Zimmer wrote and recorded a song called "Aurora" in dedication to the victims, families and friends of the tragic shooting.
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All proceeds go directly to the victims, you can donate as little as 10 cents or as much as $25.
Hans Zimmer writes a new piece, donates earnings to a fund for the Aurora victims
Started by Matt C, Jul 27 2012 05:31 PM
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:07 PM
I'll buy that when I get home. Even if it isn't any good, it really doesn't matter.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:09 PM
Looks like its meant only for American buyers
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:14 PM
It's performed on a ukulele and an accordion.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:15 PM
No, but on the order page I can only fill in US states
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:17 PM
I bought this. He uses a little bit of themes from DKR, but they're wonderfully somber.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 01:02 AM
Well, it's largely just some of the melody from "A Dark Knight" from the TDK soundtrack, just slowed down on synth choir. It appears in TDKR, but it doesn't originate from TDKR. I appreciate the cause, but this isn't really good music.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 06:26 AM
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I guess it will go towards the families and/or the injured in the hospital.
I guess it will go towards the families and/or the injured in the hospital.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 07:16 AM
Bravo Hans. 
"It's still baffling to me. I sit down with a pencil and a piece of paper and do my best... The remarkable thing is that my music is heard by billions of people." --John Williams
"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 08:20 AM
I bought this. He uses a little bit of themes from DKR, but they're wonderfully somber.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 12:22 PM
http://www.hans-zimm...b=disco&id=1101
See, this is one of the reasons why HZ is my favorite composer. You don't see John Williams doing stuff like this.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 12:39 PM
http://www.hans-zimm...b=disco&id=1101
See, this is one of the reasons why HZ is my favorite composer. You don't see John Williams doing stuff like this.
Nice gesture from Zimmer, but what a dicky thing to say.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 01:38 PM
The reason probably being that Williams doesn't consider two notes a theme.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 02:07 PM
The reason probably being that Williams doesn't consider two notes a theme.
Au contraries my dear. Jaws.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 02:14 PM
Well, Williams' "Elegy for Cello and Piano" (later "Elegy for Cello & Orchestra") was written as a token of empathy for the funeral of one of the Hollywood Recording Arts Orchestra's violinists' two children. But I think this is a tremendously dignified gesture of Zimmer, and one that shows great heart and compassion.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 02:35 PM
Williams' theme to Schinder's List & Hymn to the Fallen > Zimmer's Aurora.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 02:47 PM
I wonder if Blumenkohl will take this as just another example of someone cashing in on this drama.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 02:50 PM
Of course he will - Blum is just a clever-clogs twat! And butt ugly. He's butt-ugly.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 03:22 PM
Williams' theme to Schinder's List & Hymn to the Fallen > Zimmer's Aurora.
Well that's obvious!
As for this piece, you can listen to it here:
I found it strange he chose to use Bane's material (especially considering he's the terrorist villain of this film) for his tribute. I wish he composed something original for them instead of just reworking his Batman material for the choir. It comes off as a bit lazy, if you know what I mean. But I must admit, the choral rendition is rather nice with some pleasant work with the boy soprano. And it is a very nice gesture. It just would have been far better had he written an original piece for them. But as it is, it's probably the best piece of music to have come out of all of Zimmer's contributions to the Batman trilogy.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 03:54 PM
Nice gesture. Hans is a good bloke.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 03:59 PM
Williams' theme to Schinder's List & Hymn to the Fallen > Zimmer's Aurora.
Well that's obvious!
As for this piece, you can listen to it here:
I found it strange he chose to use Bane's material (especially considering he's the terrorist villain of this film) for his tribute. I wish he composed something original for them instead of just reworking his Batman material for the choir. It comes off as a bit lazy, if you know what I mean. But I must admit, the choral rendition is rather nice with some pleasant work with the boy soprano. And it is a very nice gesture. It just would have been far better had he written an original piece for them. But as it is, it's probably the best piece of music to have come out of all of Zimmer's contributions to the Batman trilogy.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 04:00 PM
The reason probably being that Williams doesn't consider two notes a theme.
Au contraries my dear. Jaws.
The Jaws theme has more than two notes.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 04:01 PM
The two notes are a character motive. Not the theme
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 04:07 PM
I know, I know. I just thought it was a fun moment to point out a retort of that nature.
I've always known that. Hans is a great guy with a wonderful personality.
Hey, as I said before, I really appreciated the gesture. And its a wonderful thing to do. But I just thought it would have been really nice to hear Zimmer flesh out a nice new piece for the incident. That's all.
I enjoyed the piece though.
Nice gesture. Hans is a good bloke.
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I've always known that. Hans is a great guy with a wonderful personality.
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Hey, as I said before, I really appreciated the gesture. And its a wonderful thing to do. But I just thought it would have been really nice to hear Zimmer flesh out a nice new piece for the incident. That's all.
I enjoyed the piece though.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 06:00 PM
I haven't heard it yet, but it's probably worth considering that he wrote it in a matter of days.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 06:01 PM
Indeed.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 06:45 PM
A few days short of Goldsmith's Air Force One turnaround.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 07:51 PM
Bought the track. Off iTunes, because the Watertower version is of lower quality (quite strange). Not that there is anything special (it's OK) about the music, but I just support that kind of initiative.
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 08:48 PM
The reason probably being that Williams doesn't consider two notes a theme.
Au contraries my dear. Jaws.
The Jaws theme has more than two notes.
Yeah. Its insulting to say its like a Zimmer theme.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 09:57 PM
lol isn't this just a choral version of the Dark Knight theme? I'd much rather he wrote an original string piece instead.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 10:18 PM
You are aware that it was conceived and recorded within days? It took John Williams few weeks to compose something as "simple" as his NBC theme (the football one, anyway). Writing is a much more complicated process than we can imagine. That Zimmer did something like this and even went to London to specifically record it is quite admirable, I think.
As to the content, yes it is based on TDK material. But those films are, unfortunately, connected to this tragedy. Whether what's tasteless or not, it's up for debate. Besides, remember that Williams Elegy for Cello and Orchestra is based on theme from Seven Years in Tibet as well. These sort of things happen all the time. I don't see anything wrong with that.
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As to the content, yes it is based on TDK material. But those films are, unfortunately, connected to this tragedy. Whether what's tasteless or not, it's up for debate. Besides, remember that Williams Elegy for Cello and Orchestra is based on theme from Seven Years in Tibet as well. These sort of things happen all the time. I don't see anything wrong with that.
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 01:28 AM
The two notes are a character motive. Not the theme
And even taking just the ostinato, there's a third note in it. Otherwise, it would be a direct ripoff of Schifrin's Sol Madrid, incidentally.
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 08:44 AM
Good form Mr. Zimmer! Good form!
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 08:47 AM
A few days short of Goldsmith's Air Force One turnaround.
Which reminds me of another great JG quote: 'And hey; I ran into Randy after Air Force One. But with Randy, I could say, ‘Randy, I’m sorry about that Air Force One. It’s not you; it’s that Nazi prick.’ But Randy never should have done that picture. It was dumb casting on their part, but Randy wanted to try something different. What’s next?'
You wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord, singing "Subtle Plans Are Here Again."
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 10:17 AM
You are aware that it was conceived and recorded within days? It took John Williams few weeks to compose something as "simple" as his NBC theme (the football one, anyway). Writing is a much more complicated process than we can imagine. That Zimmer did something like this and even went to London to specifically record it is quite admirable, I think.
Let's face it: even if he had had more days to compose that cue, the final piece would have been quite similar to what we have.
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 10:24 AM
Hah!
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 10:55 AM
This is one of the reasons why I will never get the tone of the JWFAN board....even a topic like this is filled with what I consider 'smart-ass' and inappropriate comments. There, I said it. Feel free to add another smart-ass response to that as well.
In any case, while it's a nice gesture by Mr. Zimmer, donation is not really in the 'cultural sentiment' of people here in Norway when it comes to tragedies like this. It's more a matter of volunteering for things and to express one's symbolic solidarity through various arrangements, as exemplified through the traumatic shootings we had here last year and everything that followed in its wake.
The piece itself is wonderful. Someone mentioned Arvo Pärt; I think that's a good comparison (the Berliner Messe, for example).
In any case, while it's a nice gesture by Mr. Zimmer, donation is not really in the 'cultural sentiment' of people here in Norway when it comes to tragedies like this. It's more a matter of volunteering for things and to express one's symbolic solidarity through various arrangements, as exemplified through the traumatic shootings we had here last year and everything that followed in its wake.
The piece itself is wonderful. Someone mentioned Arvo Pärt; I think that's a good comparison (the Berliner Messe, for example).
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 11:14 AM
Relax Thor, it's just throwaway banter. There's no ill will or mean spirited feeling towards Zimmer in this thread. You prefer the straightforward no nonsense talk on other message boards, good for you. This is JWFan, it's different here. Quit complaining about the tone and personality of this place or just don't post here full stop, it's your choice. Roll with JWFan or return to FSM, where life is CHEAP!
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 11:26 AM
Relax Thor, it's just throwaway banter. There's no ill will or mean spirited feeling towards Zimmer in this thread. You prefer the straightforward no nonsense talk on other message boards, good for you. This is JWFan, it's different here. Quit complaining about the tone and personality of this place or just don't post here full stop, it's your choice. Roll with JWFan or return to FSM, where life is CHEAP!
If I want banter, I don't go to FSM. I may get some of that at maintitles, however, which isn't quite so un-PC. Reacting to such things when I see it is a gut reaction; can't help it. But you're right, it's a dilemma -- this is the only Williams board on the net, which makes it a must-visit place for me; on the other hand, I've never quite felt home with the atmosphere, which is a reason to leave. Oh, the dilemmas!
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 11:28 AM
You're a very conflicted character, Thor. Your avatar reinforces that impression.
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