This is a video released by New Line Records as exclusive content viewable by individuals who have purchased a copy of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince soundtrack.
@@CDB8939 yeah! it's truth...I play sax soprano but I don't do a lot of thing like this yet haha... well, it's not my profession, I think it is their difference to mine...
@rachel869 Indeed, and I second that! I haven't peeked around, but there might be dvds of scoring sessions... maybe, maybe not? idk, haha, but to watch an orchestra work on multiple pieces like this would be excellent!
The original video that I downloaded with my CD sounds great, however, as with all RU-vid videos, details get lost during the format conversion. It's something that we can't control. This video was 119MB, and RU-vid scrunched it down to 16MB. New Line Records provided the video at 480p, which is exactly what you are looking at if you are viewing in HQ mode. The audio in RU-vid videos are compressed considerably at about 112kbps, even at HQ, which is a shame! D;
1234wildwater: Released publicly? I don't know, and I haven't looked around to find out. I was able to download this video when I inserted the Enhanced-CD version of the Half-Blood Prince Score Soundtrack into my computer. I had decided to share this video with the RU-vid community.
@splitmaster3 I did a quick search and found the cimbasso, a brass instrument in the trombone family featuring three to five pistons or rotary valves. I can imagine that the shape of the cimbasso greatly eliminates fatigue during long scoring sessions. :)
Usually there is some kind of preparation before the recording (they receiving the score by email days before the rehearsal). I also want to mention that only top-notch musicians would be for such kind of gig (score session, 20-30 years of experience, super-advanced level of playing, etc)) so I'm pretty much sure that they can read those runs and play it, but that's very important and complex recording, so they do rehearse.
The way I see it, it doesn’t matter who is composing or conducting the score, Hedwig’s Theme is a John Williams piece, other composer have to adapt the theme to fit their needs, but, it still in spirit, through and through, a John Williams piece
