A few months ago it was announced that Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, Fantastic Mr. Fox) would compose the score for the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but they did not reveal if he would be scoring the second part as well. Personally, I believe he'll do a great job with Part 1, because from what we've heard so far, the first part is a more intimate story, focusing specifically on the relationship between our main trio, and Desplat has already proved himself to be great at that.Now, I'm doubtless that if he did Part 2, it would still turn out great, but if he was going to score both parts they wouldn't have said just Part 1. So it can be assumed that they're going with someone else for Part 2. The obvious choice to many would probably be John Williams, because he composed the first three film, as well as the often reused Hedwigs theme. However, that does make one wonder why they didn't hire him to do Part 1 as well.
So if we were to look at other potential composers, who would be best to musically illustrate the epic second part. The first one that comes to mind is Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek), because he's shown on countless occasions that he knows how to effectively score an amazing action sequence. Another composer who'd do great is Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes, The Dark Knight), who's good at dealing with dark subject matter, and the films have definitely been getting darker. But those are just a few ideas. Who do you believe would be best to score Deathly Hallows: Part 2? I want to know what you think. And yes, I plan to do 77 of these posts between now and the release of Part 2. It's a huge undertaking, and I'd like to give the sense that these films are actually coming soon.
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