Presentation of renowned composer Hans Zimmer
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Presentation of renowned composer Hans Zimmer
ContentsBiographyCompositionListening Guide: includes two songs from the
motion picture Inception “Old Souls” “Mombasa”
Biography: Hans Zimmer
The Early Days of ZimmerWas born on september
12th , 1957Moved to London when
he was fourteen to attend Hurtwood House School.
His father died when he was a child and that event helped him escape in to music
Music then became his best friend
Beginning of his CareerHe worked with many
bands including, The Buggles’, Krisma, and Helden.
He wrote jingles for Air-Edel Associates.
This led him to partner with Stanley Myers
The Bangles”
….Beginning of his career continued
Zimmer and Myers focused on traditional orchestra sound with electronic instruments and worked on motion pictures together
Stanley Myers
Start of his solo careerZimmer’s first solo score was for the movie
Terminal Exposure in 1987He then was score producer for The Last
Emperor 1988His first mainstream success in Hollywood
would come from composing the music to the movie Rain Man, which would go on to be nominated for four Academy Awards
Success of Rain Man ignites Hans ZimmerHe would go on to
compose the music for Academy Award nominees such as, The Lion King, Driving Miss Daisy, Gladiator and many more
All of which won Best Picture Award of their corresponding years
…Success of Rain Man ignited Zimmer continued
He would also compose the music to some of the biggest Blockbusters of our time incuding, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Dark Knight
Composition History: Mombasa and Old Souls
Both Mombasa and Old Souls come from the Motion Picture Inception.
While director Christopher Nolan was working on the picture he asked Zimmer to compose the music to it
ChallengesUnleashing the audiences
imagination in the best way possibleIncorporating a guitar sound
reminiscent of Ennio MorriconeGetting Christopher Nolan to let
Johnny Marr help with the Score
Inspiration
Zimmer read Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
It combined the idea of playfulness in mathematics and playfulness in music
Listening Guide: Old Souls
The overall concept of the song is organic growthOld Souls is a piece that starts off slowly, but as
the seconds pass the dynamics start to build and incorporate more instruments
The building of the song is very gradualIt builds little by little from the first seconds of
the song until about minute six
….Old Souls continued
At that point the song picks up tempo and the building dynamics start to increase at a rapid rate
The rapid rate continues with the listener anticipating a great climax
Then the song at about minute 7:30 cuts short and fades out
Leaving the listener without the anticipated climax
Listening Guide: Mombasa
As like with Olds Souls, Mombasa’s concept is also organic growth
Mombasa starts out with a loud dynamic levelThe tempo is quick and very fast pacedA continuous rhythmic repetition of four slow
and two fast beats is set up from the beginning
……Mombasa continued
The song keeps up the same dynamics and rhythm pretty much throughout the whole piece
Throughout the whole song there is addition and subtraction of new instruments
It doesn’t build to a climaxIt gets to about minute 4:40 and then fades to
an end
Bibliography/References Abclocal.go.com “Hans Zimmer Gets Star..” December 8, 2010
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=7832872 Allmovierepicas.com “Inception” March 9, 2011
http://www.allmoviereplicas.com/Inception-Movie.html Allmusic.com “Hans Zimmer” March 9, 2011
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hans-zimmer-p140996 Artistopia.com “Hans Zimmer” March 9, 2011
http://www.artistopia.com/hans-zimmer Classicfm.co.uk “Composers V to Z” March 9, 2011
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/composers/v-z/hans-zimmer/ Hubpages.com “Where symphony meets synthesizer” March 9, 2011
http://hubpages.com/hub/Hans-Zimmer-Where-Symphony-meets-Synthesizer Smashinlists.com “10 Most Recognizable Film Scores” March 9, 2011
http://www.smashinglists.com/10-film-scores-we-all-recognize/ Vintageking.com “Film Composer” March 9, 2011 http://
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