Hans Zimmer, Bleedling Fingers to compose new score for HBO’s Harry Potter
January 15, 2026
By Nik Roseveare
HBO has announced that legendary composer Hans Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers – a collective of composers that create film and television scores – will compose new score for the HBO Original Harry Potter series. The series will debut in 2027 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max where it’s available, including recent launch markets Germany and Italy and in the UK and Ireland, where the platform is confirmed to launch in late March.
Zimmer, Kara Talve and Anže Rozman said in a joint 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.”
Zimmer has scored more than 500 projects across all mediums, cumulatively grossing more than €24 billion at the worldwide box office. Zimmer has been honoured with two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, four Grammys, an American Music Award, seven Emmy nominations and a Tony nomination. His work highlights include Dune Parts One and Two, Top Gun: Maverick, No Time to Die, Interstellar, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, The Last Samurai, Gladiator, Thelma & Louise, and F1: The Movie. Zimmer is also a successful touring artist and will be completing the European leg of his Hans Zimmer Live tour in spring 2026.
Bleeding Fingers, co-founded by Zimmer, Russell Emanuel and Steven Kofsky, is guided by the principle that collaboration is the catalyst for innovation—and extraordinary music results from empowering artists to be adventurous, experimental and creatively generous. With 25 state-of-the-art studios and its best-in-class production team, Bleeding Fingers enables the production of music at the highest standard, seeking to always challenging the status quo.
The Harry Potter series is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
The score for the Harry Potter movies was composed by John Williams.
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