I disagree. Williams is great, but he’s not the greatest. I find the works of Hans Zimmer to be more varied and more enjoyable. He’s also much more prolific (110 film scores for Williams to 159 for Zimmer, according to IMDB. Williams career spans from 1958 to today, while Zimmers spans from 1984 to today). You give me a great composition by Williams and I can give you three by Zimmer that are better. Music makes movies. Take a great movie and you’ll find great, emotionally evocative music to support it. Sans such music, most movies lack dimension.
Zimmer is known for repeating the same tricks for quite a few years now. The same “atmosphere”, the same short ostinato patterns with wordless choruses etc.
Imagine if there was background music during real time life. Music goes right to the midbrain and evokes emotion. The major question is does really evoke higher intellectual function such as logical thought, analysis and problem solving. However it is certainly enjoyable.
Zimmer....meh! I'll take Williams, Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein and Morricone over Zlummber anyway.
I like Zimmer’s music better as well.
I found a genre of music on YouTube and Spotify: Epic Music. Zimmer features prominently in this kind of music and it is perfect for background instrumental.