Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (soundtrack)

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
Nicholas Hooper
Released14 July 2009 [1]
Recorded2008
Studio Abbey Road Studios
Genre Soundtrack
Length62:40
Label New Line Records
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2009 film of the same name, written and composed by Nicholas Hooper. The score was conducted by Hooper and Alastair King. It is the second Harry Potter film to be scored by Hooper, who also composed the score for the previous film in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . The soundtrack was released on 14 July 2009, a day before the film's release, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture.

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Marketing

On the Harry Potter website a preview of one of the tracks (Ginny Weasley) is played in the background. [7] On 17 June, a preview for three tracks was played in the background of film's updated official site. [8] A 15-second audio preview for 13 tracks from the soundtrack was released on 19 June via Virgin Mobile's website. [9] The soundtrack runs over 60 minutes in length. [10]

On 30 June, AOL Radio previewed the whole soundtrack online. [11]

Reception

On the Billboard issue dated 1 August 2009, the album debuted at number twenty-nine on the Billboard 200 chart, thus making it the highest charting soundtrack among all the six movie soundtracks released. [12] The soundtrack also charted at three on the Top Soundtracks Chart. [13]

Track listing

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Opening"Includes Hedwig's Theme by John Williams 2:53
2."In Noctem" 2:00
3."The Story Begins" 2:05
4."Ginny"Includes Hedwig's Theme1:30
5."Snape & The Unbreakable Vow" 2:50
6."Wizard Wheezes" 1:42
7."Dumbledore's Speech" 1:31
8."Living Death" 1:55
9."Into The Pensieve" 1:45
10."The Book" 1:44
11."Ron's Victory"Includes Quidditch, Year Three by John Williams 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
Total length:62:40

Not included on the soundtrack were "Friends and Love" (a compilation of "When Ginny Kissed Harry" and "Harry and Hermione" that came with purchasing a ticket for the movie on Fandango), "Big Beat Repeat" (heard in the Gryffindor common room after the Quidditch match) by Josh Powell, and a track that could be named "Murder & Escape" (the music that can be heard when Dumbledore falls from the Astronomy Tower and Harry pursues Snape).

Track details

The score for Half-Blood Prince was conducted by Hooper and Alastair King and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London, the orchestra that performed the score for Order of the Phoenix, with orchestrations provided by King, Jeff Atmajian, Simon Whiteside, Daryl Griffith and Bradley Farmer. The score featured a more significant role for light choir. Thematically, Hooper referenced his own ideas from the previous score and several elements from Williams' work.

Hooper stated that "Placing John Williams' themes became obvious as we went along. The beginning of the film has to have at least a hint of 'Hedwig's Theme'."

Awards

AwardCategory/Recipient(s)Result
Grammy Award Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual MediaNominated

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