Next, we moved to "Superhero territory" with Man of Steel where he chose the best track of that brilliant score, and played it faithfully with no changes, and again it felt exactly like watching the movie, which was a huge relief to me. That had the best of both worlds, and it was simply an achievement that nobody other than Zimmer can pull off.
COMPOSER ZIMMER MOVIE
The audio felt exactly as if I'm in a movie theater listening to heavily edited post-production tracks and not listening to a live performance with all its imperfections. Maybe it was the fact it's his first concert, but damn, the lighting in Paris' Palais des Congrees was easily the best I had ever seen in a show, period.
I compared that to a YouTube video from Wembley and everything was just a big step down in London. The ambience, lighting and performances on that piece were just exquisite. I never thought anything could be better than the original, till I heard the violin version that night. Then came the highlight of the show, which was the ridiculously brilliant "Chevaliers de Sangreal" from The Da Vinci Code. I was first bewildered by his choices to open with Madagascar, but then my concerns quickly melted away with Crimson Tide, Gladiator and the brilliant Pirates of the Caribbean. This was easily the best concert I had ever attended in my life. The result of which turned Zimmer into one of the most respected film composers in the world, earning a star on the “Boulevard der Stars” in Berlin, Germany, four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and four Classical BRIT Awards. The musician continued to compose soundtracks for a stream of films throughout the 2000s including “Gladiator”, “The Last Samurai”, The Da Vinci Code”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Sherlock Holmes” and “Inception”. Zimmer subsequently won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe, and two Grammys for the soundtrack.
By this time Zimmer had focused his attentions on writing action movie scores for the likes of “Thelma and Louise”, “Peacemaker”, and Grammy Award-winning “Crimson Tide”.Īfter scoring “The Power of One” in 1992 using African choirs and drums, Walt Disney Animation Studios contacted Zimmer to compose the soundtrack for “The Lion King”. The soundtrack led to an Oscar nomination and Zimmer becoming the go-to guy for scoring high-profile prestige films including “Driving Miss Daisy”, “Days of Thunder”, and “Backdraft”. The success of these soundtracks introduced Zimmer to Hollywood, and was subsequently invited to assist Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne score Bertolucci’s epic “The Last Emperor”.Īfter a handful of other film scores including “Wonderland”, “Paperhouse”, “Burning Secret”, and “A World Apart” in 1986, Zimmer was enlisted to compose the soundtrack for “Rain Man” featuring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. After founding Lillie Yard Studios in London alongside Stanley Meyers, the pair scored the soundtracks to the films, “Moonlighting”, “Success is The Best Revenge”, “Insignificance” and the hit “My Beautiful Launderette”.
The band subsequently released the worldwide smash hit “Video Killed the Radio Star”, which became the first ever video broadcasted on MTV in 1979.Ĭiting the influences of composers Ennio Morricone, Elmer Bernstein, John Barry, and more notably Stanley Meyers, Zimmer directed his efforts to writing film scores, using both classical and electronic techniques of sound production.
After this time Zimmer began experimenting with the piano, making modifications to its design by adding the likes of chainsaws, which marked the beginning of Hans Zimmer’s excursions into electronic synthesisers.Īfter moving to England, Zimmer began writing the music for television commercials during which time he met the musicians Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes and formed the rock group entitled The Buggles. Born to a musical mother and an inventive, engineering father, Zimmer took piano lessons at an early age however stopped after a few weeks not liking the discipline of formal lessons.
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