A
new interview with the composer for the
Half-Blood Prince video game soundtrack, James Hannigan, has emerged online.
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"The biggest difference between games music and film music is really the function" says Hannigan.
"You have to remember that the gamer is both audience and participant - they're observing this world, they're watching a story, but they're also a participant in the story ".
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"It's about what's motivating the music" he says. " I like to consider issues about how the music gets used, and what the designers are trying to achieve with the game.
"To have a game where the music doesn't feel like an afterthought, you have to have the music as an integral part of the game design".
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"There has to be a similar approach to the music" says Hannigan. "I'll work some of the famous Hedwig's Theme into some of the music to identify it as Harry Potter - it's very much the game of the film".
Additionally musical tracks from the game can now be previewed
here. The soundtrack will be available in full on March 17th. The tracklisting is as follows;
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1. Return to Hogwarts
2. Quidditch Tryouts
3. Wandering Night
4. Race Ginny
5. Dueling Club
6. Mixing Potions
7. Slytherin Combat
8. Slughorn
9. Hogwarts by Night
10. Quidditch
11. Get to Potions
12. Get to Quidditch
13. Fred and George Return
14. Wandering Day 5
15. Lovesick Ron
16. The Boathouse at Night
17. Wandering Stealth
18. Loss at Hogwarts
19. Bellatrix
20. Fenrir Battle
21. Wandering Day 4
22. Chase Draco
23. More Potions
24. Exploring with Luna
25. Wandering Day 3
26. Wandering Day 1
27. The Final Battles
28. Sadness at Hogwarts
29. Friendship Theme
Half-Blood Prince, the video game, will release this summer.
Source:
The Leaky Cauldron 
Half-Blood Prince video game composer interview & soundtrack preview 
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