Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter -- a cappella magic by Overboard

[ameliekrone]

Amazing!! All your videos are incredible :)

I've got a question: Where did you get your costumes?

[overboardvocals]

@ameliekrone Thanks! The Hogwarts stuff we got at a costume store, same with the beard and Jeff's orange wig. Everything else we had around the house.

[LittleMissSinga]

voldemort: do you guys need any cranberry juice or anything?

harry: SERIOUSLY

ron: Dude just GET OUTTA HERE

voldermort: oh right okay.

HOW IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED!!!!

voldemort: do you guys need any cranberry juice or anything?

harry: SERIOUSLY

ron:dude just get outta here

voldemort oh alright gotcha okay just one thi-AVADRA KEDAVRA!!

LOL i loved this i am a HARRY POTTER FREAK

[baylieSHSvolleyball]

WHAT IS THE RED HEADS NAME?? i thought you were amazing!!! the whistling at the beginning blew me away because i cant whistle and very few people i know can whistle xD. Chords were amazing and i loved it!!!!! good job guys <3

[Nimesh89pwns]

@baylieSHSvolleyball ron....

[Katiepmelvin]

I swear to god the red head looks like nick jonas

[xxSkyandBrixx]

So i take it ron is the femine one

[AvFan4vr]

Wonderful job! Way to go "Ron"- especially on the last note!

[ArcoReborn]

But where is Hermio- OH MY GOD.

[juliam019]

wickeeed

[SabillsHorses120]

the costumes turned this song from awesome to amazingly awesome lol

[overboardvocals]

@SabillsHorses120 Sweet! Thanks!

[Hockeyfan3444]

Hey i saw you guys at UMD what was the name of the rap you guys sang at the end?

[overboardvocals]

@Hockeyfan3444 How Low, originally performed by Ludacris

[1XracecarX1]

Voldemort has a nose what a miracle!

[Alb939]

Wicked!

[mcjamesr]

this funny

[mcjamesr]

hahahahaahahahahahahahaha



[Jakeofalltrades1]

How the hell? awesome

[MyNameIsIndividuo]

Voldy loves cranberry juice, didn't know that LOOL

[ToyletGnome]

Loving Hermione.

[xIceM]

Oh gosh. I didn't know quite what to expect at first, but damn, that was awesome! :D

[Clockwise94]

everytime i hear 2:56 i hear the rugrats singing music xD

[overboardvocals]

@Clockwise94 YES!!

[catwoman18603]

OMG this is really good

[overboardvocals]

@catwoman18603 Thanks!!

[TimDowney323]

That was amazing, not enough people watch your videos :)

[overboardvocals]

@TimDowney323 Thanks, Tim! We agree!! ;-)

[noneya85]

Are the bells really whistling?!

[plutonian123]

@noneya85 Yep!

[plutonian123]

Awesom. Can't stop listening XD

[VermilionLace]

Reminds me of Burton's Willy Wonka, actually.

[Paint]

SO MUCH EDITING! Must have taken forever. Great job!

[bittersweetberlin]

awesome, awesome, Awesome!!!!!

[alexanderpso]

There's something wrong with Hermione... Oh right. Why does she has blonde hair?

[Dinkyswingle]

I'm a little surprised at the obsession over the whistling. I expected a few comments - It's really impressive and cool, we should be used to the idea that we could do amazing stuff with voices + digital effects, right? But where are the comments about this awesome arrangement, fantastic singing and hilarious video? Were you entertained? I surely was :-)

[Memerylane]

@Dinkyswingle To me, that part lost any semblance of being vocal. I was not entertained for the first half because I was distracted and jarred by this. And I've heard plenty of "produced" a cappella. The second half was impressive, though.

[jenmaicupcakes]

I don't care whether they used technology to edit the whistling or not - it's still great a cappella! And in no way does using auto-tune or other software make a track recorded with voices alone not a cappella. A cappella is defined as music without the use of any instrument. Kudos to Overboard on yet another amazing FTT song and funny video!

[AAAMusiq]

This is in fact edited whistling... It was chopped up and put in sequence just like any type of rhythm editing. Everything is done with vocals down to the record scratch during the break.

[1982rjs]

@thesoupmachine - you have no clue what you're talking about. Idiot.



[adambleedsgreen]

Basically - the trick of this video is sound editing. Good software, high quality microphones, and multiple takes.

[TheFemaleDoctor]

This is truly astounding. I can't actually believe that the beginning bit is vocal - it sounds so much like the original track.

[YoMrjonathan]

Proof that auto-tune ruins everything

[TheSoupMachine]

Impressive but you've post processed sounds there to alter it, you cannot possibly make all those noises just like that with just your mouth. The bell part is clearly edited whistling.

[TeamDraven]

The wind chimes @ 1.35 is a sample, not vocal.

[AkshayGenius]

Unaccompanied singing does NOT equate a capella. Sorry, this is great but NOT a capella.

A Capella is supposed to be the human voice, and nothing else. Any post processing, besides the initial mixing needed to combine everyone's part, should not happen.

Granted, the historical a capella has instruments doubling voice parts... but the current usage of the word implies no instruments, or processing.

[SabrinaStranger]

That first part that sounds like bells...that's all vocal, too? How do they do that?

[redsoxmb545]

@SabrinaStranger I'd also be interested to know how the intro was achieved. It can't just be simple whistling, can it?

[abaraiRenji3]

@SabrinaStranger whistling?



[Vicarious1aj]

@SabrinaStranger

No, that's a celeste. Definitely not vocals. The fact that they've put people on screen is a very cheap tactic.

[episkey94]

WOW.

[RooneyEnterprises]

Infinite love for a live, acoustic version.

[theludroth]

The video's amazing