Hans Zimmer

-Born in Frankfurt, Germany on September 12, Mother was very musical -Father was an Engineer/Inventor -Used Father’s death as a way to escape in music

-Mastering of keyboard and synthesizer -Wrote jingles for Air-Edel Associates -Wrote various works for different bands and groups

-Joined forces with Stanley Myers in the 1980’s -Combining of traditional orchestra sounds with electronic instruments -Co-founded Lillie Yard recording studio

-Zimmer and Myers -My Beautiful Laundrette, Moonlighting, 1982

-Zimmer’s first solo scores, Terminal Exposure -The Last Emperor

-Zimmer composed theme song for popular United Kingdom television show -Strong, well-known work in United Kingdom

-Zimmer’s personal think tank -Film score mentoring

Klaus Badelt Mark Mancina John Powell Nick Glennie-Smith Harry Gregson-Williams -Some famous composers that benefited from Zimmer’s film score mentoring

-Success started for Zimmer with the scoring of Rain Man -Academy Award for Best Score and Best Picture in 1989

-Some of Zimmer’s early scores consisted of: -The Lion King, The Preacher’s Wife, As Good As It Gets, The Prince of Egypt, 1998

-Some of Zimmer’s more powerful scores include: -Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, Pearl Harbor, Matchstick Men, 2003

-The Last Samurai -Zimmer’s 100 th film score, 2003

-27 th Annual Flanders International Film Festival -Zimmer’s first time performing his film music live -100 piece orchestra/100 person choir

-Hans Zimmer was awarded the 2,426 th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

-Zimmer has received many awards including: -Lifetime Achievement Award -Frederick Loewe Award -ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award -Numerous Golden Globes, American Music Awards, and Grammys, Oscar, and Tony Awards

More recent notable works -Pirates of the Caribbean movies -Sherlock Holmes movies -Batman movies

-2012 Aurora Benefit -Zimmer composed the track “Aurora” to raise money for victims of the shooting

-84 th Academy Awards music with Pharrell Williams -ABC World News theme music -”The Bible” score

-The Dark Knight Rises -Zimmer originally composed with James Newton Howard -Zimmer scored movie solo -Released July, 17 th 2012

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Listening Guide Despair: 0:00 – This track immediately starts off with a dark foreboding sound of deep drum beats and fast thrills from what sounds like violins that fade out as the brass makes their entrance. 0:22 – The bass opens with a defining background beat that continues as the brass makes a powerful dark crescendo over top and fades out and repeats that once more, all along the violins are playing a simple back and forth pattern. 0:52 – A change in lead happens here with the synthesizer taking over with a rhythm that sounds like a ricochet with the drums playing a strong trill 1:07 – The brass enters again with the same dark minor crescendo but this time it is drawn out finishing with a synthesizer effect at the end with a quick fade out 1:38 – After the fade out, an eerie shriek sound is set with a slow drum beat, then it starts to build and the drum beats get faster with some synthesizer effects and a brief sound of screaming static pulses 2:18 – The drums start their dominant rhythm they had in the beginning then quickly follows the rest of the instruments for the climax of the piece – the brass carry the ominous melody while the drums, violins, and synthesizer fill in with the undertones that lead to another fade out just leaving the synthesizer for a few moments 2:53 – The strings slowly fade in with the synthesizer – then the brass fades in one last time very mildly ending quickly with the synthesizer

Rises: 0:00 – This starts very strong with the drums and brass – the rhythm is very fast and intense with the slight crescendo in the brass 0:38 – The brass, strings, drums, and synthesizer work together here to create an intense build in the music with the brass having the melody 1:00 – All instruments drop out except for a low rumbling synthesizer background as a choir boy sings 1:25 – The strings enter softly as the choir boy fades out with the brass quietly joining and building 2:33 – The bass takes over the melody with some drums beats to emphasize building into a beautiful melody that is taken over by the violins and the brass are harmonizing and synthesizer effects are added 4:50 – The melody changes to the brass with the rest of the instruments providing the harmony and background 5:18 – The bass takes over the lead at this point very briefly 6:03 – The violins play the melody as the whole piece builds to a beautiful climax 6:35 – The drums, brass, and synthesizer come back in with their dark, powerful, fast-paced rhythm and melody that has been presented before 7:00 – Fade out of instruments with a brief close of the choir boy’s voice