A master of Movie Melody German film composer and cyma for decades now he has been one of the most creative musical talents in hollywood. Working on around One Hundred Fifty films calls including classics like rain man dustin hoffman. Ridley scotts epic. And the unforgettable line for which he received an oscar in nine hundred ninety five. And rarely ventures out of his california Recording Studio these days but now despite suffering stage fright hes made an exception in order to take his classic soundtracks on the road is European Tour as a Film Music Odyssey Featuring around seventy musicians we caught up with him as the show kicked off in london. Twelve thousand fans
a choir and an impressive like. Mine i can hear my real instruments is actually the computer but its a bit boring to present that on stage. So soon as i have a guitar slung around my neck im brave moot. Was transported by the familiar film score for instance to the savannah with The Lion King featuring lebo am. Walking if you know the bottles i didnt want to do the normal number with orchestra and conduct just show a film i wanted to do something a bit more rocknroll. And it all worked like a dream earning similar brief refuse in the british press. Batman film director Christopher Nolan house said that zimmer was for him the sound of contemporary movies and that his score for The Dark Knight was fresh distinctive and had been mercilessly plundered for every action film since high praise indeed but how did the german musician with no formal training get to the very top in hollywood is how. His music is known around the globe but few people. Would recognize him. Has made his career
creating unforgettable soundtracks for hollywood blockbusters from Pirates Of The Caribbean to batman hes the master of movie melody. But how did he get started. I dont know when do musicians start as soon as they hear music in their heads it began when i was six maybe and my mother said youre going to have a Piano Teacher and i misunderstood i thought a Piano Teacher would be somebody who taught you to get the music from your head into your fingers. For the figure. Playing notes from a sheet of paper wasnt his thing the Piano Lessons only lasted two weeks since then hes taught himself to mom went to an English Boarding School got a synthesizers and landed a gig playing in one of the most Famous Music Videos ever. Cognition lot of i dont want to keep doing the same thing that i have to jump from an action film to a comedy or to something small or quietness for that gives me the ideas the different stories and the different approaches to them the order of three to be finished off or does the order of treatment by. The composer begins by creating a kind of symphony his version of the story sometimes its music that just serves the pictures well but now and then something miraculous happens. All of a sudden you have a hundred people all pulling in the same emotional direction and then it happens theres Something In The Air theres nothing like it just to skip. Them and now works with The Very Best his company Remote Control productions and santa monica brings to. Lots of creative talent is this the culmination of
a dream. That helped with that up fifth risk if i didnt do anything with a conscious plan you cant plan it you cant know in advance what happened before and that has nothing to do with me really was that i had the good fortune to find a good directors who wanted to work with me for. Far too modest answer the list of directors who have had the good fortune to meet someone is along. For The Lion King handsome received his only oscar it went on to become one of the best selling soundtracks of all time its a great example of zimmers skill when it comes to bringing together various musical styles and instrumentations and fusing them into a unified and quite unique musical vision. By definition. Because i never had for me training them i often have to go to the musicians and say show me how this instrument works and in that way a famous developed from our discussion because they are the specialists. By the us but to listen on The Lion King which i did with. Who became my talk guy to African Music africa was thick. With him during initial talks with the director i get something of an idea of how it could shape our congress will it be electronic. Will it be and will it be
whatever it all depends on the material. From barry i know one day i will write the piece where i say thats enough not i hope that so long way off for this very longish life. I. The extraordinary music of similar Just Announced just with
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