Hans Zimmer to score HBO's Harry Potter reboot series

Polygon reports HBO announced Thursday that Hans Zimmer and the Bleeding Fingers music collective will score the upcoming Harry Potter reboot TV series, which has been in production for six months. Zimmer's credits include Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, Denis Villeneuve's Dune films, True Romance, Days of Thunder, and the original The Lion King score.

He steps into a role previously held in the Potter franchise by John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, and Alexandre Desplat. Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers' Kara Talve and Anže Rozman said in a statement: "The musical legacy of Harry Potter is a touch point for composers everywhere and we are humbled to join such a remarkable team on a project of this magnitude.

The responsibility is something that myself, Kara Talve, and Anže Rozman do not take lightly. Magic is all around us, often just beyond reach, but as in the world of Harry Potter, you simply must look for it. With this score we hope to bring audiences that little bit closer to it whilst honoring what has come before." Bleeding Fingers, a collective co-founded by Zimmer, has received Grammy nominations and done extensive documentary work, and Talve has been the principal composer on The Simpsons since 2022.

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