Koray Savas

Lots of hatred towards Zimmer here. Some of his music is bad, most is repetative (and I hate that!), but overall it accomplishes what it sets out to do. No traditional composer composes music to action films, and when I say action, I mean action. The Rock, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Batman Begins, etc. are all pure action films and his music adds so much more to them. Another unique characteristic of Zimmer as that his music works on screen and off, which is something hard to do. You can take his cues out of context, place them somewhere else, and it will still work to its full potential. Try taking something by John Williams and using it somewhere else, it's identifiable right away and doesn't fit in.

No way am I implying that MV is better. John Williams will always be #1. I just support the new technologies Zimmer has brought into film scores. I'm glad he's successfully brought Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell into their own styles. Usually the student of Zimmer heavily relys on his sound. I am a huge fan of Powell and love what he can do, whether it's animation or action.

Usually sticking to the Trading Posts only, I'm delving into the General Discussion forums!! After reading some of the posts, it seems I'm the only person on this site that actually supports Zimmer and his team of composers. I can also proudly say that I physically own every single released score by a MV-RC composer, except Fools Of Fortune and New Music In Films. Instead of me presenting specifics, I'll allow my fellow JW fans to post their opinions of Hans Zimmer and Friends.

There are few who have any real chance of replacing John Williams to score Steven Spielberg films. The top 3 composers I think have a real chance are: Hans Zimmer, Alan Silvestri, or Michael Giacchino. I know most John Williams fans hate Hans Zimmer, but look at it logically. Spielberg loved his music to Crimson Tide, and that was the reason why Zimmer is in control over DreamWorks Animation. Every animated movie from DreamWorks is done by a Remote Control composer. "One of his biggest fans (after first hearing Crimson Tide) is director and producer Steven Spielberg, whose friendship and loyalty toward John Williams is perhaps the only reason why Zimmer has not become a regular for Spielberg-directed films." Source: Trivia from Zimmer's IMDb (I know it's not a great source but it helps prove my point.) Jeff Katzenburg also loves Zimmer. I say Alan Silvestri because of Spielberg's good frienship with Robert Zemeckis. I don't really like all of Silvestri's work, but he is a real candidate for replacing Williams. Michael Giacchino may have a slim chance but he seems to new to the film score business to start with Spielberg. I loved his music to the Medal Of Honor series, seems Spielberg made the best choice of choosing him for the job. Here is a link for an interview with Giacchino about Medal Of Honor: http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures...interviewmg.htm He talks about John Williams and Steven Spielberg and even mentions working for Spielberg someday. I want to include James Newton Howard to the list but I don't ever see him having any real connection to Spielberg. Howard is one of my favorite composers, he creates interesting unique sounds that are really special for its respective film.