![]() “Hans Zimmer is one of the greatest composers of our time and it was an honour to be part of this record,” Lewis tells CoS. Through the power of her wide-ranging vocals, she retains the gorgeous melancholy of the Golden Globe-winning original - yes, you’ll still want to choke up when thinking about the film - while also giving it a bit of a 2016 pop sheen. This fresh reimagining is led by Grammy-nominated British R&B singer Leona Lewis, known for her singles “Bleeding Love” and “I Am”. These pieces not only stand out based on their musical genius, but also for their ability to bring to life the poignant and pivotal scenes in which they’re used - for Zimmer, the relationship between audio and visual is more like a marriage, and a very beautiful one at that.Īhead of the album’s January 13th release date, Consequence of Sound is premiering a new reworking of “Now We Are Free”, the sweeping theme from Russell Crowe’s 2001 Best Picture epic, Gladiator. There are selections from The Dark Knight Rises, The Thin Red Line, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, and The Lion King, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994. Due out next year, the 12-track effort features rearranged versions of some of his most famous film compositions. The video you've linked I've seen before, and it's just stuff that is texturally or compositionally similar, there's nothing like Pirates /Gladiator or Horner's little triplet+1 tension motif.Legendary composer Hans Zimmer is being celebrated with a new album called The Classics. I'm just trying genuinely to find one example where Williams rips himself off verbatim a la James Horner or Zimmer, and no one has ever really been able to provide one. I don't think we disagree at all on influences or composers writing stuff that is compositionally similar to other stuff they've written. I think a lot of it is especially interesting specifically because of the relationship it has with what's on the screen. I just don't think its originality is essential to its value given its primary purpose is to supplement a film. It's actually some of my favorite music to listen to. I don't know that I said film music is disposable I listen to a lot of film music still. So again I asked for examples of John Williams recycling his own melodies to the same extent of the examples in the thread and we get the usual instances of him referencing classical music that we're all familiar with-including one I mentioned myself already. If Beethoven, Mozart, Stravinsky put their music to theater, why can't composers to film? They are probably the last, popular venue for classical music. ![]() Its not inherently a bad thing I'd never call the man lazy for it.Īlso, someone put similar Williams tracks side by side : Īlso, vehemently disagree that scores are disposable. Music would be rather boring if we didnt have talented artists trying new things with the same chords and instruments. John Williams is one of the modern greats of classical/jazz/soundtrack composers.īut even greats are aloud to refrence or steal from themselves/others. Saint Saens: Symphony No 3 - fourth movement. Many movies of the 1940s just cut and pasted his music. Rachmaninov was the inspiration for movie composers before Williams. Rachmaninov - Try any of his symphonies, or piano concertos. Find a good selection of Orchestral Highlights. ![]() Wagner - Wrote mainly long and challenging operas but they contain much great music and you will recognise the style. The other movements cover a range of moods and emotions and are very cinematic. The opening (Mars) has formed the basis for many "superhero" or "battle" themes since. John Williams openly admits he took a lot from Wagner, Holst and Rachmaninof so these would be a good start. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire The Big List of Movie-Related Subreddits. ![]() Our Full Rules and Wiki Filter Posts by Link FlairĬlick 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag! The post will then be hidden like this.įor leaked info about upcoming movies, twist endings, or anything else spoileresque, please use the following method: ![]()
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