HANS ZIMMER

Apparently Hans Zimmer prepared a second CD for Dark Phoenix that contained many suites and ideas from the conceptual phase of the score. Due to the film's poor performance, it looks unlikely that that CD will be released, but there's a petition going around to demonstrate the public's interest in hearing more music. Sign, if you'd like (though I doubt it will accomplish much):

https://www.change.org/p/head-of-music- … f3f23ff4be

Sounds we had a lucky escape

As long as they don't insult you three generations back (which is essentially how modern fans tend to roll in any subject matter), you're fine.

i wish hans zimmer was the composer of tenet 2020

In recent days, is there another composer whose releases include action montages similar to 'Chase' - The Peacemaker?

True. I can't remember the last time I heard the power anthem style. Maybe the last PIRATES film or something.

Indeed, I am specifically talking about the programming of such action scores.

I don't. The tracks on those old Zimmer albums are so long and unwieldy and not always consistent all the way through (they're not naturally flowing like James Horner's long tracks) which makes it hard to pick out the good bits for a playlist.

They aren't a long-form narrative like Horner's cues (except the heavily edited Perfect Storm, actually). Hans has programmed these cues like a prog rock album, some do have 10-15 minutes, even longer, tracks. This approach worked very well in case of some scores (Fools of Fortune, K2, actually), but not so well in others (Crimson Tide could have better material selection, but the idea itself works; Peacemaker is actually a LOT more subtle than the album gives it credit, to the point of belying the structure, not unlike, actually, Thin Red Line).

God, I miss those days. The two tracks on K2 are so brilliant. Yes, they could technically be separated into tracks (like Poledouris' LES MISERABLES), because the suite thinking is marginal, but I just love the 'ritual' of sitting down and getting engrossed into a musical 'ascent' and a musical 'descent'.

So, I'm working on another sticker - this time with Zimmer. (If you didn't see my show-and-tell at our last Zoom meetup...I'm working on a composer vinyl sticker series. I just started it, and my first one was John Williams!

It was a ton of fun to draw while listening to my favorite John Williams scores back-to-back. To get in the drawing mood for Hans Zimmer, I have to listen to my favorite Zimmer scores then! Off the top of my head, the ones that seem to have risen to the top of the list over the years are Man of Steel, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, King Arthur, The Lion King, The Rock...

What are some of your most favorites?

Oh yes, I meant to add The Thin Red Line to my list as well, brain fail!

Oh, I do love Spanglish too! That's a wonderful one! I just listened to Beyond Rangoon while I ran errands early today. So beautiful, and one of his more unique ones I'd say.

Thanks for highlighting some of your favorites Pawel, love these!

A relatively late discovery for me. Not unlike Snow Falling on Cedars, where it was actually getting the original CD that made me reassess a score I merely liked as close to a masterpiece. The only complaint I have against Rangoon is some of the action music, but other than that it's a masterpiece, though probably nobody even notices what's my favorite cue on it.

Sure, but that's a whole topic onto itself!