Message Board
February 1998
Here you can post messages to other users of the page regarding CD availability, soundtrack discussion, or other such items of interest regarding Zimmer's works.
Haha, now I'm stuck here wondering what the film would be like without him! Felt more like a documentary than a film (ie. nothing much happened) but the music livened it up a bit.
Best bit (at least of the 70 mins I saw) was a montage of (very static) shots of the climbers struggling up a steep hill - visually boring, but Zimmer kicks into overdrive with strong brass, a la Crimson Tide, the odd bit of electric guitar, a la Drop Zone, and nice perscussion. Can't imagine why he would have been replaced, but stranger things have happened :)
morning.....
K2 - referring to the liner notes...it implies that Hans was replaced on the US score. That is why the US CD release says "inspired by".
I had seen the US movie on video, and didn't think much of it. Then I got the CD and always wondered what it would sound like with Hans.
The movie bombed anyway.
Power Of One - it is a vocal score. My personal favorite; I love African music, especially when interpreted by Hans. Unlike the first and last in the trilogy, this is the only vocal score by Hans, and rightly so for the movie.
WATCH THE MOVIE! The book(s) is BRILLIANT too.
Of the CD, 6 tracks have Hans blazing away.
oh yeah,
Chrisz
Hi there,
just baught Rain Man, it's pretty good, I like it.
But I also saw Power Of One in the store, it was a bit expensive, so I wasn't sure to buy it. So I listened it in the store. It was a bit weird, a lot of Afrikan vocals, I loved the last track.
Is there much Zimmer on the cd, or is there a lot of other music? Any comments? Is it one of his best scores or does it suck? (I can't inmagine that, but OK)
That's all.
Interesting about K2...the only explanation I could give for having two different composers is that the film flopped in the US, so they brought in Zimmer to fire things up for the OS release. Certainly gives the film a bit more kick! I have no idea how it actually went in the US or OS, so it's just another theory of mine, lol... Any ideas, comments?!
Andrew
Andrew, the US version of K2 was scored by Chaz Jankel, a rather mediocre composer, IMHO. OK, I've just heard his Making Mr. Right score (coupled on CD with Thomas Newman's cool Desperately Seeking Susan) but that was quite cheesy, with just a Casio keyboard or something. I don't understand how he could score the mountain scenes for that movie with equipment like that.
Regarding As Good As It Gets, I agree. I found both the movie and the score rather boring. Zimmer has made dozens of better scores.
To Hadrian, Dominic Frontiere's score to The Color Of Night was released on the Mercury label I think, back in 1994/5. The CD is out of print, so consider yourself lucky if you find it. And you must search long and hard on the cover for his name, as David Hirsch put it in Film Score Monthly when the film came out.
Hey all,
K2 was on TV today - shades of Drop Zone, more in terms of the soundscape & orchestration than actual themes, but some chord progressions were familiar. I vaguely recall hearing something about Zimmer's score not beeing used in a particular version of the film??!? Certainly used for OS release - recognised the Zimmer sound before the TV had even warmed up, lol...
AGAIG...now there's an interesting film :-) I braced myself for Melvin, lol, but neither he nor the film were exactly a laugh-a-minute; score was enjoyable, though. With a film like this, however, there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of room for a composer to exercise his/her artistic discretion. The style of AGAIG more or less restricts Zimmer to using the mickey-mouse technique - a little more than one would like - to add some bounce to a story which, IMHO, is rather flat. Of course, there are some nice orchestrations and jazzy dischords, but the characters don't really have their own theme, nor is there a theme which sticks in your head as you leave the theatre (apart from "Always look on the bright side...", but that doesn't count!). It would've been great to see the various themes slowly worked together in fugue-like fashion, finishing in the powerful end-credits cue that Zimmer does so well in his action scores (and most recently to great effect in The Peacemaker). Sadly, it just doesn't happen here.
Better say it again, so as not to provoke too many flames :) lol...I think these things are NOT Zimmer's fault, more the result of poor writing on the scriptwriters' part. I didn't particularly enjoy the film and came away wondering if Zimmer's brief was to "lighten up (save?!) the film" rather than complement the on-screen action.
Anyway, just a knee-jerk reaction of unorganised thoughts, lol...
:)
Andrew
E.T. had shown a clip from the upcoming movie. As you might have known, Nick Glennie-Smith is scoring it. To comment on the music in the scene, I have to say, it's exceptional. One scene contain a little bit of percussion in the background and strings dominance. I think we've got ourselves a good score here.*
Later, or as we say, Zoodles
HD
*opinion based on a few seconds of music.
To the anonymous who had posted the news, can you tell me where I can get a copy? Appreciated it. :)
HD
P.S. Is it a score CD or a song compilation CD?
Sorry to break it to you, but there isn't such a cd.
Trust me, I have been searching for one for years now
and have had zero luck. If only there were, everybody
would be so much happier.
Todd,
NO.
Sorry.
Please read more than just your entry.
See the notice at the top?
Yes, Zinfo has more details.
SCROLL down to the Feb. 14th entry for more details.
Feb. 11th has some goodies too.
Feb. 8th has a bit as well.
Speed 2 - see Mancinfo/Yumbiosis for 3 RA clips.
Number of Zimmer fans - online, maybe 500, out there, possibly 2,000 to be conservative.
Zimmer compilation - no, not just yet.
Alrighty,
Chrisz
Is there a Days of Thunder cd, just with Hans Zimmer's score on it.??
Just stumbled upon this nice page :)
I wanted to say that my favorite soundtracks to date are Broken Arrow, crimson tide, and the rock.
Broken arrow is so "cool". I was hooked on the soundtrack (and eventually zimmer) when I saw that scene when travolta enters the scene after ejecting and says " what a terrible thing to say" and the 'cowboy' music starts playing...
what can you say about crimson tide? it would be just another submarine movie without the music. and how many times have we heard the song in movie trailers....the saint and GI jane to name a few off the top of my head...
And finally the rock, also some powerful moments with the music (ie. the shootout in the shower room) . (track2 was used in the armeggedon trailer)
Of course, I'm not saying something that all of you don't know :) but i was so glad to find an enthusiasts page, I had to say something :))
I work in a post-production studio, so sound is kinda my life. thank god for the sounds of Mr. Zimmer!
lates.
William
Color of Night with Bruce Willis and Jane March? Yes. It does exist.
For sale/trade to best offer...
2 cd set of synthesizer soundtracks. New recordings of tracks
from Midnight Express, Rain Man, Antarctica, Chariots of Fire,
Dune, and many others by J. Hammer, J.M. Jarre, Vangelis,
etc.
Pelican Brief
Rio Conchos/Agony & the Ecstasy
Lorenzo's Oil
The Mask of Zorro
The Crimson Pirate
Rambling Rose
A few good Men
I Solisti Italiani on Cinema. DePalma Suite, Morricone, etc.
Warriors of Virtue - Don Davis
Cosmic Voyage/Boeing 777 - David Michael Frank
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Original Big Top Pee Wee
The Last Emperor
Wolfen/Deadly Blessing Cd-r
Last of the Dogmen - Arnold
Indian in the Cupboard - Edelman
Once Upon a Forest
The Pagemaster
Land Before Time
King Kong Lives plus Greystoke Cuts, etc. Cd-r
Stand & Deliver - Craig Safan
Email me.
Thanks!
I'm looking for Zimmer's scores (both CD and LP)
Thank You.
I'm looking for "Radio Flyer". Can you help me?
Thank you.
To make this short, does anybody know if the soundtrack to Color of Night exist. I love the Love Theme, if you've seen the movie, you'd know. They "said" that it's out on Mercury label but I couldn't find it. Give me a clue will ya!
On a side note; Just got my Black Rain CD in the mail. I'm listening to it right now and I must say, it's different than what I had expected. I bought it a week ago from CDnow for 25 bones. It's damn freakin' expensive!(please excuse me) It's also an import so you know how that goes. Love the Asian themes. Some of the action passage prognosticated some Speed stuff, which is very good. Love the last track and the end passage of Charlie Loses His Head. Well that's all folk.
HD
p.s. I guess this was not as short as thought it would be. (track 8 is playing, ohh yeahhhh!)
Has anyone heard Car Building. It was a B side of Maria Mackee's Show Me Heaven. Its brill but it got nicked when we were burgled n' mind.
I have just entered this web page for the first time. And I love Hans Zimmer wiht all my heart. Is their a CD available with all his music on??????? I dont fancy going out and spending hundreds of pounds on all the soundtracks. I have searched high and low. Can anybody help???????
Does anybody know how many zimmer fans there are in the world?
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I was sick for most of this presidents' day weekend so i got the chance to rent alot of movies. Finally saw Speed 2 this weekend. It's not really as bad as everyone says it is. Does anyone know if Mancina plans to release the Score. The techno version of Mancina's score is a nice change. Also saw G I Jane. I had bought the soundtrack first and the score was pretty good. The movie however used the good stuff for the boring congress scenes. Who compposed the theme to Soldier of Fortune TV show (which by the way is Bruckhiemer produced). Saw the replacement killers'. the score was nothing special but the techno music in the opening scene was cool. gotto go. later
Hi Zimmer fans,
Just wanted to let you know Hans is NOT competing agaist Horner. He is, however competing aganst these people:
Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens,and David Newman, "Anastasia"
Anne Dudley, "The Full Monty"
Danny Elfman, "Men in Black"
James Newton Howard, "My Best Friend's Wedding"
Basically it's all to easy, Hans will win but he should watch out for Elfman and "Anastasia".
For all of you who thought that Horner was agaist the Z man, I laugh at you. The reson is simple, Hans was nominated in the Music (original or comedy score), Horner's in the category for Music (original dramatic score). See the difference.
Alicia :)
allo,
Norske in Norge - well I have a few friends from school at AC in Wales, and then there's Ida from Bergen....still getting there.
Yes, I also noticed Secret Garden from Eurovision, and have both albums. Ida sent me first one after I called her to congratulate you guys on beating the UK and Sweden, lol. I know how it is.
At least Gina G didn't win ack. (folks, Jon doesn't wanna get email, grin)
I do have Sigma on my RA list. And I love track 3 (I think) on first album (the one with the drums); but both are with Erin back in Omaha (as is the rest of my Zimmer and other scores....boo hoo).
Ah yes, the main credits of Metro.....well, the music is cool if you hear it on a decent movie playback system, and even though I have the promo on tape, the recording is so bad, I don't listen to it.....some people just have no idea what quality is, even so called score experts. (ok, so I'm fussy when it comes to sound, so should everyone!)
Oscars again - just depends what the composer pushes in terms of promos, and what movies are in the minds of voters at the time...thus more recent ones etc.
Alicia!.....just what do you mean by 'suck'? a bit strange.
lol.....but that's cool.
oh well, listening to Destiny In Space/Blue Planet/Dream Is Alive IMAX trilogy......ps. getting TLKB soon (someone was generous...yes I'm living on score gifts - joining some of you, grin)...so review should be up in a month.
zoodles ya roodles,
Chrisz
Well Yumbo, quite a bit of norwegian you got there. What a coincidence! You asked me about the band Secret Garden, right? As a matter of fact, I bought their newest CD White Stones only one hour ago, just before I logged myself in here! I've been aware of them ever since they won The Eurovision Song Contest back in 1995. Last fall I watched them in a church concert here in Kristiansand. (The leader, Rolf L=vland is from this city.) I find them quite enjoyable, especially in the up-tempo tracks, like Moving on WS. And Sissel, well it's cool with her Titanic-work. Apart from thst, I don't have any opinions on her.
About the Metro/Bad Boys-stuff, I found the opening credits in Metro very nice, when Murphy drives over the bridge. I just thought that it was a certain Mancina-feel there. The rest of the score, I don't remember much of.
When I wrote that "these kind of scores often get nominated", I ment that the composer's best works often are overlooked, while more mediocre stuff (like AGAIG, IMHO) are getting nods. I don't know why the comittee works like that. Why not give Zimmer a nomination for a score that really shows off his signature style with a more synth-based/modern sound?
They're cheap skates!
Yes, the arrangement for the choral version for TLK is not Zimmers or anyone else's but a dude who sucks big toe. I'm telling you that the music sucks. In Circle of Life you can have fun by chanting na, na na na na na na na na nana. Very fun. It sucks!
Alicia
She was comparing it to TLKB.
hi zhere,
first, I had my first accident on Monday....bit shaken, definitely broke now. anyway...just letting you know. It's somehow related to things in the big picture.
The Dig - try going into the archives, there were a few entries about it. Unless you were the one asking back then, grin.
Jon - interesting take. Will see AGAIG when it opens here next month. a good dag to you. say, what's your opinion of Secret Garden and Sissel?
I took another listen to AGAIG, and thanks for reminding me of the Y&Y, RMan references. I'm still working on the review and samples. So, you only into the non-syruppy stuff? As per my upcoming review...no, AGAIG is not a catchy score, but it has its moments if only for 10 seconds.....and that does it for me. Will expound on page when it's ready. it does have GREAT songs as well.
on Jeff Rona - replied. See Zlate News.
I don't think Metro sounds anything like Bad Boys.
ps. JNH wrote the theme to The Sentinel. Sound like a similar trend?
Mancina wrote again yesterday, so Mancinfo is updated.
Julius - once again, see Zinfo for details.
Personally I don't think TLK is one of Zimmer's best scores, at least not on the badly recorded CD. Stuff like The Peacemaker, Crimson Tide, Whole Wide World, Green Card, Power Of One etc should get nominated. Jon is right to a degree about the nomination process...recent movies have more edge as well.
As for TLK...the Disney streak? Disney itself. But a good thing nevertheless. Got a lot more people onto Zimmer...but still a pity people don't listen to stuff before TLK. Horner's success will get more people onto him, and SCORES.
Short CDs - economics...and artistic discretion. In that order.
Song vs. score preferences....well, didn't EVERYONE think we were the only ones? Not to say that won't change - do your own bit of score promotion!
I do like GOOD songs, and the stuff on TRomance I like, as well as the Nina Simone stuff on PONR. Art is appreciated in different ways by different people. Never assume.
Expanded score CDs......real world - not enough demand, too much capital.
so......do what you can, and if I had money, the first thing I would do is pay the re-use fee on certain scores, without hesitation! I'm not kidding. But of course the artist will have to agree to have their work in public. (Criticism does discourage inspiration.)
ps. Alan Williams - composer of the beautiful Amazon IMAX finally emailed, so go visit Willinfo! He left his email address there for us to use (not to abuse!).
alrighty,
Chrisz
What do you mean that only these kinds of scores get nominated? The Lion King is one of zimmer's best scores. And it's not like nine months or agaig. Too bad that tlk is only so short.
Is asgoodasitgets a full-zimmer-score? How many minutes? I haven't seen the soundtrack here in holland yet.
Actually, I think it's very ridiculous that the most zimmer cd's only have a few zimmertracks. A few weeks ago I bought true romance. about 15 minutes! That's way too short. And there is more music in the movie than on the cd. The people that buy the cd for zimmer aren't interested in the other songs, and the people that are interested in those other songs don't listen to zimmer. So why don't they just make two cd's like they did for speed and twister. And who listens to nina simone on PONR?
And why don't they make a cd with music that hasn't been put on the soundtrack of that movie. It would sell great.
Like in the rock, right after connery smashes the unbreakable glass in the interrogation room with a coin. You hear a theme that isn't even on the entire cd.
Or does such a cd already exist?
I'm not sure how many people have already discussed this one, but as the show itself is relatively new, I'll post this anyway.
Yumster knows my views on this, but as he hasn't had the benefit of hearing it himself I thought I'd throw it open to those who have.
Any comments? I personally can't stop listening to it, the power and the passion (grin, all you Aussies out there... Stop thinking of Midnight Oil!) of the performers is phenomenal. I guess I'm slightly biased as I was fortunate to see it early January. And I tell you, if you loved the movie, if you love the Broadway soundtrack... you'll be blown away by the performance!
And IMHO, the arrangements used in TLKB are much better than "Rhythm of the Pride Lands"... more refined, more energy, more passion. Everything you need in a good score.
Almost like "Krull" and "Willow"... But I don't want to start on Horner... ;-)
TLKB - It's zimply mantastic!
(If you're a regular on Yumster's pages, you'll know who else I'm referring to... :-))
hey everybody, does ANYONE out there have a copy of The Dig soundtrack? I have been so desperate lately i really love the music, if you have any information on it or know a website company that sells it email me please??
thanks
Just saw As Good As It Gets. First of all, I found the movie at times VERY boring. I mean, 2 hours and fifteen minutes with this is 45 minutes too much. And Zimmer's score; well, I just have to admit that this kind of music in not my cup of tea. OK, I'm a Zimmer-fan but I can't with my best will find this score interesting. Wasn't it just a mixture of feel-good and syrupy Nine Months, Younger & Younger and Renaissance Man-anthems? At least he is a versatile composer. And regarding the Oscar-nomination; well, it seems that it is these kind of scores that will get nominated.
According to Film Score Monthly, Sonic Images will release a new volume in the Outer Limits series, plus a Jeff Rona CD called Scenes From The Crime or something, with music from Chicago Hope and High Incident(?) Any facts? Yumbo? They will also release The Sentinel by Steve Porcaro. Interesting. His Metro score was cool, quite similar to Mark Mancina's Bad Boys IMO.
-Jon
hiiiiiiiiii,
in line with a Christmas project (grin), I'd recommend these for Valentine's!
Does anybody know where I can get the Black Rain Soundtrack. They have stopped producing it and I cannot order it.
Thanks!
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Just found out Bill Conti is conducting a night of movie
themes with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy
Center in Washington on April 17 & 18. (fri and sat)
I just bought my tickets yesterday -- fifth row orchestra!
Their web site is kennedy-center.org
Tel. 800-444-1324
Plenty of great seats still available.
Don't order through web site though, computer will randomly
generate what seat you get in the price range you choose.
(No service charge on web site, there is one on phone though,
again IMHO, it's worth it.)
Box seats are $58
Orchestra are $47
In the concert Hall, IMHO, If you can get within the first 10
rows of orchestra, they're better than the box seats 'cause
box seats don't start until row 35.
Email me if you have any questions.
P.S. On Thursday before concert is rehearsal free for the
public.
Hi all.
I thought I would bring this up because Mr Rothstein mentioned the use of Zimmer music at the Olympics.
Well anyway, I was watching the Winter Olympics a couple a days ago, and heard one of the ice skaters using "Hummell gets the Rockets" as music to accompany his routine. Anyone else hear this? The guy (I think his name was Marcus or something) looked pretty out of time, especially when the action music kicked in. In any case, Zimmer's music is beautiful.
The next day at school, a friend claimed that Backdraft was also used. Was it?
Oh well, that's it. By the way, As Good As It Gets is an excellent soundtrack!
hi,
As far as I know, NONE of Hans' scores are printed.
That goes for MOSTscores.
Only available ones are the OLD ones - 30 years prior etc.
BLAME the copyright holders - the studios.
Otherwise, get a really good ear, and a copyist.
sorry,
Chrisz
Am looking for the score/written music for Mother Africa (Reprise)from the Power of One CD. I require this for a choir and would appreciate any help or direction on how to obtain this.
CBS has been using Backdraft, The Rock, Crimson Tide, and Con Air in many of their segments, promo pieces, and commercials for the Olympics... wanna know why? Because Zimmer's music is the most powerful on the planet... and yumbo, they used a clip from First Born too... you know what that means? C'mon... please! I'll make you music supervisor in my next film.
Hey Everybody!
I got the newspaper yesterday and, for the record, Hans Zimmmer has been nominated for an Academy Award for best score (Musical or Comedy) for As Good As It Gets. So, now on March 23, we all must chant out his name and hope that he wins. That's all.
Alicia
Hi, I would give just about anything for Hans' "Days of Thunder" score. Does anyone have any info on how I could require a good recording of this incredible piece of work? Any info would be greatly appreciated, even if I have to pay for a DAT copy off a master from Paramount! Please help. Thank you, Rocco.
yup,
go get 'em:
Hi everyone!
The Deep Impact trailer is out!!!!!!
------> http://www.deep-impact.com
It seems extremely amazing, and I even think that it will greatly complete Armageddon, in a way that isn't without reminding us Contact by its style...
Also, I bought AGAIG, and I can say that Zimmer, to adapt himself to this different kind of movie, succeeded to do some fascinating new material, and that even if he doesn't use here his so famous
synths!!! And curiously some parts seem to sound like Patrick Doyle... You'll be surprised, it's very different...
The ending song, produced by Zimmer, is espescially sublime!
And, talking about Doyle, Great Expectations score is absolutely..... great, lol! ( The only matter is that they released it in two parts : Doyle, and the rest... )
And the movie would worth to see only for the virtuoso 10 minutes performance of DeNiro!!!!!! Of course there's also the images,
and Gwyneth Paltrow!!
Zee you later....
J.
Hi there!
The first time I watched "Speed" and heard the theme, I thought: "Hey! Is this Zimmer?" Then I saw Mancinas Name and I knew, why it sounded like Hans. I think, Mancina is a very good composer, but (except a few examples like Moll) he sounds like his former "boss" Mr. Zimmer!
And you can't say that only Marks Scores are like songs. Ever listened to "I'll do anything" or "Green Card"? Beautiful Scores which are very much like songs!
And if your friends only know Mancinas Speed-Theme... Backdraft is used in so many trailers, that anybody should know this piece of music! ;-)
Have fun! :-)
Sven
I don't think that any of them copy each other (at least not on purpose). I think it's more about the style that they practice. I mean, they have a style all they're own,right? (loud drums, chorus, synthesizers, etc.) It's a style that has been pioneered by Zimmer and clearly different from say..... Horner, Williams, or Goldsmith. You can tell. And mabye it's that style that makes thier works sound alike in some respects. Granted, the mind of the composer must come up with an original theme to defferenciate the score, but that's hard as hell to do. Also, keep in mind that Zimmer basically trained Mancina. They even worked in the same studio for many years, so it's no suprise that Zimmer influences would pop up in his music. It's not really fair to say that this composer copied off this composer. That's just my opinion and my thinking, that's all.
Let me make myself clear on Mancina. I really enjoy his music. I own Con Air, Speed, Twister, and the Follow Your Dreams. OF COURSE, Mancina has his own style. His music is more beat driven, kinda like dance music meets Zimmer. However, each one of his scores has something that I have heard before.
Examples:
1)Zimmer came up with this unique sounding, synthesized theme ten seconds into track 5 or 6 of Backdraft, that at the time, was one of the most original things done in Movie music in decades. That theme as been done over and over again, in slight variations, through most of Zimmer and Mancina's work. i.e. Crimson Tide, The Rock, The Peacemaker, Con Air, Twister.....
2)Monkey Trouble is a kiddie theme to True Romance.
3)The Tornado's theme in Twister is right out of Pacific Heights
4)Con Airs opening credits is just like Crimson Tides and The Rocks
I guess my point is: While Macina may stray from Zimmer's music every once and a while, I hear repetition quite often.
I probably sound like an ass b/c scoring films is amazing and really hard I imagine. Con Air's bad guy theme in track 3 was brilliantly original....well....I guess it kind of showed up in Bad Boys.....but thats ok since Macina did that too.
By the way, I thing Powell's Face/Off was nothing like anything Zimmer has ever done, except for the occasional heavy drum.
See ya,
Doug
I was wondering if anyone knew where I could purchase "The House of the Spirits" CD by Hans Zimmer. Where can I purchase this CD online???
Thanks:)
yah,
true.
at least there's a CD out this time.
Will try to have web page ready before Friday, in light of the nomination, grin.
Julius - only 9 of Hans' scores would be termed action scores for their volume....the rest are....quiet. Take a listen to As Good As It Gets!
And Mancina does emulate Zimmer, on SOME of his scores, not that it's a bad thing. I actually like Money Train now.
zoodles,
Chrisz
Yess!
Looks like our old friend (no pun intended) will get a chance at this year's Oscar's. According to various sources, As Good As It Gets by Hans Zimmer is nominated in Best Comedy/Musical Score. Must Brian Tiemann (where are you?) at last change his picture at the top of his worship page?
Let's get this straight:
I own ten zimmerscores, I enjoy them every time I hear them very much. But zimmer makes real filmmusic, Mancina on the other hand, makes music that is easyer to listen to. His music is more like 'normal' music. I got some friends that hate all my zimmer cd's, but they love speed. They say that zimmermusic is way too chaotic and too depressing. I disagree.
But maybe that's what makes Zimmer so popular with filmmakers, the music should be very quiet, because otherwise people listen to the music in stead of watching the movie.
And it's great that they both have different styles, that Mancina doesn't try to copy zimmer, like Powell does.
Okay, that's about it.
reads the Zoard ya know,
hi!
I forgot to say, in repsonse to Doug, that Mancina does have his own 'sound'....and he's mentioned it too....try listening to:
I don't know.
I only have two soundtracks by Mancina, Speed and Con Air, and they both sound like something I had never heard before. Let's face it: Mancina accomplished something that Zimmer never did; The theme from Speed is a theme many people know. (I mean people that don't listen to soundtracks)
I showed a film of my own in my class, and in a chase-scene I used THE theme from speed, and a lot of people knew it, they even knew that it was from Speed!
And there's been made a remix, on the soundtrack from Speed2: Cruise controll.
As far as I know, Zimmer never did something like that. Maybe the Rock House Jail-theme, some friends of mine knew it a little, but they didn't know that it was from the Rock.
Don't get me wrong: I love Zimmer, he always uses the dies irae-theme, that isn't his, and he always copies things from his own scores, what Mancina as far as I know never does. (exept in Speed2, but that makes sense. 'the gap' from speed is exactly in speed2, when they figure out that they'll crash into the Eindhoven Lion)
Anyway, both the composers are totaly f**king great. (excuse me for expressing myself like that)
According to the IMDB there is still no composer attached to Tony Scott's Enemy Of The State. Does anyone know anything? Actually, I think Zimmer have the time to score this, 'cause he's only on Price Of Egypt and The Thin Red Line at the moment, reportedly.
And to DougC, perhaps Bad Boys sounds like Axel F. because Jerry Bruckheimer produced both BB and BHC. He has a certain sound to his movies. Almost every Bruckheimer movie has a cool score, IMO.
hi ho,
Folks, once again....
I was flipping channels this afternoon and I came across the unfortunate movie "Aspen Extreme". Before I switched, they started to play this song that seemed very familiar.
It was called "The Driver pt II" by Hans Zimmer and sung by some no name artist. They played the whole song with no voices or any other noises over it. It was very nice. I heard it played and sung by someone different at the end of "Days of Thunder". It contains many themes from DoT.
By the way, I got Pacific Heights recently and I think it is quality-wise one of Zimmer's best. Listening to the cd brought back memories of the movie. It flows so well with it, more than any other movie he has done so far I think. I could distinctly here in the music when Griffith eats the mint and, soon after, Keaton coming out of the elevator. I guess you have to know the movie well to know what I am talking about.
Why didn't Harold Faltemyer (sp?) sue Mancina for "Bad Boys". I swear that some moments were lifted straight from Axel F. Mancina needs to find some niche in his music that he can call his own. Whenever I here his music, I feel like I have heard it before. I do admit that "Twister" has some moments that are his, but not many. Don't get me wrong....I do like his music, but I think I like it mostly because it sounds like other people's, mostly Zimmers, music.
But then again I could be completely wrong...hehe.
Doug
While this tidbit is not directly related to Zimmer, it's close enough. Just this afternoon I was watching the winter olympics and as I turned on the television, they were playing G.I. Jane. It was pretty cool, hopefully they will start using Zimmer tracks as well. (and Mancina too)
Matey (Glen),
See the link above, ie. Zinfo.
Then choose CDiscography.
Doesn't take much effort you know.
Mike - I believe that would be 'the best selling CD SCORE-based soundtrack' of all time. grin. Still good regardless.
- Star Wars - 4 million
- Lion King - 10 million (song/score based soundtrack)
cheers,
Chrisz.
Can anybody give any info on Hans Zimmer soundtracks on CD .
At the moment I am unable to find anything in the UK.
Thanks Glen
Just an interesting tidbit, since I haven't posted in a while....
I was browsing through my local Border's a while back, and noticed that the copy they had of Whole Wide World was one of the infamous bad copies (Hans was spelled "Hanz") I brought it to the clerk's attention (I had hoped to get a better reaction, since I figured he might have been more musically knowledgable) He said he'd check on it, after several weird looks, and we left it at that. A couple of weeks later, the same copy resurfaced. Hmmmm......guess I'm gonna have to bust out the can of whup-ass, lol...Well, some unknowing fan is going to be surprised.
Well, it seems that after only 10 weeks of release, James Horner's Titanic has quickly become the best-selling score of all time. I'm a Horner fan, I should be happy, but I'm just not.
A friend asked if she could borrow my copy. I said sure. About 20 minutes later, she came back and asked where the songs were with words. "Track 14," I mumbled. I sincerely hope that Sony Classical releases the Enya-hack track Southampton as a single, so hopefully fans will recognize the score itself and not Celene Dion.....or Leonardio DiCaprio, for that matter...: )
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hey, i love james horner, so never say anything bad like this again!