus Dumbledore|Malfoy's Mission]]" - 2:53
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# The [[Slug Club Christmas party|Slug Party]]
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#"The [[Slug Club Christmas party|Slug Party]]" - 2:11
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# [[Burning of the Burrow|Into the Rushes]]
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#"[[Burning of the Burrow|Into the Rushes]]" - 2:33
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# [[Funeral of Aragog|Farewell Aragog]]
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#"[[Funeral of Aragog|Farewell Aragog]]" - 2:08
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# [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]'s Foreboding
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#"Dumbledore's Foreboding" - 1:18
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# Of [[Love]] & [[Second Wizarding War|War]]
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#"Of Love & War" - 1:17
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# When [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]] [[Love|Kissed]] [[Harry Potter|Harry]]
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#"When Ginny Kissed Harry" - 2:38
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# [[Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]]'s Confession
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#"[[Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]]'s Confession" - 3:33
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# Journey to the [[Horcrux cave|Cave]]
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#"Journey to the [[Horcrux cave|Cave]]" - 3:08
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# The [[Drink of Despair]]
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#"The [[Drink of Despair]]" - 2:44
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# [[Inferius|Inferi]] in the [[Firestorm]]
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#"[[Inferius|Inferi]] in the [[Firestorm]]" - 1:53
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#"The Killing of Dumbledore" - 3:34
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# The [[Battle of the Astronomy Tower|Killing of Dumbledore]]
  
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# [[Funeral of Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore's Farewell]]
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#"[[Funeral of Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore's Farewell]]" - 2:22
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# The [[Horcrux hunt|Friends]]
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#"The Friends" - 2:00
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# The [[Fred and George Weasley|Weasley]] Stomp<ref>''[http://snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/half-blood-prince-soundtrack-titles-revealed-64763/ Half-Blood Prince soundtrack titles revealed]''</ref>
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#"The [[Fred and George Weasley|Weasley]] Stomp" - 2:51
   
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==Groups and individuals behind the Soundtracks==
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==Groups and individuals behind the soundtrack==
 
*Music Conducted by [[Nicholas Hooper]] and [[Alastair King]].
  
*Music Conducted by [[Nicholas Hooper]] and [[Alastair King]].
 
*Music Performed by [[Wikipedia:London Chamber Orchestra|The Chamber Orchestra of London]].
  
*Music Performed by [[Wikipedia:London Chamber Orchestra|The Chamber Orchestra of London]].
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==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
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*A sample of all the offical soundtracks, can be heard by visiting the films official website '''[http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/dvd/main.html#/soundtrack harrypotter.warnerbros.com]'''.
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*A sample of all the official soundtracks, can be heard by visiting the film's official website '''[http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/dvd/main.html#/soundtrack harrypotter.warnerbros.com]'''.
 
*There is also a preview the soundtracks through [http://vmustore.cellmania.com/virgin/rt_home.do?ssologin_status=&login_errorcode=&deviceincellmaniadb=&destPath= Virgin Mobile] website, Select a phone, then type "Harry Potter" in the search box, and will get a selection of 14 HBP soundtrack previews.<ref>''[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/6/19/new-short-audio-previews-of-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-soundtrack/ Audio Previews of the "Half-Blood Prince" Soundtracks is Now Online]''</ref>
  
*There is also a preview the soundtracks through [http://vmustore.cellmania.com/virgin/rt_home.do?ssologin_status=&login_errorcode=&deviceincellmaniadb=&destPath= Virgin Mobile] website, Select a phone, then type "Harry Potter" in the search box, and will get a selection of 14 HBP soundtrack previews.<ref>''[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/6/19/new-short-audio-previews-of-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-soundtrack/ Audio Previews of the "Half-Blood Prince" Soundtracks is Now Online]''</ref>
 
*The soundtrack "Wizard Wheezes" was never used in the film, instead the film makers decided to use the Original Soundtrack from ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' entitled "Fireworks" as background music for the sequences of [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]].
  
*The soundtrack "Wizard Wheezes" was never used in the film, instead the film makers decided to use the Original Soundtrack from ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' entitled "Fireworks" as background music for the sequences of [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]].
 
*Also, a part of the soundtrack from ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' entitled [[Dumbledore's Army]] is used for the [[Gryffindor]]'s [[Quidditch]] Try-out sequence.
  
*Also, a part of the soundtrack from ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' entitled [[Dumbledore's Army]] is used for the [[Gryffindor]]'s [[Quidditch]] Try-out sequence.
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*A part of the HBP soundtrack "The Book" can be heard in a deleted scene in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' on which [[Dolores Umbridge]] is interviewing [[Sybill Trelawney|Prof. Trelawney]] during a [[Divination]] class.
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*A part of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince soundtrack "The Book" can be heard in a deleted scene in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' in which [[Dolores Umbridge]] is interviewing [[Sybill Trelawney|Prof. Trelawney]] during a [[Divination]] class.
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*The Half-Blood Prince soundtracks has been nominated at the 52nd Annual Grammys in the "Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media" category.<ref name="HP6OSTGrammynomination">MuggleNet: ''[http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/3041 Half-Blood Prince nominated at 52nd Annual Grammys]''</ref>
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*The Half-Blood Prince soundtrack has been nominated at the 52nd Annual Grammys in the "Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media" category.<ref name="HP6OSTGrammynomination">MuggleNet: ''[http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/3041 Half-Blood Prince nominated at 52nd Annual Grammys]''</ref>
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*The soundtrack "Of Love and War" was never used in the film, but acted as a bonus on the soundtrack album.
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*A large portion of the track "Dumbledore's Farewell" later appeared in [[Alexandre Desplat]]'s score for ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', heard during [[Harry Potter]]'s viewing of [[Severus Snape]]'s [[memory|memories]] in the [[pensieve]].
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*The soundtrack when Dumbledore is killed, for unknown reasons, is not included in the soundtrack album. It is possible that the editors thought the piece was too dark, or they simply ran out of space. "The Killing of Dumbledore" only contains the music before he is killed.
   
 
==See also==
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
  
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*[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (character index)]]
   
 
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==Notes and references==
 
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The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince soundtrack is the soundtrack of the 2009 film of the same title based on the book by J. K. Rowling. Nicholas Hooper composed the film's score, who also composed the soundtrack for the previous Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix[2] Hooper followed John Williams, who scored the first three films and Patrick Doyle who did the fourth. Hooper collaborated with the film director David Yates in other film projects. The soundtrack was released on 14 July, 2009.

Tracklist

  1. "Opening" - 2:53
  2. "In Noctem" - 2:00
  3. "The Story Begins" - 2:05
  4. "Ginny" - 1:30
  5. "Snape & the Unbreakable Vow" - 2:50
  6. "Wizard Wheezes" - 1:42
  7. "Speech" - 1:31
  8. "Living Death" - 1:55
  9. "Into the Pensieve" - 1:45
  10. "The Book" - 1:44
  11. "Ron's Victory" - 1:44
  12. "Harry & Hermione" - 2:52
  13. "School!" - 1:05
  14. "Malfoy's Mission" - 2:53
  15. "The Slug Party" - 2:11
  16. "Into the Rushes" - 2:33
  17. "Farewell Aragog" - 2:08
  18. "Dumbledore's Foreboding" - 1:18
  19. "Of Love & War" - 1:17
  20. "When Ginny Kissed Harry" - 2:38
  21. "Slughorn's Confession" - 3:33
  22. "Journey to the Cave" - 3:08
  23. "The Drink of Despair" - 2:44
  24. "Inferi in the Firestorm" - 1:53
  25. "The Killing of Dumbledore" - 3:34
  26. "Dumbledore's Farewell" - 2:22
  27. "The Friends" - 2:00
  28. "The Weasley Stomp" - 2:51

Groups and individuals behind the soundtrack

  • Music Conducted by Nicholas Hooper and Alastair King.
  • Music Performed by The Chamber Orchestra of London.
  • Music recorded and mixed by Peter Cobbin at Abbey Road Studios.
  • Sam Okell - Assistant music mixer.
  • Score Produced by Darrell Alexander.
  • Nicole Wilson - Assistant Music Supervisor.
  • Marcia Crayford - Orchestra Leader.
  • Score Orchestrated by Jeff Atmajian, Alastair King, Geoff Alexander, Simon Whiteside and Daryl Griffith.
  • RSVP Voices and the School Choir of Queen's College, Oxford are the Choirs.
  • Allan Jenkins - Supervising Music Editor
  • Robert Houston - Music Editor
  • Robert Sneddon - Music Copying and Librarians
  • David Hage - Music Copying and Librarians
  • Ian Livingstone - Midi Programming
  • Cinesite - Scanning and Recording
  • Simon Burchell - Visual Effects Department Compositor.
  • Titles by Foreign Office.[3]

Behind the scenes

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Half-Blood Prince soundtrack release date pushed back
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Amazon.com
  3. ↑ Ending Credits of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  4. ↑ Audio Previews of the "Half-Blood Prince" Soundtracks is Now Online
  5. ↑ MuggleNet: Half-Blood Prince nominated at 52nd Annual Grammys
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