Hans Zimmer! (was Re: Future Soundtracks)

[davisaacs]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "caliburncy" <caliburncy at y...> wrote:

> As someone who seriously considered majoring in film scoring, I 
have 
> always been immensely impressed by Hans Zimmer's work.  He is an 
> extremely *versatile* composer that has proved time and again that 
> whatever style or genre you believe is "beyond" him . . . it 
isn't.  
> I have spent a lot of time imaging what a Zimmer HP score would be 
> like . . . I honestly don't know.  There's no Zimmer precedent for 
> it, and he surprises me often.  But I would love to see what he 
might 
> do with it, because Zimmer knows where to "push" the existing 
> conventions and innovate and where to stick to some of the existing 
> conventions--he strikes a balance that creates a truly effective 
end 
> result. 

Which is exactly why I wanted him to do the score. He always 
surprises me, and you never know what he's going to come up with, but 
it's always perfect (often in a very ironic sort of way). With John 
Williams, I more or less knew exactly what the score was going to 
sound like (I couldn't guess the melodies, obviously, but I guessed 
what style they'd be, what sort of orchestration techniques he was 
going to use etc.) and his score was fine, but IMHO, nothing special.

John Williams desribes the action perfectly and he sort of holds a 
mirror up to the film, but that's all. Hans Zimmer's music is 
actually *part* of the film. He really gets into the soul of the 
film, into the heart, and his music adds to the film, sort of like an 
unseen actor. And, as Ridley Scott says, his music can speak where 
words can't. 

And for these reasons, I think he would have been excellent for Harry 
Potter, and wouldn't have treated it like "just another kids film" 
which I think John Williams did to a certain extent.

Just my opinion, anyway:o)

Dave