Hans Zimmer is sometimes written off as someone who writes music that’s just loud and bombastic. I think there’s more to him than that. In this video essay, I show how he plays with time to create depth and meaning in the contemporary Hollywood environment. This video was made by Dan Golding: http://www.twitter.com/dangolding For educational purposes only. //////////// ARE YOU AN ACADEMIC? Do you want to cite a scholarly version of this argument? I am presenting a paper at the ‘Superheroes and Me’ conference on this topic on 8 December 2016: http://www.superheroes-and-me.com //////////// The first video to point out the link between Inception and Non, Je Ne Regret Rien is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVkQ0C4qDvM I also need to credit the excellent Film Music Notes blog (read it if you like this stuff!) for first pointing out the similarities between Zimmer’s Man of Steel theme and Williams’ Superman: http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/hans-zimmers-score-for-man-of-steel/ Archival footage: The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs Hans Zimmer talks The Dark Knight Rises: http://soundworkscollection.com/videos/darkknightrises Hans Zimmer: the making of Interstellar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8t2VlwK4w Hans Zimmer – Live On Tour 2017 | Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNMagsSGTk Hans Zimmer – Making Of INCEPTION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FIv7rFbv4 Film excerpts from: All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955 The Searchers, John Ford, 1956 Vivre Sa Vie, Jean-Luc Godard, 1962 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968 Superman, Richard Donner, 1978 Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988 Batman, Tim Burton, 1989 In The Mood For Love, Wong Kar-Wai, 2000 Memento, Christopher Nolan, 2000 La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan, 2007 Inception, Christopher Nolan, 2010 The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan, 2012 Man of Steel, Zack Snyder, 2013 Interstellar, Christopher Nolan, 2014 All films and music owned by their respective rights holders.
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