Music is the best element that supports the emotion of a movie or a character in a movie. For this reason, film soundtracks have always been of great importance for careful listeners and movie lovers.
Master composer Hans Zimmer is an embodiment of the question of how to make a soundtrack. Zimmer, a name well known for movie lovers and film music lovers, is also the creator of the soundtracks of many productions you can think of.
Born in the autumn of 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany, Zimmer achieved his first success with the song Video Killed the Radio Star, which he released with the band Buggles. With the same track, he would also become famous as the first video clip that MTV played on the day it aired and signaled the success he was going to achieve in the years to come.
He began to appear in the soundtrack field in collaboration with composer Stanley Myers. He also achieved his main success in this branch. In his career about movie soundtracks, he received 11 Oscar nominations (winner for The Lion King movie), 4 Grammy nominations (winner for Crimson Tide), and 13 Golden Globe nominations (winner for The Lion King and Gladiator).
Mentioning that music is his way of expressing himself, Hans Zimmer says, “Movie soundtracks can be made by anyone who is brave.” All you need is a computer, perhaps a mobile phone.
All of the compositions that have engraved in mind, from the Pirates of the Caribbean to the Gladiator, from Batman to Sherlock Holmes, and captured the hearts, bear his signature. The movies he made music have a different taste.
Hollywood filmmakers who are aware of this are not missing from his door. Every year, dozens of film projects await their turn for Hans Zimmer’s hand to be touched.
Let’s remember some of the films by Hans Zimmer.
Gladiator
“Gladiator” is one of the films that its soundtrack album could be listened to all day long. The films tells the story of a soldier, or rather a former soldier-and a new gladiator, who waits for the right moment to take revenge on the emperor who killed his family. The music played in the last scene has a special place among the tracks that gives the emotional side as well as the action of the movie. The music in this scene where our hero dies adds calmness and peace to the tragedy. Just as Maximus felt, who met with his family after he died.
Pearl Harbor
We reach out to the Second World War, one of the horrible faces of the war. There are also rulers who set the world on fire with the belief that the war would have a winner, but of course, for those who understand it. A love-based war film that tells the story of Japan raiding the US air base at Pearl Harbor while peace talks continue. Romance and excitement coexist in the soundtrack of the movie, which has a classic Hollywood perspective and clichés.
The Last Samurai
Starring Tom Cruise, “The Last Samurai” tells about the events that started when an American soldier got to know the samurai culture and was open to it. The American soldier, played by Tom Cruise, grows up among the Samurai and joins their war. The soundtrack of the movie is also suitable with the heroic story.
Pirates of the Caribbean
It is one of the most “encouraging” soundtracks ever made among the soundtracks. It makes the listener want to hit the open seas and hug the first rum bottle s/he sees. There is no doubt that music played a big part in the popularity of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.
Batman Series
We watched the first examples of the collaboration between Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer in the movie “Batman Begins”. These two would also work together in the later Batman series. Zimmer overcame a very difficult job of making the soundtrack for the movie and created melodies that fit the world Nolan created.
Inception
Another great result of the Nolan and Zimmer collaboration. When “Inception” was released, it was breaking the routines with its script and visual effects. Having done one of the most interesting works about dreams ever done, Nolan took Zimmer with him. The composition named “Time” at the end of the film tells a lot without speaking.
Interstellar
Another admirable piece of Nolan and Zimmer collaboration. The soundtrack of the movie, which earned a huge box office with its subject that can be summarized as the test of human beings with space, is as impressive as the movie. It is easy to get caught up in the music that sometimes plays the leading role in the movie and the images of space that engulf you.
Now go and watch a movie then listen to the soundtrack!
Take care!