Favourite Zimmer action cues?

[m0hawk 1]

"The Way of the Sword" - The Last Samurai

"Molossus" - Batman Begins

"The Kraken" - Dead Man's Chest

"I don't think now is the best time" - At World's End

[Neimoidian 14]

I can name very few I like. While I enjoy a lot of Zimmer's music, I don't like most of his action writing. What I like are:

1) "I don't think now is the best time" form "PotC:AWE"

2) "To die for..." from "Lion King"

3) "Red Warior" from "Last Samurai"

4) "War" from "Pearl Harbor"

[Richard Penna 3,695]

I Don't Think Now is the Best Time, PotC: AWE

The Battle, Gladiator

Those are the highlights for me. I'm liking a lot more of Zimmer's more incidental cues at the moment.

[Josh500 1,615]

His use of the silence. That's where Hans Zimmer really excels.

Seriously, I love certain cues from Backdraft. Especially the cue that was used in The Lost World trailer.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

here is my list.

1.

2.

[Josh500 1,615]

here is my list.

1.

2.

That's funny, I was gonna mention the same things!

[bondo 33]

"The Chase" - The Peacemaker

(not the crappy OST version, the full version)

"The Battle" - Gladiator

"Final Battle" - King Arthur

"Rescue" - Muppet Treasure Island

"Burn It All/You Go, We Go" - Backdraft

[Romão 2,274]

1- To Die For

[indy4 155]

In no order:

1. I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time (AWE)

2. To Die For... (LK)

3. Wheel of Fortune (DMC)

4. Jack Sparrow (DMC)

5. Fructus Gravis (DVC)

[Hitch 57]

My favourite Zimmer action track of all time is

DRIVING from DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

[BLUMENKOHL 1,068]

Final Confrontation, Black Rain.

[MSM 126]

We really need yet another Hans Zimmer thread?

[Richard Penna 3,695]

Plenty of Williams threads... evens it out a little.

[MSM 126]

Plenty of Williams threads... evens it out a little.

I don't think they are evening the Zimmer threads out with Williams ones, on the Zimmer Fan board.

[Ollie 1,059]

here is my list.

1.

2.

Silence is the best cue of all.

[Pieter Boelen 740]

"Up Is Down" is really quite nice. Would that qualify? I like it better than "I Don't Think Now Is the Best Time". I wished the entire final battle music was similar to "Up Is Down".

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Up Is Down is an excellent track. And I think it qualifies. There may not be constant explosions left and right, but I'd call that scene an action sequence.

[John Crichton 4]

here is my list.

1.

2.

Silence is the best cue of all.

In this case, certainly.

I used to like The Battle from Gladiator. But the last time I listened to it I had to stop halfway through, pop a couple of Advil, and sit in silence for a while. There may have even been a nap.

[indy4 155]

That or This Land are my favorite Zimmer tracks of all time.

[Luke Skywalker 1,796]

something from the lion king..or the simpons

Others are just the Rock

[Ollie 1,059]

here is my list.

1.

2.

Silence is the best cue of all.

In this case, certainly.

I used to like The Battle from Gladiator. But the last time I listened to it I had to stop halfway through, pop a couple of Advil, and sit in silence for a while. There may have even been a nap.

Rabin's Armecrapdon gave me a headache once.

[Morlock 11]

The Battle from Gladiator, one of The Rock cues, 'Molossos' from Batman Begins, 'Up is Down', 'Wheel of Fortune', 'The Kraken' from the PoTC scores, 'Release the Hounds' from The Simpsons. Not many others I even like.

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

no one mentioned the awesome Battle for Pride Rock from the Lion King boot?

[Luke Skywalker 1,796]

no one mentioned the awesome Battle for Pride Rock from the Lion King boot?

i did.

'something from Lion king' includes it, since i was speaking of the complete score.

[Richard Penna 3,695]

Of course, I forgot The Rock

Rocket Away is one of my favourite Zimmer cues with a great ending.

[Pieter Boelen 740]

"The Kraken" must be my least favourite one. That track sounds SO decidedly modern and un-piratey that it completely takes me out of the scene. It does work for the scene in a way, but the modern sound is beyond distracting: It is just plain horrible. That one track made me lose any real faith I might've had in Zimmer. Thankfully he redeemed himself somewhat with "Up Is Down", but then again came "I Don't Think Now Is the Best Time", which is a perfectly good action track, but NOT for a pirate movie. Especially not the first half of the track. The second half gets better and I find myself wishing it would continue and would get back to the level of "Up Is Down".

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

"The Kraken" must be my least favourite one. That track sounds SO decidedly modern and un-piratey that it completely takes me out of the scene. It does work for the scene in a way, but the modern sound is beyond distracting: It is just plain horrible.

This is my beef with those scores in general.

[Pieter Boelen 740]

Most of the music for those movies I can appreciate and enjoy and some parts I really quite like, but then some parts are also really distracting. "The Kraken" being the most obvious and hate-worthy example for me. I find that the good of the PotC scores are pretty good, some parts are even excellent, but the bad is REALLY bad. In general: It is a very uneven effort, mixing the very good with the tremendously bad. I wished Hans Zimmer would have written scores for those films with a consitently good and APPROPRIATE quality, rather than a completely varying quality and appropriateness (is that even a word?). I KNOW he can do it. He - just - WON'T- DO - it. Which makes him THE most frustrating composer... ever.

[mahler3 478]

My favourite Zimmer action track of all time is

DRIVING from DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

Classic Hitch!

[mahler3 478]

"The Chase" - The Peacemaker

(not the crappy OST version, the full version)

"The Battle" - Gladiator

"Final Battle" - King Arthur

"Rescue" - Muppet Treasure Island

"Burn It All/You Go, We Go" - Backdraft

With the exception of King Arthur, this is precisey the list I would have chosen.

[Richard Penna 3,695]

"The Kraken" must be my least favourite one. That track sounds SO decidedly modern and un-piratey that it completely takes me out of the scene. It does work for the scene in a way, but the modern sound is beyond distracting: It is just plain horrible.

This is my beef with those scores in general.

I hate almost all of the second score. I love (and I mean love) Jack Sparrow, and the first part of Davy Jones. I also find Wheel of Fortune to be somewhat fun. The rest of the score however, is both boring and completely unnecessary to me. Zimmer really bounced back for me with AWE.

[indy4 155]

"The Kraken" must be my least favourite one. That track sounds SO decidedly modern and un-piratey that it completely takes me out of the scene. It does work for the scene in a way, but the modern sound is beyond distracting: It is just plain horrible. That one track made me lose any real faith I might've had in Zimmer. Thankfully he redeemed himself somewhat with "Up Is Down", but then again came "I Don't Think Now Is the Best Time", which is a perfectly good action track, but NOT for a pirate movie. Especially not the first half of the track. The second half gets better and I find myself wishing it would continue and would get back to the level of "Up Is Down".

I like the Kraken theme a lot, it's just those renditions that take of the majority of the track that suck.

[Morlock 11]

I'm not such a big fan of the theme, but I love the track. But I am also an occaisional Metallica fan. In the movie, the scene was boring enough anyway.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Here's my list in no particular order:

Burn It All, Backdraft

Molossus, Batman Begins

Synchrotone, Black Hawk Down

Too Many Notes - Not Enough Rests, Drop Zone

Jiggy's Last Jam, An Everlasting Piece (not necessarily action but it's great)

The Battle, Gladiator

Homecoming, Gladiator

Woad To Ruin, King Arthur

Red Warrior, The Last Samurai

The Final Charge, The Last Samurai

Bare Island, M:I-2 (although this is technically Klaus Badelt)

Rescue, Muppet Tresure Island

Chase, Peacemaker

Air Battle, Pearl Harbor

Up Is Down, At World's End

The Kraken, Dead Man's Chest

Chariot Race, The Prince Of Egypt

Rocket Away, The Rock

The Chase, The Rock (although this is technically Don Harper)

The Jablonsky Variations On A Theme By HZ/Cameroon Border Post, Tears Of The Sun

[bondo 33]

"Rocket Away" from THE ROCK is technically Harry Gregson-Williams.

But I love it too!

[Pieter Boelen 740]

I hate almost all of the second score. I love (and I mean love) Jack Sparrow, and the first part of Davy Jones. I also find Wheel of Fortune to be somewhat fun. The rest of the score however, is both boring and completely unnecessary to me. Zimmer really bounced back for me with AWE.

Agreed. There really is not much of interest in the second score. Many, many boring tracks on the OST and even more boring music in the film. Really the guy was, I think, not very inspired when writing the music for that film. AWE is much better in that respect, but I don't think there's much interesting music in the film that is not on the OST. For DMC I would've liked to hear the "flying dress" scene without SFX.

I like the Kraken theme a lot, it's just those renditions that take of the majority of the track that suck.

Actually, the theme itself isn't all that bad. Unfortunately the modern digital "beat" thing in the background truly spoils anything that might've been good about it. I like the "dramatic" part of the track with the organ when the ship is slain in half. That part actually does work pretty well. But then that part doesn't have such a notable touch as the rest of the track. Really that modern touch is lethal for both the music and the film.

[Red 75]

In no order:

1. I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time (AWE)

2. To Die For... (LK)

3. Wheel of Fortune (DMC)

4. Jack Sparrow (DMC)

5. Fructus Gravis (DVC)

You put them in order, so that's they way your list will be taken.

"Up is Down" is pretty good, I guess.

[Hitch 57]

My favourite Zimmer action track of all time is

DRIVING from DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

Classic Hitch!

What ya mean "Classic"? That was bloody brilliant.