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Hans Zimmer – Film Music
Nathan Atkinson
Music 1010Slide2
What is Film Music?
Music played in conjunction with a screenplay, film, etc.
Used as background noise, to add another level of emotion to the visuals and dialogue, to add more entertainment value to films, movies and other visual
media
Primary purpose is to set the mood or tone of the film.Slide3
History of Film Music
Began as silent films with live orchestra, similar to an Opera or Ballet
Sometimes bruiteurs or “noisemen” were used in theaters to create early live sound effects .
Piano played a large role in shorter films – Siegfried Kracauer, author of
Theory of Film,
remembers childhood movies as having a drunken pianist who paid no attention to what was happening on screen but played random tunes, following no pattern or beatSlide4
Aspects of Film Music
David
Raksin
– “You may not be able to have the correct development or correct proportions in the sequence because you can’t be developing something musically when the picture’s doing something else.
”
“Music seems to capture our emotions... The music is in some way transmitting an emotional message which is responded to by the listener in the appropriate way.” (Lack, 284)Slide5
Born Sept. 12, 1957 in GermanyBegan musical career playing keyboard/synth for the band The Buggles as well as other bands during the 70s and 80s.
Began composing in 1980s, mixing and fusing tradition orchestral music with electronic elements
Hans ZimmerSlide6
Composing the Score
Zimmer says he habitually procrastinates and requires a deadline for motivation to finish his pieces.
He was hired 5 weeks before the original Pirates movie was to be finished and wrote the score in one evening.
Use of leitmotif – using the music to describe or introduce ideas and characters, e.g. – Joker – screechy cello lineSlide7
Inside the Movie
Hans Zimmer tries to place music “inside the film.”
Music from the Batman movies reflected characters and surroundings. It wasn’t “larger than the story line”.
Music from Inception “tells the story”. It is inside the film and is part of the story.
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Movies
Well-known movies scored by Hans Zimmer:
Dark Knight Trilogy (worked with Howard Shore on Batman Begins)
Man of Steel
Sherlock Holmes (2)
The Bible
Pirates of the Caribbean (all movies)
Inception
Gladiator
The Lion King (parts of the soundtrack)
Rain Man
The Last SamuraiSlide9Slide10
Awards
Nominated for Oscar: 1989, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2011
Won Oscar: Lion King – 1995 Best Music, Original Score
Nominated for Golden Globe: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
Won Golden Globe: 1995 – Lion King Best Original Score; 2001 – Gladiator
Won Grammy: 1995 – Lion King; 1996 – Crimson Tide; 2009 – Dark KnightSlide11
Interview with NY Times
“…I
so couldn’t care less about awards. I know I’m not supposed to say this. But when you work with Chris Nolan, when you work on a movie like ‘Inception,’ it’s for the adventure.”Slide12
Works Cited
Morgan
, David.
Knowing the Score
. 1st ed.
HarperCollins
, 2000. 7. Print
.
"Hans Zimmer - Awards." .
IMDb.com
, Inc.. Web. 20 Nov 2013. <http://
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Larsen,
Peter
.
Film music
. 1st ed. London:
Reaktion
Books, Limited, 2005. 19, 21. print
.
Lack, Russell. Twenty Four Frames Under: A Buried History of Film Music. London: Quartet Books Ltd., 1997. 284. Print
.
Binkley, Christina. "Hans Zimmer: The Maestro in the '
Batcave
'."
Wall Street Journal
. (2011
)
.
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Itzkoff
, Dave. "Hans Zimmer Extracts the Secrets of the 'Inception' Score."
NYTimes.com
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