Rain Man (1988)- Theme - "Leaving Wallbrook/On The Road" by Hans Zimmer

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Soundtrack: Leaving Wallbrook/On The Road
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Director: Barry Levinson
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino
Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 13 nominations
Genres: Drama
Country: USA
Runtime: 133 min
Language: English | Italian
Release Date: 3 March 1989
Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $7,005,719 (USA)
Gross: $172,825,435 (USA)

Storyline
Charles Sanford "Charlie" Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer/hustler/bookie who is at war with his own life. Charlie, as a young teenager, used his father's 1948 Buick convertible without permission and as a result, he went to jail for two days on account that his father reported it stolen. It is then that Charlie learns that his estranged father died and left him from his last will and testament a huge bed of roses and the car while the remainder will of $3 Million goes into a trust fund to be distributed to someone. Charlie seemed pretty angry by this and decides to look into this matter. It seems as if that "someone" is Raymond, Charlie's unknown brother, an autistic savant who lives in a world of his own, resides at the Walbrook Institute. Charlie then kidnaps Raymond and decides to take him on a lust for life trip to the west coast as a threat to get the $3 Million inheritance... Written by Christopher Howell

Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. For nearly three decades Zimmer has composed music for over 100 films including some critically acclaimed film scores, such as The Lion King, Gladiator, and The Dark Knight. Some of his recent compositions are Angels & Demons (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Inception (2010), Megamind (2010), and Rango (2011). Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios, and works with other composers through the company which he founded, Remote Control Productions. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Classical BRIT Award, and an Academy Award. Zimmer is also ranked Number 72 on the list of the "Top 100 living geniuses", published by The Daily Telegraph. A turning point in Zimmer's career occurred with the 1988 film Rain Man. Hollywood director Barry Levinson was looking for someone to score Rain Man, and his wife heard the soundtrack CD of the anti-Apartheid drama A World Apart, for which Zimmer had composed the music. In the 2000s, Zimmer has composed scores for Hollywood blockbuster films including Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Last Samurai (2003), The Da Vinci Code (2006) and The Simpsons Movie (2007). While writing the score for The Last Samurai, Zimmer felt that his knowledge of Japanese music was extremely limited. He began doing extensive research, but the more he studied, the less he felt he knew. Finally, Zimmer took what he had written to Japan for feedback and was shocked when he was asked how he knew so much about Japanese music.
During the scoring of The Last Samurai in spring 2003, Zimmer was approached by the producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with whom he had worked previously on Crimson Tide, The Rock and Pearl Harbor. Bruckheimer had finished shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, but was unhappy with the music composed for the film by Alan Silvestri and wanted a replacement score. Bruckheimer wanted Zimmer to rescore the film, but due to his commitments on The Last Samurai, the task of composing and supervising music for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was given to Klaus Badelt, one of Zimmer's colleagues at Media Ventures. Zimmer provided some themes that were used in the film, although he is not credited on screen.Zimmer was hired as the composer for the two subsequent films in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Zimmer is also noted for his work on the scores of Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008), on which he collaborated with James Newton Howard. The scores for these films were disqualified from receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score due to too many composers being listed on the cue sheet. Zimmer works with other composers through his company Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly. His colleagues at the studio have included Steve Jablonsky, James Dooley, Geoff Zanelli, Henning Lohner, Harry Gregson-Williams, Mark Mancina, John Van Tongeren, John Powell and Thomas J.Bergersen.

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[tastatura133]

great song

[llabtoof91]

Thank you Hans Zimmer... you make music that really move me, and give life to the best movies out there! this song for instance is so magic and beautifull that I have to fight the tears when I close my eyes and listen to this! again, Thank you so much for your incredible work! <3

[kregerfilms]

@AshRNand - The Toto song - true it does. Coincidentally, my first thought was that parts of it sounded like The Lion King - which was another Hans Zimmer score - and takes place in Africa.

Connections...

[alexorban73]

I like to see this movie. I like to see Dustin Hoffman... over and over again and again... Sanataaa AnA !!! LoL the buick is in a tree I mean A Three I Love You All.

Thank You.

[bako091]

Beautiful..

[janosudden]

@AshRNand yes,africa continent and "africa" toto song xd

[leedumett444]

were counting cards, were counting cards.