Hans Zimmer's Top 10 Scores

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

I searched, and don't think it's been done. How can I let this pass now that we have ones for John, Jerry, and James?

A preliminary request for civility: let's not have this thread devolve into poo-slinging with people opining about Hans' boring, overblown, dumb, derivative, ghost-written, poorly-crafted, infantile music. Let's not pontificate about how inferior he is to Williams because of his pop background, and how he's ruined film music forever with his catchy stylings that filmmakers love to push for and composers can easily imitate. This is a safe space for anyone and everyone to speak positively about the man's music, without fear of such absurdities.

I'll not be treating this as formally as Uni - just list your top 10, and discuss. If it seems like there's a strong consensus though, or otherwise interesting results, I'll count up the most popular and then make a poll with them where we can see which wins out overall.

1) Interstellar

2) Inception

3) The Thin Red Line

4) Angels & Demons

5) The Last Samurai

6) The Da Vinci Code

7) Rain Man

8) The Lion King

9) Gladiator

10) Crimson Tide

I'd like to add more from the 80's/90's to this list, but none of those scores have grown on me enough, or I haven't given them enough time to. I'll be watching closely (particularly Koray) to see which I should focus some time on.

[Uni 306]

A preliminary request for civility: let's not have this thread devolve into poo-slinging with people opining about Hans' boring, overblown, dumb, derivative, ghost-written, poorly-crafted, infantile music. Let's not pontificate about how inferior he is to Williams because of his pop background, and how he's ruined film music forever with his catchy stylings that filmmakers love to push for and composers can easily imitate.

Umm . . . what's left to discuss, then. . . ?

Kidding . . . I'm kidding, man.

[Jay 37,352]

1. The Rock

2. Crimson Tide

3. Drop Zone

4. Broken Arrow

5. The Peacemaker

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

1. Clash of the Titans

2. Iron Man

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

4. Transformers

5. The Island

6. Pacific Rim

7. Prometheus

8. Robin Hood

9. Terminator Genysis

10. Kingdom of Heaven

[Indianagirl 298]

1. The Lion King (I admit bias)

2. Inception

3. The Thin Red Line

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

5. The Da Vinci Code

6. As Good as it Gets

7. The Last Samurai

8. The Peacemaker

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

10. Pearl Harbor

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

GAME: I have singled out one beautiful but neglected little score, and the first person to list it as a favorite will win a special prize for fine taste!

[KK 3,307]

GAME: I have singled out one beautiful but neglected little score, and the first person to list it as a favorite will win a special prize for fine taste!

There's too many of those in his career to list! What kind of score is it?

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

GAME: I have singled out one beautiful but neglected little score, and the first person to list it as a favorite will win a special prize for fine taste!

Interstellar.

[Josh500 1,615]

I'd have wanted to make Danny Elfman next... Unless that's been done already?

[Indianagirl 298]

GAME: I have singled out one beautiful but neglected little score, and the first person to list it as a favorite will win a special prize for fine taste!

There's too many of those in his career to list! What kind of score is it?

It's Cool Runnings

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

I'd have wanted to make Danny Elfman next... Unless that's been done already?

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

[Cerebral Cortex 3,357]

Some of these scores listed are collaborative efforts but what the hey.

1. The Dark Knight

2. Inception
3. Kung Fu Panda/Kung Fu Panda 2
4. Sherlock Holmes

5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

6. Interstellar
7. The Da Vinci Code
8. The Rock
9. The Lion King
10. Gladiator

Honorable mention to the track "Tennessee" from Pearl Harbor which, while great, alone can't justify me putting that score into the top 10.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Some of these scores listed are collaborative efforts but what the hey.

It is understood that Zimmer's process is often collaborative - therefore, for such a thread, it is practical to not even take that into consideration any more than you would in a "Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs" thread by worrying about whether or not Roger or David wrote something.

[KK 3,307]

Anyway, I hate making these lists. But I'll give it a try with Zimmer.

1) The Thin Red Line

2) The Da Vinci Code

3) Beyond Rangoon

4) The Lion King

5) Angels and Demons

6) Prince of Egypt

7) Gladiator

8) Frost/Nixon

9) Radio Flyer

10) The Peacemaker

Interstellar deserves honourable mention.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I did a series of Top 5 threads for multiple composers and directors years ago, but back then there wasn't much participation.

RE: Your beautiful neglected score. Toys?

[KK 3,307]

How about Radio Flyer?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Giftheck 916]

I can't have a top ten, I haven't listened to enough of the works of Hans Zimmer

If I had to organize the ones I have heard, though:

1) The Lion King

2) Interstellar

3) The Rock

4) The Thin Red Line

5) The Amazing Spider-Man 2

[mrbellamy 6,285]

01. The Lion King

02. Interstellar

03. Angels and Demons

04. The Thin Red Line

05. The Ring

06. Two Deaths

07. Rain Man

08. Pacific Heights

09. Crimson Tide

10. Matchstick Men

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Some of these scores listed are collaborative efforts but what the hey.

It is understood that Zimmer's process is often collaborative - therefore, for such a thread, it is practical to not even take that into consideration any more than you would in a "Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs" thread by worrying about whether or not Roger or David wrote something.

So it's more the Hans Zimmer Ragtime Band rather than just Hans Zimmer.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

1. The Lion King (I admit bias)

2. Inception

3. The Thin Red Line

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

5. The Da Vinci Code

6. As Good as it Gets

7. The Last Samurai

8. The Peacemaker

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

10. Pearl Harbor

#9 is interesting. I'm not sure I've ever heard someone speak well about that!

[Uni 306]

I'd have wanted to make Danny Elfman next... Unless that's been done already?

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

. . . says the guy who suggested doing another John Williams poll in the Jerry Goldsmith thread.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

I'd have wanted to make Danny Elfman next... Unless that's been done already?

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

. . . says the guy who suggested doing another John Williams poll in the Jerry Goldsmith thread.

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

[Indianagirl 298]

1. The Lion King (I admit bias)

2. Inception

3. The Thin Red Line

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

5. The Da Vinci Code

6. As Good as it Gets

7. The Last Samurai

8. The Peacemaker

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

10. Pearl Harbor

#9 is interesting. I'm not sure I've ever heard someone speak well about that!

The movie itself was a let down but I especially liked the mermaid sections of the score.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Interesting. Whitacre strikes again!

Anyone who listed The Peacemaker, care to provide some commentary about it? I'm unfamiliar.

[Uni 306]

I'd have wanted to make Danny Elfman next... Unless that's been done already?

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

. . . says the guy who suggested doing another John Williams poll in the Jerry Goldsmith thread.

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

. . . says the guy who—oh, forget it.

[Jay 37,352]

Anyone who listed The Peacemaker, care to provide some commentary about it? I'm unfamiliar.

It's cut from the same cloth as The Rock, Crimson Tide, Drop Zone, and Face/Off.

[KK 3,307]

1) Interstellar

2) Inception

3) The Thin Red Line

4) Angels & Demons

5) The Last Samurai

6) The Da Vinci Code

7) Rain Man

8) The Lion King

9) Gladiator

10) Crimson Tide

Does that get you TGP's 100% Stamp of Approval?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I'd have wanted to make Danny Elfman next... Unless that's been done already?

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

. . . says the guy who suggested doing another John Williams poll in the Jerry Goldsmith thread.

Please limit discussion to the thread topic.

. . . says the guy whooh, forget it.

Heaven help us if he becomes an administrator.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

If elected I will not serve.

[Quintus 5,399]

1. Gladiator

2. Man of Steel

3. Thelma and Louise

4. The Ring

5. Crimson Tide

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

1. The Lion King

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

3. Prince of Egypt

4. Interstellar

5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

6. Angels & Demons

7. The Da Vinci Code

8. The Last Samurai

9. Gladiator

10. Inception

I also love the Kung Fu Panda scores, but I didn't include them because I question how many of the themes in those are actually Zimmer's.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

Terrific composer.

Frost/Nixon

The Thin Red Line

The Fan

Man of Steel

Interstellar

The Da Vinci Code

The Pledge

Matchstick Men

Radio Flyer

Gladiator

[Jay 37,352]

That's 11 scores not 10

[publicist 4,643]

The Thin Red Line

Man of Steel

Interstellar

The Da Vinci Code

Matchstick Men

Radio Flyer

Paperhouse

K2

Fools of Fortune

Hannibal/Inception (undecided)

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Interesting - Matchstick Men, another one I haven't heard that's popping up.

[Jay 37,352]

It's on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/album/2J0Pf92ILvY9QRKzcrEzRx

[Koray Savas 2,251]

It's a great little unknown. The film finally got a blu release.

[Jay 37,352]

Koray are you going to post a top 10 list here?

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Eventually. Haven't had the time to go through and think about it.

[Jonesy 55]

Batman Begins

Interstellar

Inception

Gladiator

King Arthur

The Last Samurai

POTC: At World's End

Pearl Harbor

Angels & Demons

The Da Vinci Code

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

Prince of Egypt

The Lion King

Gladiator

That's it.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Batman Begins

Interstellar

Inception

Gladiator

King Arthur

The Last Samurai

POTC: At World's End

Pearl Harbor

Angels & Demons

The Da Vinci Code

Nice to see King Arthur mentioned. It's really pretty solid and fun, isn't it? Budget Meeting is ridiculous.

[gkgyver 1,645]

Some of these scores listed are collaborative efforts but what the hey.

It is understood that Zimmer's process is often collaborative - therefore, for such a thread, it is practical to not even take that into consideration any more than you would in a "Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs" thread by worrying about whether or not Roger or David wrote something.

Then rename it "Remote Control's Top 10 Scores", as you do it with "Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs" instead of "Roger's Top 10 Songs".

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Some of these scores listed are collaborative efforts but what the hey.

It is understood that Zimmer's process is often collaborative - therefore, for such a thread, it is practical to not even take that into consideration any more than you would in a "Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs" thread by worrying about whether or not Roger or David wrote something.

Then rename it "Remote Control's Top 10 Scores", as you do it with "Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs" instead of "Roger's Top 10 Songs".

No, "Hans Zimmer" is effectively the band name.

Additionally, get bent.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Hans doesn't really work with anyone besides Holkenborg and Balfe these days.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

And Andrew Kawczynski, Steve Mazzaro, Nick Glenie Smith, Ed Buller, Andy Page, Atli Örvarsson etc.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Andy Page is a programmer. Kawczynski and Mazzaro are more Balfe's collaborators than Zimmer's. Buller and Orvarsson don't count. Glennie-Smith is a conductor.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Ed Buller

I'm a fan of him especially.

[Gnome in Plaid 219]

1. Cool Runnings

2. Sherlock Holmes

3. Pirates of the Caribbean (mainly Dead Man's Chest for the Flying Dutchman and Kraken material)

4. The Lion King

5. Last Love (seriously, why does this not have an album release yet?)

6. The Dark Knight trilogy (particularly Batman Begins and particularly not TDKR)

7. Tears of the Sun

8. Interstellar

9. The Prince of Egypt

10. Pacific Heights

Re-ordered.