Hans Zimmer's Man Of Steel

[gkgyver 1,647]

Still, I believe younger audiences have a stronger connection to Zimmer's theme than to Williams'.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Quintus 6,496]

Cool and hip things have very short shelf lives, BloodBoal.

What is the Hans Zimmer sound? It is the shell suit of movie music. John Williams on the other hand is the denim jeans of film music. Timeless.

[crocodile 9,724]

Ah shell suits. Love them.

Karol

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Koray Savas 2,260]

He was tired of doing the power anthem/male chorus approach to music and wanted to explore more experimental soundscape methods instead.

Because "power anthem/male chorus approach" and "more experimental soundscape methods" are the only two options available...?

No, he simply moved from one style to another.

[Matt C 605]

I'm not sure of that.

Most of the Shirley Walker YT posts actually get positive feedback on the videos, so not all YouTubers are mindless idiots. But those videos don't get the fraction of views Zimmer videos enjoy.

[Hook1991 10]

I wonder if this is going to be most of the score if not all...

[Jill Sandwich 11,166]

Cool and hip things have very short shelf lives, BloodBoal.

What is the Hans Zimmer sound? It is the shell suit of movie music. John Williams on the other hand is the denim jeans of film music. Timeless.

That even kind of looks like a young Hans Zimmer with hair in the sheel suit.

[KK 3,313]

If Zimmer decided to use Williams' theme, would he replace the orchestra with hard drives?....

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[KK 3,313]

Of course. You can't forget your roots!

Sadly I haven't posted there as much as I used to due to my lack of time. But I'll get that fixed soon...

[Maurizio 6,913]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/man-of-steel-composer-hans-zimmer-celebrates-mankind-on-dna-20130513

[publicist 4,650]

Now i know how the pure, true and honest heartland people of America sound. Thanks, Hans.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[publicist 4,650]

At last, we got 'em.

[Pieter Boelen 1,032]

Now i know how the pure, true and honest heartland people of America sound. Thanks, Hans.

I can detect ZERO relation between the words and that music. Are they certain that IS the track that Mr. Zimmer was referring to?

[Delorean90 47]

My suspicion is that he was talking about a general approach/philosophy, and they thought, "Well, that describes the score, so that's what to listen for in this complete track!" It's gotta be a mistake. The trailer music sounds much more like it's supposed to relate to that description.

[gkgyver 1,647]

And the bullshitting about Zimmer's so-called "philosophy" in his most recent dull effort begins.

[Richard P 5,303]

"I wanted the epic sound of the fields and farms stretching past the horizon, of the wind humming in the telephone wires."

You don't always get what you want... hmmm.

And the bullshitting about Zimmer's so-called "philosophy" in his most recent dull effort begins.

That.

[gkgyver 1,647]

I'm sorry, but what Zimmer describes there is everything his music isn't, and Williams' was. How you can get the idea that MoS's droning has anything to do with horizons and farms and wind blowing and the struggle of a character is, frankly, beyond mortal comprehension.

Zimmer's mindmasturbation at its best.

[Damien F 2,079]

And the bullshitting about Zimmer's so-called "philosophy" in his most recent dull effort begins.

Sadly these days Zimmer is far more adept at coming up with bullshit than a decent intelligent score.

Of course, I'll reserve judgement until I hear the score in the movie but that track just sounds like another tired extension of the Inception/Batman sound which is as far removed from "the fields and farms of America's heartland" as you can get.

[King Mark 3,975]

Ok...so I decided I don't hate the trailer music

This is as close to a compliment Zimmer is getting from me

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Never a fan of some of his early work or stuff like "Up Is Down?"

[indy4 160]

The main theme reminds me of elfman's milk.

[Muad'Dib 2,059]

Never a fan of some of his early work or stuff like "Up Is Down?"

Wasn't that a Henry Jackman piece?

[Richard P 5,303]

Up is Down is good fun, as is much of At World's End. Hard to tell whether Zimmer wrote it.

Unfortunately it seems that directors aren't asking him for that brighter material any more.

[Jay 46,244]

Amazon's listing for the Vinyl has a giant picture of the drum circle

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CP4GSGO

I wonder if any live instruments were used besides drums?

[Jonesy 55]

A piano can be heard in this sample.

[Muad'Dib 2,059]

Up is Down is good fun, as is much of At World's End. Hard to tell whether Zimmer wrote it.

Oh the theme is by Hans alright. But the "Up is Down" cue in particular was done by Jackman (I believe) using Zimmer's theme, if I'm not mistaken.

But yeah, it's a great piece

[KK 3,313]

Henry Jackman is only one of the many composers who worked on that cue.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Jackman was responsible for it's orchestration, he didn't write it.

[Brónach 1,330]

You mean he merely copied the score for someone to play it or that he participated in the writing making decisions on orchestration, harmony, etc?

So how many people wrote Up is Down? There must be a list somewhere. I like my tracks correctly tagged.

[Jonesy 55]

[gkgyver 1,647]

Great, more simplistic piano rambling and a power anthem that couldn't be less interesting.

If anything, I'm reminded of one of Powell's X-Men 3 themes, the one where he emulates John Barry.

A piano can be heard in this sample.

But you know there are sampled pianos out there, right?

Jackman was responsible for it's orchestration, he didn't write it.

You mean he merely copied the score for someone to play it or that he participated in the writing making decisions on orchestration, harmony, etc?

So how many people wrote Up is Down? There must be a list somewhere. I like my tracks correctly tagged.

God, I hate this fucking mishmash of a dozens composers doing a single cue. What is the goddamn use? Is anyone making one step forward in their development because of that?

[Koray Savas 2,260]

You mean he merely copied the score for someone to play it or that he participated in the writing making decisions on orchestration, harmony, etc?

So how many people wrote Up is Down? There must be a list somewhere. I like my tracks correctly tagged.

No there is no specific list unless you can get your hands on the sheet music for a cue-by-cue breakdown. Even then it's not accurate as Zimmer credits people on the sheet music that didn't actually write music.

From what I know, it was Jackman's idea to make it a jig of sorts.

[Richard P 5,303]

That main theme is such a 'static' theme... I sort of like it (it's memorable) but it's still a power anthem that could easily be sung to, and the heavy and droning orchestration does it no favours.

It also sounds no different from anything Zimmer delivered in Inception/TKD/TDKR/Sherlock.

God, I hate this fucking mishmash of a dozens composers doing a single cue. What is the goddamn use? Is anyone making one step forward in their development because of that?

My bigger problem is using multiple additional composers, which doesn't give one guy the chance to make a cohesive, developed score.

IMO, time constraints are the only reason to use as many additional composers as Zimmer does (I know others probably do it too, but no one seems as proud as Zimmer does at outsourcing the work - I don't think it's anything to be proud of).

[publicist 4,650]

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[publicist 4,650]

The future, Mr. Gittes, the future!

[crocodile 9,724]

I love it!

Karol

[Incanus 5,890]

I love it!

Karol

I try to like it but am failing miserably.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Brónach 1,330]

I like it until 1:39 or so.

The final part I find unlistenable.

[Jay 46,244]

None of these cllips play in my country

[crocodile 9,724]

I love it!

Karol

I try to like it but am failing miserably.

I can't even remember what Williams' theme sounded like.

Karol

[Jay 46,244]

Who?

[filmmusic 3,270]

I love it!

Karol

I try to like it but am failing miserably.

I can't even remember what Williams' theme sounded like.

Karol

I still can't undestand if you're kidding or not!

[Jay 46,244]

Dude, he's kidding.

[crocodile 9,724]

Or I'm converted into Neo-Zimmerism.

Nah, it's not the most terrible thing I've ever heard.

Does it count as praise?

Karol