Posted on 05/03/2013 6:08:16 AM PDT by Perdogg
When Hans Zimmer was invited by Zack Snyder to compose the score for this summer’s comic book movie blockbuster, Man of Steel, he admitted to being so daunted by the challenge of living up to John Williams’ legacy that he procrastinated for three months before finally throwing himself fully into the task.
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I think Zimmer did the score 4 Black Hawk Down-—I heard it on the radio, not knowing what it was, and was knocked out by it, then made a point o* tracking it down to *ind out....John Batchelor, when he had his 9PM-midnight show on NY market radio, used to exclusively play movie soundtrack themes, ALL instrumental , as bumper music on his show. ALL o* it was great. That piece was among the best. Interesting to hear all that movie music out o context-—you realize just how good it is.
Thank You for your AFFIRMATION.
I agree with you. Perhaps they are holding on to “The Big Number”(with the hook!) until the release of the film.
And you are right about the drum cadence. I have heard it in dozens of movies already!
Hard to resist that argument! The original Superman was bland and campy. Richard Lester added personal touches into the sequel that a commercial hack like Donner would never have. Superman 2 fits perfectly into Lester’s recurring themes of anti-nostalgia and de-mythologizing heroism (finding out heroes weren’t as invulnerable or perfect as you thought they would be). It’s there in his two Beatles films, in Petulia, in Robin and Marian and certainly in Superman 2.
That was a cool story.
Sarah Douglas was hot!!
“Can you read my mind” stands out 4 me in the original “Superman” movie as a transcendent expression o* beauty
which managed to transport the romantic aspirations o* Lois and Clark(and OURS)into a meditative tryst that was easily the best thing in the movie, and one o the best things I have seen in ANY movie.
I agree.
The intervals start out so simply...the root, major third, the 5th...baby stuff, then it just takes off!
kind of like the notes are saying
“Up, Up, and Awayyyyyyy”
It SINGS. If music doesn’t “Sing” I have a hard time enjoying it. I am a Bass Player, and my Teacher (Who is a genuine Rock Star, not kidding!) told me that even a BASS LINE should be a singable melody.
Kneel before Zod!
Ah memories.
I love Zimmer’s work.
He did great doing the score for Crysis 2.
John Williams lifted that melody from Richard Strauss’ ‘Death and Transfiguration’.
I don’t doubt that one bit! LOL!
Just like Andrew Lloyd Webber stole the melody from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E for “I don’t know how to love him”! hahaha
And remember...IF you MUST steal...
Steal from the BEST!
hahahaha
Whenever I hear Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony, my mind sings the Russian Folk Song Lyrics from “V’polye beryoza stayala”, the tune from which he lifted the main theme of the last movement. LOL.
Tchaikovsky didn’t ‘lift’ that tune...it was a conscious quote that all his Russian listeners would have understood. Using folk material was very common at the time. Russians were especially obsessed with it.
Glad to see a story about scoring that I think is one of the most underrated parts film making.
I like Hans Zimmer a lot: “As Good As It Gets”. Listen to the insectoid syncopations therein.
My favorite right now though is Carter Burwell’s “Alamo” from 2004. Such beautiful themes that he makes the approach to sound so simple....
OK...I know what you mean, and agree. He quoted church music too. Liszt did the same thing in his “Hungarian Rhapsodies”. John Williams (and Andrew Lloyd Webber) should have attributed their melodies as well to their predecessors. As should have Paul Simon in “American Tune”. It’s OK to pay “Tribute” to previous melodies, or even to gather them together for a “Rhapsody”, but not OK to pass them off as one’s own.
Just my humble opinion as a Songwriter. When I come up with a cool phrase, I WRACK MY BRAIN to make sure I didn’t hear it somewhere before. Sometimes, I toss the phrase away because it even SOUNDS like I might have lifted it, even if it is original. Maybe I am a wee bit too meticulous, but I sure as heck don’t wanna get sued! LOL!
Oh wow...I am listening to “Quiet Mountain” right now.
Thank you for sharing this.
First, steal a chicken...
Ha Ha Ha!
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