SnitchSeeker.com - Video: Deathly Hallows actors talk mood music for dramatic filming on set

Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton spoke about the type of music that inspires them to get into the proper moods for serious and dramatic sequences in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. MTV alerted Dan of the fact that James and Oliver Phelps listen to Rage Against the Machine, and Dan himself begins to list some of his favourites, pinning Radiohead on top. The video can be watched before (though only in the US):

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"Lots and lots of Radiohead," the actor told MTV News while filming "Deathly Hallows," the two-part finale of the series. "Loads of stuff. I often come back to stuff like Radiohead and Hope of the States for those harder scenes."

But on set, it seems, the king of blasting tunes remains Radcliffe. Another favorite of his is the Godspeed You! Black Emperor album.

"[It] does get you into a deep, deep place of fear and sadness and anger, which is helpful sometimes," he laughed.

Costar Tom Felton explains Dan's manic love for music, even at very early hours of the morning on set:

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"Daniel loves it in the makeup room," Felton said. "He thumps it out — we're talking 6 in the morning — some '60s ska/punk band. It's like, 'All right, man!' He loves it."

Tom prefers his music on the most acoustic scale, while Rupert listens to instrumental bands:

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Does Felton listen to anything to get psyched up for his scenes as nefarious Draco Malfoy? Yup, but not exactly the genre you'd think. "I'm more of an earphones guy," he said. "I like my chilled acoustic music. Big fan of Jack Johnson."

Rupert Grint revealed that he's been listening to a lot of instrumental music from bands like the Black Lips and, while reading the "Deathly Hallows" script, Mogwai.