Hans Zimmer Earth Primary KS2 2nd Level Classroom Lesson Plan Written by Rachel Leach Trailblazer Film composer Hans Zimmer uses all sorts of different techniques to create music. He has helped shape the sound of todays film, tv and
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Hans Zimmer Earth
Primary / KS2 / 2nd Level Classroom Lesson Plan Written by
Rachel Leach<br>
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Trailblazer Film composer Hans Zimmer uses all sorts of different techniques to create music. He has helped shape the sound of today’s film, tv and games music<br>
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Lesson outcomes After this lesson, pupils will be able to:
listen and reflect on a piece of orchestral music
create their own piece of music using instruments and voice
perform as an ensemble
learn musical language appropriate to the task<br>
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Curriculum checklist Learners will:
play and perform in ensemble contexts, using voices and playing musical instruments
improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music
listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory<br>
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Glossary of music terms<br>
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Lesson 1
Watching and listening<br>
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Background – the composer Hans ZIMMER
(b. 1957)
Self-taught German film composer
Has composed more than 150 films scores and been nominated for 10 Oscars
Loves using technology, synthesizers, samplers and computers as well as the orchestra<br>
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Background – the music Earth
Written especially for BBC Ten Pieces
Draws upon the soundworld he used for Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II – two of his most popular scores
This isn’t a film score (it wasn’t written for a movie) but it does sound very ‘filmic’<br>
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Watch the orchestral performance<br>
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Draw a big circle on your page, and in it, draw what you think the music is describing<br>
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Lesson 2
Shimmering introduction<br>
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Create a shimmery warm-up Play pitches on your instruments, similar to Zimmer at the beginning of his piece.
Make sure they are really quiet, or pianissimo<br>
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Lesson 3
Three-note patterns (people on earth)<br>
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It gets much busier in the middle of Zimmer’s piece – what do you think is happening? Choose three notes from these pitches
and play them at different speeds<br>
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Which instruments should play which note lengths?
Try this out on the instruments that you have and see what sounds the best<br>
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Lesson 4
Life on earth<br>
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Have a brainstorm! What can you think of that is associated with the earth – maybe landscape, life on the planet or scientific facts<br>
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Create a musical motif for the things on your list. Make a short piece using these motifs: What goes first?
What goes last?
Do the motifs fit together?
Do the motifs overlap or repeat?<br>
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Lesson 5
Structure<br>
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Warm up and recap! Shimmering introduction
Three-note patterns
Life on Earth<br>
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Lesson 6
Performance time!<br>
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Think about how you will perform your group piece to others. You could try standing or sitting in a semicircle<br>
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Add some dynamics to your piece, to make it even more exciting!<br>
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Practise and perform!<br>
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Taking it further – cross-curricular activities MUSIC: Explore the other planets with Holst’s Planet Suite. Mars features on BBC Ten Pieces.
MUSIC: Zimmer has a lot in common with another BBC Ten Pieces composer, Delia Derbyshire. She made the theme to Doctor Who. Zimmer has made many tv themes and, like Delia, he is a huge fan of electronic music.
FILM: Watch some of Hans Zimmer’s greatest film music moments and have a go at creating your own film music by muting the sound and playing your new compositions on top. ‘Blue Planet’ and ‘Planet Earth’ are good places to start.
UPLOAD: Show us what you’ve created! Submit your creative responses using our Uploader for a chance to be featured on the Ten Pieces website .<br>
