Hans Zimmer: the Conscious of Creating the Film Score

[sonnybrown]

The man is a mad genius

[Hewleri]

03:25 what is that?

[darkangelzephyron]

making soundtracks like a boss

[BrandonUkelelekid14]

Deshee Deshee Pasha pasha deshee deshee pasha pasha bane chant

[OfficialSlowmoetion]

top pictures !!

[chiffmonkey]

It's almost like he's deliberately made the most quintesentially awful piece of music and in doing so created a masterpiece.

[musicman45ist]

The ultimate bad guy, and the ultimate music to put you into his mind. everytime I watch the movie and the Joker is on screen and that cello and whatever else it is (guitar etc.) making that slide up in pitch like they said a wire being tightened and not breaking, I get chills.

[Gazmanaust]

musical genius in action

[MartijnMuijsers]

@TobyEllisSongwriter @Dwane5335 @Skepsis0Metal @iBeIvewin @WieldMyWord

exactly! :)

[maugunra78]

I salute thee!

[2ACCESSMUSIC]

Absolutely amazing !!!

[devlinoj]

3:28 SICK



[Rockyourassed]

He's way too overrated as a composer! He doesn't even know music theory! For me even when music theory bored you , you must learn it ! No matter how annoying can it be , when you got passion it makes u full of will to succeed!! I'm even a better composer in piano than him!

[WieldMyWord]

@Rockyourassed Fool, if he didnt know the music theory it would not made his music bad. hans zimmer has created something unique style of his own and the only thing is needed is the ears. I am pretty sure you are not better than him at piano composing and atleast not as good as him composing with orchestral. I would reather hear good melody than pointless notes for show off. 

[iBeViewin]

@Rockyourassed Shut up. You are so ignorant. You don't need to be an educated artist to be a good artist, you are being stupid. Listen to his stuff, go listen to it. He is one of the best composers of our day.. look at your username... you don't even know how to spell.

[Skepsis0Metal]

@Rockyourassed Oh look, another music theory elitist. You people get pretty boring, very quickly. Music theory is nothing my speculated rules. Rules are confinement. If you are confined, you will never be as creative as those who aren't confined.

[Dwane5335]

@Rockyourassed: I don't see "Rockyourassed"'s name on credits for feature films as a composer, so in which universe does your opinion matter? Hans is a brilliant composer. He creates film scores that do exactly what they're supposed to do - embody the entire psyche of a given character. And he does it perfectly. Whether he is adhering to the strict, pretentious boundaries of music theory is irrelevant.

[TobyEllisSongwriter]

@Rockyourassed music is aural, not theory. Theory is just one tool to an end result, open your mind. Music theory is an arbitary human construct that allows one human to communicate a musical idea to another using language. Inspiration being born out of that isnt neccessarily bad, but there are so many other places it could come from. Wheres the music theory in a song about heartbreak for example? Its the experience, not the extensions or the cadences.

[chiffmonkey]

@TobyEllisSongwriter Actually, most popular pieces of music credited for being 'deep' actually use the (no somewhat cliched) I V vi IV chord sequence.

[TobyEllisSongwriter]

@chiffmonkey yeah absolutely. But my point is that joe public doesn't hear a 4 chord turnaround, they just feel emotions cast by those chords.

[metallica04100]

hans zimmer is the real deal; if i see a movie im thinking about watching on ondemand and then i see he did the music; i immediately get it no questions asked

[TheEmotionalstone]

...maybe my standards are just low, but I'm just happy that he didn't use fingers on a chalkboard :P

[charlesismymiddlenam]

He sounds like Jeremy Irons in Die Hard.

[cristianosamble]

Does anyone know where can i download that sound, the one of the cello? PLEASE I NEED FOR A PROJECT

[Necrostatix]

@cristianosamble All the good virtual strings are only buyable, wich are LA Scoring Strings, EQWL, and Cinematic Strings. But those are VERY expansive.

[Necrostatix]

@cristianosamble Also, try looking around Looperman (google it) for samples. I don't think you'll find what you need, guess it's only in this vid.

[cristianosamble]

@Necrostatix Thanks a lot man, I appreciate it......hope I find it, although I just need a few seconds of that sound.....cheers

[Necrostatix]

@cristianosamble I do hope you find something like it.

[pyrosplodeyflames]

As much as I like Hans Zimmer, I wish that he would go outside film music. I think he could be really good at that.

[loafpork]

Too bad the movie sucked ass, the soundtrack was good. Batman Begins was great, The Dark Knight was a total pretentious badly edited, badly scripted, convoluted mess of a movie.. people are straight up idiots for buying into the fact that this movie was even decent ... much less a 'masterpiece' of cinema... heh heh.. now Nolan's got his hands on Superman, that's going to be total crap.

[notzon11]

@loafpork wow, one guy thinks it sucked and hundreds million more loved it. Who's right here???

[loafpork]

@notzon11 Well, when one looks at what the dumbed downed masses are into these days and how easily led they are by hype and the hollywood brainwashing media machine, your argument doesn't hold much water in my opinion. No one is 'right', it's simply my opinion about a seriously overrated film. I can't even watch TDK when I'm drunk, that's saying a lot, because I'll watch anything drunk.

[boyjumpp32]

amazing...awesome

[kamikazeespleen]

2:09 Bill Murray anyone??

[keosni391]

The one that dislike, is the Joker!

[phantasmo14]

0:40 I don't know who could possibly hate it. even deaf people im sure are indifferent or are jealous

[TheMusiclover1705]

It'd have been awesome if I some day could make music for movies. That's one of my big dreams...

[desmondsparrs]

@TheMusiclover1705 

[soundtrackthemes]

The joker theme is absolutely brilliant. Completely psychopathic like the joker himself.

[KingOfPain35]

After hearing Hans speak, and seeing the PASSION of his craft, how could any musician worth his salt, NOT want to experiment with scoring. All I can think about right now is getting off work and getting into my studio!

[djbummy16]

this is probably one of the greatest villain themes ever, both technically and emotionally.

[adamdavidsson]

i swear i dont know how he makes so many scores for so many movies, and they ALL sound different and they ALL are more amazing than anythign!!!

[UNDERLANDSOUNDS]

@adamdavidsson It's not onley Zimmer, it's Zimmer's team... he draws the main idea... then the other writers take it from there... just like Disney's animation... Disney never did a single drawing or created a single character... dig into that if you don't believe me! and i love Hans music don't get me wrong...

[geoboy333]

5255!!!!!!

[0107twinkle]

nice score

[mindstormsabrewin]

I love film scores and TDK is one of the best. Reminds me of the Shining at times. Very disturbing non melodic moments that really express the sense of disorientation in the main characters and the malevolence of the dark forces they are up against. Really works it's way under your skin.

[Sairium]

Man, i want to be a OST Composer really bad...must ace the piano and musical notes.

[TheOpenJam]

@Sairium thats not the point, the point is to write.

[Sairium]

@TheOpenJam Yes i understand indeed, but it just makes the job easier when you can record yourself and not have to pay another person. The writing comes next.

[GavSalkeld]

iTunes lol :)

[SuckMyKintama]

I need a composer that can really get under your skin... Lol

[NielsHammersMusic]

I'm a starting movie composer and very inspired by Hans Zimmer's work, especially The Dark Knight and the Inception soundtracks. If you would like me to compose music for your movies or short films or anything, give me a message, what's on my channel is just the beginning.

[HermioneTurner]

Zimmer and Nolan are like Williams and Spielberg! Amazing geniuses, creating masterpieces!!!!

[ricecrackers2000]

It is most apparent here that Hans Zimmer doesn't use an Apple Mac!

[chillydog12345]

@ricecrackers2000 it's funny because he does use one lol

[sbsrocks]

@ricecrackers2000 he does.... look at 2.22 and you can see the osx dock

[funkmonkey06]

RIP Heath

[0107twinkle]

which music was that 0:00-0:11?

[Arrastra89]

@0107twinkle why so serious



[0107twinkle]

@Arrastra89 hmmm i m just askingggg :)

[subparmusic]

Oh my god I'm glad I found this. This soundtrack has set a bar in the movie music industry. Hans Zimmer has created an incredibly gorgeous and immersive soundtrack with this movie.  It's amazing.

[jonaspaulo]

@ibanezdude2000 There's a fine line between people who don't have a clue of what they are saying and real artists. I'm a fully trained "classical composers" and work my ass off to get even close of what people like Hans do! There's a big difference between a theoretical musician and a composer! Theoretical people tend to write music no one will listen to either because it's boring or because it's just to over the top to people connect to it, you know... Try to study a bit a learn some respect!

[PrimaveraPictures]

what program is he using? :D

[dewalwalers]

@PrimaveraPictures at 2:55 its Cubase.... definitely Cubase

[99francesco]

9000 bars hhahah classic

[ibanezdude2000]

I'm sorry but when they show him sitting in front of about 20,000 dollars worth of computers I am really not impressed. There's a fine line between computer engineer and musician.....

[jetpriest]

@ibanezdude2000 send links to your music you make lets hear :)

[Edbrad]

@ibanezdude2000

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How else is he going to play stuff, jeez/

[maxstudiosalkesero]

Damn! I LOVE THE THE SOUND OF THE FIRST SEC OF THE VIDEO!!! :D

[Ichvyenichalster]

Search there will be blood soundtrack, first result, strikingly similar.

[kvasin04]

He uses Nuendo

[Tgreenfi08]

looks like he's using digital performer..?

[TheCoPilotProduction]

@Tgreenfi08 he uses cubase 

[songcontests]

Great composer, enjoy his feeling and to me his work doesn't feel too generic

[nawlege22]

well TrashMan, I think art is creation and he is pretty incredible because of his way to create emotion through sound . end like he said experimenting with sound. why does one have to use the basic principals of music (if there is such a thing). Maybe he wont stand up to those other composers on paper but he dose stand taller than them, I guess as an (outside of the box) composer. thats why ppl keep coming to him

[resellworld]

@nawlege22 I agree with you.....Whether you call him a producer, composer, pianist....or whatever....he gets the FRIGGIN JOB DONE! And he gets it done in a way that makes him stand out from the other so called "GREATS"

For "TRASHMAN" (lol) to say that he is not really a composer, he needs to seriously sit down and look at what Hanz has actually done. Yes, he does utilize and manage other musicans (who in their right mind wouldnt?)....but he also writes and records music himself, like Sherlock

[DListComposer]

@resellworld And its getting the job done on time that studios want. I wouldn't consider Hans a pianist, neither would he, but he does come up with a good theme that's crucial. At this point it is his style that makes him popular, in demand, and therefore great as well as a great time that further develops the Zimmer sound. Will his work last 200 or more years like the great classicists? Probably no more or less than Madonna will. But that's pop culture and modern media.

[ThrashMantid]

They speak almost as if he's the first person to put put a pencil on a piano wire.

A lot of people praise hanz simmer to be this incredible music composer. Most musicians I know are not impressed by him at all. he isn't' a musician, he's a producer. In spite of of his accomplishments, his utter lack of basic musical principals shows in his work.

When matched up to composers like Shore, Williams, Silvestri, Giacchino and even elfman who works much like he does, his 'music' doesn't' stand up.

[King31395]

@ThrashMantid

People praise Hans Zimmer to be this incredible music composer because HE IS!!

There's no way you know a single thing about music to not recognize Zimmer's ridiculously good scores. You think those orchestral suites just write themselves?

Can't imagine who your friends are who "aren't impressed", but they're definitely not film composers and just trying way too hard to show off.

He is a musician.

This video only shows a fraction of what the man does for all his films.

[DListComposer]

@King31395 People praise him because he is popular right now. Doesn't make him a bad composer because he writes themes that are fantastic ear worms, which is what producers want with their product. However Hans has an incredible team of exceptional talent that further develops his themes in to the finished orchestration that we all know. With all the projects he is involved he neither has the time nor incling to develop the full orchestral suite.

[King31395]

@DListComposer

People have been praising Zimmer since the late 80's when he did "Rain Man" ok, he's not exactly the new kid on the block.

I know all about his team of composers. I actually know someone that used to live here that got to go and actually join that team...but to think that he doesn't take the time (or doesn't WANT to take the time) to develop his own full orchestral themes for his projects is just ridiculous.

[BrandonplusJon]

@ThrashMantid There's more to film scoring than being a musician - much more. You don't have to enjoy his work, but at least respect it, as well as him, for the interesting and emotional impact it has on the film. After all, that is what a film score is meant to do.

It is ignorant to compare him to composers such as John Williams, Giacchino or any other you've listed, simply because they aren't of the same influences and do not cater to the same styles.

And by the way, he is a musician.

[DListComposer]

@BrandonplusJon Comparing Zimmer to Williams is like comparing apples to oranges. Each composer not only has their influences but also their own voice and style. Hans comes from the world of rock and roll and it certainly shows. Williams is more classically trained. It's not ignorant to compare, but it is with out a basis in which to compare.

[DListComposer]

@ThrashMantid It all depends on what one is looking for. Hans is not a great classically trained anything, but little of Hollywood is looking for that. They want catchy and preferably under budget, which Hans and his crew delivers. While analysis of Zimmer's music will leave a good theoretician unsatisfied it does what its producers want. Does his music stand on its own? Very little film music does especially from the composers of non classical genres.

[rushaa123]

I just dropped dead and resurrected myself!

[chrisssttina]

this was one of my favorite sound tracks ever.

[DexMichael]

One of my inspirations man... Hans Zimmer is a BEAST

[doublemgprod]

Hanz Zimmer is absolutely Zimazing!

[massivesound86]

youtube.com/watch?v=IZL60SiCyr­s&feature=player_embedded#!

[massivesound86]

youtube.com/watch?v=IZL60SiCyr­s&feature=player_embedded#!

[godswiph]

didn't james newton howard work on this score too?

[jacob4jackie]

@godswiph yeah they collaborated on it.

[titanicpiano14]

I'd love to compose for video games or film scores!!

[pigvocalsrule]

@titanicpiano14 thats what im thinking about going in for next year found a sick course for uni :')

[anty123123]

@titanicpiano14 you and everyone else

[IntoxicatedTV]

@titanicpiano14

don't we all, but i have such a hardtime getting inspired......i suck!

[solariumetallium]

@titanicpiano14 star working :D

[skittb89]

@titanicpiano14 so cliché. doesn't all bedroom dance producer want to do that?

[Rodztar13]

cool vid