Hello, fellow Potterheads!
I think that it's safe to say that all of you reading this have watched the Harry Potter movies at some point, or have at least watched some of them. But another magic that you have witnessed, possibly without even noticing, is the Harry Potter musical score.
The score for Harry Potter was written so well, the orchestra is flawless, and the music has brought me to tears. Especially the song Leaving Hogwarts. That song is so intense that it can still bring tears to my eyes. I mean, they play it at the end of the first movie right as Harry is saying he truly isn't going home, because Hogwarts is his home. *starts crying*
So three cheers to John Williams! You did an excellent job creating the score for Harry Potter! And I love you because of it.
But there are some songs that aren't composed by John Williams, and aren't performed by an orchestra. Several songs were featured in the fourth Harry Potter movie at the Yule Ball. The band playing at the Yule Ball was supposed to be the Weird Sisters, a band that it talked about throughout the Harry potter books. JK Rowling has stated in interviews that the Weird Sisters were Harry Potter's favorite band.
In the movie, the band played the songs Do the Hypogriff and Magic Works, but a song called This is the Night was also recorded. The band shown in the movie consisted of Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) as Myron Wagtail (vocals), Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) as Kirley Duke (lead guitar), Jason Buckle (of All Seeing I) as Heathcote Barbary (rhythm guitar), Steve Mackey (of Pulp) as Donaghan Tremlett (bass), Steven Claydon (of Add N to (X)) as Gideon Crumb (keyboards and bagpipes), and Phil Selway (of Radiohead) as Orsino Thruston (drums). I love that they went out of there way to book these actual popular band members in order to create yet another piece of magic for the Harry Potter world.
Until next time, Potterheads! Enjoy the music.
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