Ashton Gleckman is a composer and filmmaker from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. On this RU-vid channel you can find the "Behind the Score" series, original film score suites, clips from his documentary films, and more.
Nice video 😊 I am currently working on my bachelor thesis about the musical consistency of themes and leitmotifs in the Harry Potter franchise due to the changing directors and composers and I noticed a few mistakes in this. The theme/motif you played for Voldemort in the first film is actually not Voldemorts but the motif of the Philosophers stone (later used in HP2 for tension in general as William Ross adopted parts of HP2 from the first score as Williams had very little time due to other projects). Voldemorts Theme in HP1 and HP2 consists of two parts and can be heard for example on the HP1 soundtrack album in track "The Face of Voldemort" at 1:25. Also, the melodic theme you played for the death eaters, it is not totally clear, but I would argue that it actually is Voldemorts Theme and the ostinato alone is the motif for the death eaters. Yes, we hear it first when we see Snape arrive at Malfoy Manor (but he travels to Voldemort), but we also hear it at these timestamps in the movie (a few of them are not fully matching... as I said you can argue about it... but the motif appears more often with Voldemort than with Death Eaters... however, the Death Eaters are directly related to Voldemort so it also makes sense for the motif to be there): HP7.1-00:03:44 (Snape to Malfoy Manor) HP7.1-00:08:18 (hidden in the vocals, Voldemort talking about Burbage) HP7.1-00:09:26 (Voldemort "serves dinner to Nagini") HP7.1-00:17:49 (Voldemort approaches Harry in the Sky Battle) HP7.1-00:21:42 (We see Georges lost ear, a result of Voldemorts decision to attack in the sky if you want to argue that way) HP7.1-00:45:21 (Kreacher talks about the Locket and that Mundungus stole it... yes its here also, probably because of Voldemorts Horcrux) HP7.1-00:47:00 (When we see Mundungus in Diagon Alley) HP7.1-00:59:00 (Horcrux on Umbridge) HP7.1-01:28:27 (Harry sees his old house that was destroyed by Voldemort) HP7.1-02:08:15 (Bellatrix wants to call Voldemort and says "Call him" to Lucius. I can see that a few of these appear to be more related to death eaters, especially the first one with Snape (but if you think about it... he actually is a good guy, double agent. A hidden Lilys Theme right there, hidden in the action cue would have made more sense, however, he is travelling to Voldemorts meeting), but the one with Mundungus and Georges ear. But on the other hand, we only get the ostinato, NOT the Voldemort motif, when the Death Eaters approach the Hogwarts Express at 00:45:45, even if it would totally fit in here. Also, I don't know where you hear the motif you played for Voldemort, to be absolutely honest. Also, I totally can see why people think in HP7.2 the Bands of Brothers theme is suddenly exclusively for Neville... we get it the most prominent with him, but if you listen carefully you realize that it also plays when we see the dead Fred, Lupin and Tonks And in the first film, we also hear it when Mad Eye is announced dead and when they escape from the dungeon at Malfoy Mannors due to Dobby saving them. I heard it 7 times over the course of the two films, and 3 of these moments are associated with Neville and in the last film while 2 of them are very prominent and heroic, so I totally can see why it sounds like that.
It was Gustav Mahler who said “A symphony must be like the world, it must contain everything”. And although this may not be a symphony in the traditional sense, Zimmer not only follows this rule, but, expands on it. This soundtrack is like the entire universe; wide open, vast, and simple at first, but as the music develops we see it for its true complexity and grandiosity and for how deeply this seemingly simple universe of ours allows us to care, love, and learn. Such an amazing score from a truly visionary composer!
Hans Zimmer...the greatest composer of all the time....The Mozart of our time..i cant stop listening to him...his music is so unbeliveable, it gives me goosebumps all the time i hear it. Thank you Hans
Please, I need to find this version! This is an absolutely marvelous piece! All put together like this, sounds just absolutely beautiful! I can only find random bits, I want this uncut version. This man is a national treasure!
Hans Zimmer reminds me of Katsumoto, hes always chasing the perfect song. Who knows if he'll ever think he's composed it. But like Katsumoto realises at his end, they're perfect. They're all perfect.
As someone who is learning about digital music creation and also someone who loves Alexandre's score to HP7, this was very enjoyable to watch! Thank you!
