Hans Zimmer Earth Primary KS 2 2 nd
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Hans Zimmer Earth Primary / KS 2 / 2 nd Level Classroom Lesson Plan
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
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
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’
Watch the orchestral performance
Draw a big circle on your page, and in it, draw what you think the music is describing
Which instruments should play which note lengths? Try this out on the instruments that you have and see what sounds the best
Have a brainstorm! What can you think of that is associated with the earth – maybe landscape, life on the planet or scientific facts
Create a musical rhythm for each of the things on your list. For example, the mountains could use long striding rhythms, whilst the fast flowing rivers could use short snappy syncopated rhythms.
Listen to theme music from Blue Planet and Planet Earth, also composed by Hans Zimmerman. What do all the pieces have in common? https: //www. youtube. c om/watch? v=UMH 5 YL WOzl 0 https: //www. youtube. co m/watch? v=Qfz. W 1 s 6 QFI