Nicholas Hooper

Nicholas Hooper (* 1952 ) is a British film composer.

He wrote and produced music for over 25 films (e.g. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , The Girl in the Café ), TV documentaries (e.g. several episodes of the series Nature , The Future is Wild ) and plays .

Work on Harry Potter

After John Williams wrote the score for the first three Harry Potter films, Patrick Doyle took over the work on the fourth. Nicholas Hooper then composed the music for the fifth and sixth Harry Potter films. The reason for this was the director David Yates , who had previously worked with the composer. Hooper chose his own style of music. He even interpreted the well-known "Hedwig's Theme" by John Williams differently, although Doyle also found his own interpretation of this piece.

Filmography (selection)

• 2002: The Heart of Me
• 2002: The Future Is Wild (The Future Is Wild)
• 2003: Murder on Page One (State of Play , miniseries)
• 2005: G8 on cloud nine (The Girl in the Café)
• 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• 2009: Enid (Enid Blyton)

Awards

• 2007: BAFTA Award for "Best Original Music" in the film Prime Suspect - the Final Act
• 2004: BAFTA Award for “Best Original Score” in The Young Visiters
• 2010: Grammy Award nomination for "Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Web links

• Nicholas Hooper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Profile at the Nicholas Hoopers agency