Hans Zimmer By Gabrielle Jones Zimmers Life Born

Hans Zimmer By: Gabrielle Jones

Zimmer’s Life � Born Sept. 12, 1957 in Frankfurt Germany � The Bugles “Video Killed the Radio Star” � Stanley Meyers My Beautiful Launderette � A World Apart � 1988 Rain Man

Collaboration and Integration � “Father of integrating the electronic musical world with traditional orchestral arrangements. ” � Learned through collaboration and experimentation

Remote Control � Opened with Jay Rifkin � Used to be Media Ventures � Mentoring experiences and opportunities for composers around the world

Works by Zimmer Lion King best known � Other award winners: Rain Man, Gladiator, The Lion King, As Good as it Gets, The Preacher’s Wife, The Red Thin Line, and The Last Samurai � � Also well known: Driving Miss Daisy, Batman Trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, and Madagascan:

Awards � 7 Golden Globes, 7 Grammys, and 7 Oscars, American Music Awards, and Tony Awards

“The Wings of a Film: The Music of Hans Zimmer” � 27 th Annual Flanders International Film Festival Zimmer performed for the first time live � 100 member choir and a 100 member orchestra � Orchestrated concert versions of pieces from Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2, The Lion King, Rain Man and The Red Thin Line � Recorded and released on CD

The Dark Knight � Sound track released July 15, 2008 � Warner Bros. records � Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard � Combining two themes

Listening Guide Pieces “Why So Serious? ” � “Introduce A Little Anarchy” � Both pieces named from a quote by the Joker �

“Why So Serious? ” � � � 0: 00 - Starts out quietly with one note playing then slowly gets louder. 0: 37 - More pitches join and make a very eerie sounding harmony. It continues to get louder as the pitches join in. 1: 31 - A keyboard joins the rhythm creating a new harmony that is still eerie sounding. The intensity is starting to build as well. 2: 30 - The same synthesized strong rhythm beings playing again making the piece more intense and increasing the volume. 2: 53 - All the instruments stop and one pitch plays continuously as well as a different synthesized sound.

“Why So Serious? ” Cont. � � � 3: 47 - A rhythm beings playing by the maracas and creates a different harmony. 4: 43 - The double beat rhythm begins playing again increasing volume as it continues. 7: 19 - The piece gets very quiet with only the chimes fading out 7: 30 - Right before it goes completely silent a single pitch starts playing again and is building sound. 9: 12 - One last drum beat and the harmony drops except the one continuous note.

“Introduce A Little Anarchy” � 0: 10 - Percussion and more stings join in the piece making in louder and having a faster rhythm. The feel it gives is there is a chase going on. � 0: 40 - The percussion stops and the strings play a single note followed by another. � 0: 59 - A single synthesized note begins playing as a double beat rhythm begins. The pitch of the single sound increases as does the volume.

“Introduce A Little Anarchy” Cont. � 1: 26 - All but the percussion stops playing and the percussion continues the chasing like rhythm. � 1: 41 - The strings fade in getting louder and increasing pitch creating intensity. The percussion becomes stronger again. � 3: 09 - The piece speeds back up with percussion playing again.

Works Cited � Hans Zimmer � www. hans-zimmer. com/index. php? rub: bio � www. imdb. com/name/nm 0001877/bio? ref_= nm_on_bw_sm � www. classicfm. com/composers/zimmer � www. mtv. com/artists/hanszimmer/biography/

Works Cited � The Dark Knight � www. empireonline. com/interviews/interview. asp? IID=1532 � batman. wikia. com/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(S oundtrack) � www. allmusic. com