Additional Music by Steve Mazzaro & Andrew Kawczynski Sound Design: Junkie XL Synth Programming: Andy Page, Rich Walters & Hans Zimmer Analogue Synth Design: Ed Buller & Michael Tritter
Produced by Hans Zimmer Executive Album Producer: Robert Townson Executive in Charge of Music for Sony Pictures: Lia Vollack Supervising Music Editor: Rich Walters Music Editor: Jack Dolman Assistant Music Editor: Catherine Wilson Music Production Services: Steven Kofsky Score Mixed by Alan Meyerson Additional Engineering by John Witt Chapman Score Mix Assistant: Christian Wenger Sequencer Programming: Nathan Stornetta Technical Score Engineers: Chuck Choi & Stephanie McNally Technical Assistants: Jacqueline Friedberg & Julian Pastorelli Music Consultant: Czarina Russell Digital Instrument Design: Mark Wherry Solo Whistler: Rick Riccio Studio Manager for Remote Control Productions: Shalini Singh Assistant to Hans Zimmer: Cynthia Park Sampling Team: Taurees Habib, Raul Vega & Drew Jordan Score Mixed at Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, CA
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering
Hans Zimmer would like to thank: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, Simon Kinberg, James Bitonti, Victoria Burkhart, Trent Opaloch, Lee Smith, Julian Clarke, Brad Goodman, Jaydene Maryk, Lia Vollack, Raul Perez, Dustin Marler, Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu, Jim Glander, Scott Tenley, Carol Dantuono, Chris Scarabosio, Vince Renaud, Steve Boeddeker, Gord Hillier, Troels Folmann, Jonte Knif, Urs Heckmann, Peter Asher, Max Golfar, James Golfar, Patricia Golfar, Emma Burnham, Candace Carlo, Jillian Abood, Kelly Bush, BeBe Lerner, Rae Murillo, and the ID team,
Nick Douillard, Ari Emanuel, Chaz Lebrecque, Seth Waldmann, Amos Newman, Albert Nolasco, Matthew O'Driscoll, Tangelene Bolton, Ryan Ouchida, Bradley Rainey, Chris Strong, Suzanne Zimmer, Jake, Max, Zoë & Annabel
Release date : 03/10/2015
CD available HERE
It's A Dangerous City (2:09) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
The Only Way Out Of This (4:58) Hans Zimmer, Andrew Kawczynski
Use Your Mind (4:04) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Andrew Kawczynski
A Machine That Thinks And Feels (3:03) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
Firmware Update (3:52) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Andrew Kawczynski, Andy Page
Welcome To The Real World (3:52) Hans Zimmer, Andrew Kawczynski
The Black Sheep (4:28) Hans Zimmer, Ryan Amon, Steve Mazzaro
Indestructible Robot Gangster #1 (3:11) Hans Zimmer, Andrew Kawczynski
Breaking The Code (4:49) Hans Zimmer, Ryan Amon, Steve Mazzaro
Rudest Bad Boy In Joburg (2:41) Hans Zimmer, Andrew Kawczynski
You Lied To Me (4:06) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
Mayhem Downtown (3:57) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Nathan Stornetta, Andy Page
The Outside Is Temporary (3:09) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
Never Break A Promise (7:43) Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Nathan Stornetta
We Own This Sky (4:19) Hans Zimmer, Neill Blomkamp, Andrew Kawczynski
Illest Gangsta On The Block (2:45) Hans Zimmer, Andy Page
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The big highlight of this score is Mayhem Downtown. Normally I'm not into that thrashing pounding metal/techno-esque sound but that cue sounds like if Verdi's Requiem had an unholy spawn with modern EDM and I find it strangely awesome.
mpolonest123
2019-05-27 03:26:37
Agreed!
It has an almost “heavy-metal waltz”-like quality to it. I love the use of the electronic-vocal effect that is used throughout the score, especially in certain unreleased cues.
Edmund Meinerts
2019-05-27 08:43:46
Yeah I'm a fan as well. Feels in spirit a bit like the Zimmer of old: a bit ludicrous, a bit overblown, and just tons of fun. When those almost chiptune-y synths kick in at 2:13 is a fantastic moment.
This and KFP3 are definitely 2 of my last big “Zimmer Grails”. Some great stuff missing.
Sam
2019-01-22 20:29:35
last big grail chappie and kfp3? what about tears of the sun? what about beyond rangoon? what about spanglish?
mpolonest123
2019-01-22 21:44:07
I don’t care about those. Sure, I hope they get released for everyone who does want them badly, but I personally have zero interest in those. I will say it would also be nice to get Dunkirk and Inferno released at some point as well.
Edmund Meinerts
2019-01-23 11:08:31
Imagine hoping for Inferno and Dunkirk while simultaneously not caring at all about Beyond Rangoon which is one of Zimmer's absolute best scores?! (Although I don't know how much there is missing beyond the album, I've never actually seen the film)
Unrelated side note - it seems like the credits have changed quite a bit on Chappie since last I looked. I seem to recall "Mayhem Downtown" being a solo Hans cue, now there's four guys!
Edmund Meinerts
2019-01-23 11:09:10
Also, suddenly Ryan Amon's credited on a couple cues as well? The plot thickens...
mpolonest123
2019-01-23 14:01:47
I’m not a huge fan of either, but Dunkirk is meant to flow as one long piece of music. Not that chopped up album presentation. And Inferno does have a handful of interesting cues unreleased.
ThePhantasm
2019-01-23 22:22:23
Ryan Amon needs more work the man is ridiculously underrated his music for bloodborne was Godlike
Medigo
2019-01-24 10:16:39
I am still waiting for the complete score of Dead Mans Chest
Ian
2019-01-24 22:46:49
Edmund - if I recall correctly, those credits have been there for a couple of years at least. I don't remember ever seeing any solo Zimmer cues on Chappie, even when the page first went up.
And re: Beyond Rangoon, I do see where you're coming from, but to be fair, the material that's been released is very satisfying IMO, whereas I suspect some of the better Inferno material didn't make it to the album (that's just a hunch, though, as I've not seen the film; I just don't find the album presentation very contiguous).
mpolonest123
2019-01-24 23:02:21
@Ian Exactly. I’ve heard Beyond Rangoon on album and enjoyed it a lot. I’m more than happy with the presentation of music. Whereas Inferno (as flawed as it it) has a number of really good cues missing which I feel may have improved the listening experience for everyone, especially since the album suffers from that odd sequencing. And don’t get me started on Dunkirk....
Hedon
2019-01-25 01:13:31
It's about time this score gets a leak. There is so much unreleased good stuff in Chappie
Arturito
2019-01-26 13:40:47
i'm in the same boat here, but not for beyond rangoon, much more tears of the sun. so, how about tears of the sun? so much stuff that hasn't been released. just watch the movie and you hear plenty of beautiful cues. and it's 16 years now and still no complete score. batman v superman has borrowed a cue from it and everyone flipped out how unbelievable beautiful that cue is. tears of the sun has plenty of them, but no one speaks about it. just about dunkirk, inferno or chappie, those scratchy noice soundtracks -_-
So, now it's official that Blomkamp is directing the "Robo Cop Returns", do you guys think he will work with Hans? Or may be he would like to join hands with Lorne, seeing how his OATS Studio shorts are all scored by Lorne.
Mephariel
2018-07-12 00:10:27
Love to hear a Zimmer RoboCop score but this has Balfe written all over it.
I've searched for days for the song at the end credits the soft beat, I can't find it anywhere. It also plays when he gets beat up and is on a hill with a dog but still no luck. I've listened to all the original soundtracks but is there a name or place I can download this track? It's driving me crazy
meta
2015-11-07 15:10:24
its on the end credits, i guess youll have to record it somehow?
look for the end credits of the movie on youtube and use a converter?
I know which part you're talking about...
Gilvane Cezar
2016-01-16 14:10:26
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja ;) youtu.be/vcMHkvEVgVo
If you check out Rich Walters site (desktop version) he has three unreleased tracks you can hear...
Tetravall Tour Vincent Causes Riot Shutting Down the Droids
Hedon
2016-09-18 17:25:20
Were these used in the movie? They sound like demos to me.
Halö
2016-09-18 18:52:31
As there were no orchestra recordings on this score it can't really be demos, but maybe an early version.
mpolonest123
2016-09-18 18:54:09
Yeah... I hear it too. They lack the "beefier" sound of the album. 'Vincent Causes Riot' is 100% in the film though.
Hybrid Soldier
2016-09-18 20:11:57
No they are not.
Tetravaal Tour was completely replaced in the film by another cue.
The other 2 are in the film but they were clearly rearranged after.
Very nice though, one is actually better than its film version !
Hedon
2016-09-19 01:36:22
I thought so, they don't sound as rich, spacious and organic like the rest of the score. Interesting as Rich is listed as synth programmer.
When you compare the two you realize how much effort that had to be put into the score to make it sound as good as it does despite being all electronics. It's remarkable how well Zimmer succeeds in making his electronic music sound organic, flowing and lifelike.
Steve H.
2016-09-19 04:56:35
Where would these new tracks go chronologically?.
Hybrid Soldier
2016-09-19 11:53:48
Tetravaal Tour is the second cue in the film, right after A Dangerous City...
Vincent's Firmware Update and Riot go before "You Lied to Me".
Thanks! Looks like Steve worked on virtually all my favourite cues :)
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-31 18:32:31
I had spoken to someone who worked on the score at Interstellar Live and he was saying Steve did a big part of the score... :)
Edmund Meinerts
2015-06-01 09:11:46
Yeah, it's a pretty straight 1:1 match - Mazzaro's cues are the cool ones and Kawczynski's are the annoying ones. :p
Hybrid Soldier
2015-06-01 09:55:27
Welcome To The Real World ?
Best scene of the film, one of the best cues ! :)
Edmund Meinerts
2015-06-01 10:47:45
Never saw the movie, and the second half of that cue is OK, but I don't much like the first half.
Of the Kawczynski tracks my favorite is probably "Illest Gangsta on the Block", actually. :P
Hedon
2016-08-04 12:59:05
I LOVE Steve's work on this score. I am so happy he's working with HZ, if I see "HZ + SM" on a cue it's certain to be good. Really really hope there will be a Chappie 2 and HZ and SM returns do to the score!
The analogue Vangelis-ish electronic sound Zimmer & Co brought to Chappie is mesmerizing, wish we would hear this sound more often. As Vangelis has pretty much retired from film scoring, I wish to see Zimmer & Mazzaro follow in his roots as they seem to have the skills and equipment to do it.
mpolonest123
2016-08-04 14:02:58
I'm surprised to see Ryan Amon's name here, what input did he have?
I re-watched this movie this week and finally the score is very good. There are many more good musics than in the CD (which is misleading). Anyone knows if an Expanded score is planned ? Because it's really frustrating, like the Thin red line's official score :)
Ds
2015-06-16 14:14:21
WTF? I thought the album was really perfect and contained every single piece of original material heard in the movie. The rest is only alternate versions of other tracks, I don't remember hearing anything different in the movie. But I only saw the movie once, so I may be wrong.
Frenchans
2015-06-16 14:49:13
Ds, you will see again the scene when Chappie is initialized (with the chicken, when he said his first words). This is the beginning of "We Own the Sky" or "Never Break a promise" and some beautiful chords. On the whole, the film version is clearly better !
Hybrid Soldier
2015-06-16 15:44:34
Yeah there's quite a lot of unreleased actually... Nothing that stuck with me much while seeing the film the first time, but when I got the cuesheet I took a deeper look and indeed there's a lof of unreleased, some are quite cool cues... I can post the cuesheet later actually, it's not like it's a hidden thing... lol
Frenchans
2015-06-16 17:18:43
Thanks Hybrid but, at the risk of sounding idiot, the cuesheet is an audio file ? :)
Hybrid Soldier
2015-06-16 19:14:01
Absolutely not... It's just the list of cues, more or less detailed (composers etc.)
Hybrid Soldier
2015-06-16 21:20:00
Just tentative correct order, not 100% accurate...
A DANGEROUS CITY HZ SM TETRAVAAL TOUR HZ SM REPAIRS ON DROID 22 HZ SM COMPOUND FIGHT HZ AK VERY VERY GOOD NEWS HZ SM HIPPO CALLS NINJA HZ AK DEON ARRIVES HOME HZ SM ALGORITHM STABLE HZ SM DEON TAKES 22 HZ AK VINCENT IN THE MIRROR HZ SM WHATS IN THE VAN HZ AK PUTTING 22 BACK TOGETHER HZ SM CAN HE UNDERSTAND ME? HZ AK Neill Blomkamp VINCENT’S GLARE HZ SM CHAPPIE’S FIRST UP HZ NINJA S GUN RANGE HZ AK FROG IN A SOCK MATE HZ SM DEON RETURNS TO DA DEN HZ AK VINCENT ARRIVES AT DA DEN HZ SM CHAPPIE PAINTS HZ Andy Page DEON STORMS OFF HZ AK LET’S GO SEE THE REAL WORLD HZ AK WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD HZ AK CAPTURING CHAPPIE HZ SM Ryan Amon TORTURED IN THE SERVICE VAN HZ SM BEDTIME STORY HZ SM Ryan Amon BE COOL HZ AK DRIVE UP TO PONTE HZ Andy Page DEAD DOG HZ AK Neill Blomkamp I'M YOUR MAKER HZ AK VINCENT'S FIMWARE UPDATE HZ SM RIOT PT 1 HZ Rich Walters RIOT PT 2 HZ Rich Walters VINCENT HIDES OUT HZ AK CHAPPIE REBOOTED HZ SM Ryan Amon YOLANDI HAS A NEW HAT HZ SM BREAKING THE CODE HZ SM HEIST HZ AK ARE YOU SLEEPY HZ SM BEHOLD THE MOOSE HZ SM YOU LIED TO ME DADDY HZ SM HIPPO ARRIVAL AT DEN HZ AK MOOSE TOUCHDOWN HZ SLO MO CHAPPIE HZ SM Andy Page FINAL SHOWDOWN HZ SM CRUSH THE MAN HZ SM TRANSFERRING CONSCIOUSNESS HZ SM YOLANDI'S BURIAL HZ AK Neill Blomkamp IT'S HAPPENING HZ SM END TITLES HZ
Frenchans
2015-06-17 00:22:08
I suppose it's "Can he understand me?"... Please Hans send me this track !! :D
Edmund Meinerts
2015-06-17 10:58:30
What's with Blomkamp's credit?
Scorefan
2015-06-17 20:22:13
So Hybrid the oficial album have only music from Zimmer and company, but in the cuesheets there are music from Ryan Amon and others. Those cues are in the film or are unreleased?
Frenchans
2015-06-17 23:32:53
Nevertheless, I really do not understand why the music, in the best scene of the movie (in my view) and maybe the most important, is unreleased... Furthermore it's the theme !
Who are the persons in charge of the contents of the CD ? Certainly people who do not know how to appreciate the Zimmer's music...
JamesT
2015-07-01 04:21:49
I was so impressed by the score initially (huge fan of the 90s synth scores from Hans (DOT, PH, RH, TR and esp PONR)....i love the analog string and saw wave sounds. This score FIT THE MOVIE PERFECTLY! I would love an expanded or complete score. One of my fav themes not on the CD is when the punks beat up Chappie, then it shows him on the railroad tracks disoriented, then walking up a hill over the city. It plays another time or two. The chord progression is superb! Thankfully, I recorded it from the end credits. One of my fav Hans & Co scores!
Unfortunately, I think the score to Chappie is pretty crappy. Another great opportunity missed by Hans. Just more themeless electronica experimental stuff. Come on Hans, please PLEASE write real epic scores again.
Zimson
2015-03-13 02:17:45
He explored that a lot. In fact, he seems to have grown tired of it. He's the kind of guy who's always up to explore new horizons.
Leo
2015-03-13 02:52:41
I don't know what you're on, there are at least two themes to be found in Chappie.
Ds
2015-03-13 08:59:02
Hans always worked by periods. He started with soft synth-driven scores, then moved to electronic action scores (90s), then made (and became famous for) grand epic scores (2000s)... Now's the time for experimentation. If you don't like it, don't worry: the old scores still exist and we still can listen to them, so why do you complain??
bro
2015-03-13 09:07:00
Yeah and unfortunately I think you are retarded.
The score is fucking brilliant.
Zimson
2015-03-13 12:42:16
Sigh... the internet. Where everyone is gay and a retard.
Anonymous
2015-03-13 16:59:22
Well I'm neither gay nor retarded. I just don't care for the score that's all. Sorry to upset your own little space time continuum or something. Geez, get a life.
Zimson
2015-03-13 19:37:48
I always liked about h-z.com that everyone's talking like a normal person here. I'm not sure if you got that I was being sarcastic in reference to bro's comment (Sorry bro), but let's agree on disagreeing, so no one has to get a life or get out more.
Anonymous
2015-03-15 02:46:19
Zimson... so you apologize to Bro for commenting on him calling me retarded but you trash me for telling people who call me retarded to get a life?? Oh, I see how this works. We sure don't play favorites here now do we?
Lambegue
2015-03-15 03:59:36
I liked this score a lot, much more than most recent Zimmer's works...Funny to see how each of his scores from the last few years gets mixed reactions, even among Zimmer-lovers.
another
2015-05-24 10:26:13
I completely disagree, the score was fitting for the emotions per the scenes. Yes it has electronica but I think the decisions made fit perfectly!
Whenever I listen a ost before watching the movie and I like, I'm afraid to go to the cinema because maybe the same movie not live up to the music. For example: Jupiter Ascending, which has a very good music but as a movie is a disaster. But with Chappie has been one of those times when I leave the film even more eager to hear the music, because the images work together with Zimmer's music for an amazing way.
I'm more than a week in shock with this music, every day is a ritual hear it, hit my mind and the movie has finished breaking.
I do not understand the criticism towards it (or even to the music) but I must say, that Not Watch this film in Cinema is a serious mistake.
Can I have an honest opinion, if HZ's name wasn't on this release, but it sounded exactly like it does now, would you guys still like it, or even know of it's existence?
Ds
2015-03-04 21:54:07
Maybe, or maybe not. That´s the great thing about Hans: he keeps pushing the limits of his musical landscape and by doing so he opens our minds to styles we might not know or even like.
Zimson
2015-03-04 22:27:04
Depends on who composed it. If it would have been Cliff Martinez I probably wouldn't have liked it, since he's the master of electronic soundscapes and Chappie doesn't quite match up to it. The major reason I like the score is the "New-effect". He hasn't done this "8-bit-dance-whatever-step" thing yet so it's quite interesting to explore it. It's neither as enjoyable as TASM 2 nor has it many memorable moments but it's fresh as opposed to, let's say The Lone Ranger. I need to watch the movie, though, to make a final statement.
theeaglesfan005
2015-03-04 23:17:50
yes
Anonymous
2015-03-13 17:02:22
Lockdown, great analogy my friend. I couldn't have asked that better myself. I assume you don't particularly like the score either.
thearmusicgroup
2015-03-13 18:22:10
I might not have known of its existence until much later, but when I did listen to it, I still would have loved it.
Boldizar
2015-03-13 18:40:43
Most of the responders did not understand your question. I suspect the wouldn't be able to answer after the fact any ways though.
The movie is a blast. Original, funny, touching, bombastic, insane. You dont see many movies like this today. And the score was freaking brilliant, capturing the energy and making a few scenes incredibly epic. Another good point is that most of the music is included in the album. There is some répétition and variation but nothing big is missing. Awesome output from Hans!
Hybrid Soldier
2015-03-11 23:36:12
It's one of the worst things I've seen as of late (close companion to Jupiter Ascending). The few good things were killed by Die Antwoord... Too bad for the score, which is awesome... lol
Ds
2015-03-12 00:16:28
Well I pity you because I had so much fun and you did not... Best movie I ve seen this year along with Kingsman.
Scorefan
2015-03-12 00:39:29
I am one of few who really liked and enjoyed so much Chappie, Júpiter Ascending and Kingsman
...
2015-03-12 06:57:47
The main problem in my opinion was that chappie is surrounded by utterly awful characters that we couldn't care less about. I was almost happy when one of them died.
The movie works best when Chappie is with his maker...they should have had more such scenes.
Ds
2015-03-12 08:23:26
I agree but at the same time I think all those awful gangsta made us care even more for Chappie, who was really the best character in the movie. They were also just too funny :-D
Zimson
2015-03-12 08:48:34
People seem to like the movie, though it's possibly gonna be a box office bomb. It currently has a 7,4 on imdb. But jeez, the critics really hate it.
...
2015-03-12 09:53:38
The problem I had with the gangsters was that they can't act lol. I would have wanted them to come in later, after chappie had grown up a little with his maker.
The they could have damaged him and made him throw k Ives etc... Digit et weaver has 5 minutes of screen time and those guys who aren't real actors have like 1 hour 30 minutes...what's up with that?
And lol the security of that weapons company is definitively bollocks lol:)
But all in all I think the movie raises some interesting questions and whenever chappie is on screen, the movie is good! All in all though I think it doesn't work as there are major problems with it!
Zimson
2015-03-12 11:01:50
Having social commentary in a movie is only good when it is subliminal. Guess Blomkamp never heard of the distancing effect.
Ds
2015-03-12 12:43:58
Die Antwoord can't act, but here they were just playing themselves so I didn't notice any bad acting.
Boldizar
2015-03-12 12:54:41
I was not keen on this film after Elysium (which I though was simplistic and relatively pointless to spend time seeing) then I saw the trailer... and Die Antwoord. Then I really did not want to see it. Seriously why were they put in ANY movie? I only know who they are because I worked at a music store for several years.
On a good note, District 9... hell yes.
Macejko
2015-03-12 16:23:32
I think that Yo-Landi was alright and pulled that "gangster-turned-mother" transition rather well. But Ninja, on the other hand... He seemed as the kind of guy that makes aliens postpone their visit of Earth. (Someone could actually pitch it to Blomkamp as a movie premise.) And, according to some reports, he was a huge dick to everyone on set (which doesn't surprise me at all... because, well, he chose "Ninja" as his pseudonym, you guys).
I actually really like this score. It's different, loud, and bombastic. I'll prob end up buying it next weeks when it comes out.
trent easton navarro
2015-03-10 12:32:16
Considering Zimmer is more miss than hit for me the last couple of years (only scores I really loved were Sherlock Holmes, Rush and The Lone Ranger) I expected to hate this one as well after all I read about it. But damn, this is a great score!
Zimson
2015-03-10 14:20:37
You liked this but not TASM 2? How?
Boldizar
2015-03-11 21:05:47
TASM?
Zimson
2015-03-11 21:15:39
"Turbo Assembler (TASM) is an assembler package developed by Borland which runs on and produces code for 16- or 32-bit x86 MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows."
Just joking here, but that's what google gave me. Actually it means "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"
trent easton navarro
2015-03-12 11:01:08
I dunno, TASM2 just didn't do it for me. It wasn't bad or anything, but I can't remember a single note of it.
Maybe I should give it another try
Edmund Meinerts
2015-03-12 11:54:21
That's odd. I can think of many reasons why the TASM2 score might not appeal to someone but it's certainly not unmemorable.
Any idea of what the breakdown is for the cue credits? Are Zimmer, Kawczynski & Mazzaro credited for all of the tracks, or did they each did individual cues or what?
Hybrid Soldier
2015-03-08 11:17:38
Guess we'll find out in a few months... ;)
Gray Edwards
2015-03-10 04:34:14
Why the wait? Is there some release of information that I don't know about? Not complaining, just genuinely curious.
Also, does anyone happen to know if this is in film order, and if all of the tracks are the film mixes or if some of them are suites? I haven't seen the movie, and probably won't until I can rent it, so I'm just wondering what's up.
When I first heard this score. It was just loud and brutal. After having seen the movie and having listened to the score multiple times I can say that I really like it a lot. It is a really emotional score in parts. Of course you get the awesome epic HZ sound but this is if you look closely a very emotional score...
In my opinion there's a great sadness throughout the movie with chappie and the gangsters he grows up with...
Funny this is that this is a "no orchestra, entirely synth" score.
Yet, it sounds like all the other scores he has done since Inception which featured orchestras.
If Hans keeps writing this kind of music he really doesn't have to bother with orchestra if he mixes it to sound like synth. It's waste of budget
Ds
2015-03-05 09:50:53
Someone needs to have their ears checked :-)
Edmund Meinerts
2015-03-05 10:36:02
Man's got a point. On some of his scores (not all), I really do have to wonder why Hans even bothers getting an orchestra to record anything. Take Man of Steel...I really can't tell the difference in sound between the entirely-synthetic sketchbook and the (presumably) orchestral recordings in the rest of the score. If HZ had gone all-synth with that one nobody would have even noticed.
I don't like it. Makes the score sound cheap. I much prefer a more organic, "clean" synth-orchestral blend like TASM2.
Hybrid Soldier
2015-03-05 11:15:42
The person who doesn't hear an orchestra in Inception has some serious issues... lol
Ds
2015-03-05 11:36:44
Edmund, about Man Of Steel, don't forget that most of the cues are not orchestra-based. Everything related to Zod was all drums plus some additional electronic distorsion. All the "soft theme" is just Hans playing his piano, plus sampled instruments (the weird guitars he used to suggest wind on electrical wires). So there are just occasional bursts of orchestra... most of them in parts that are not included in the sketchbook.
For me the sketchbook really sounds like synth, I don't like listening to it very much, while I simply dig the score itself.
NM
2015-03-05 19:38:12
Weirdly I actually love the Sketchbook, it's really cool hearing all the ideas hashed out in a raw form. I'd love to hear demos and sketches for other scores.
Macejko
2015-03-05 20:04:16
I would pick this over that seriously overrated TASM2 score any day of the week. Chappie grows on me with every single listen. Hans has taken extremely fresh approach with it and it certainly shows. This unique score feels to me like a merger between 1980's and 2010's and I hope Hans explores this style more in the future. It's like a dirtier, grittier cousin to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy, and I mean that as a compliment.
@Hybrid Do you know if there is still any music in the movie or on this album composed by the original composers who were gonna do this movie (Ryan Amon and someone else)?
An "Additional Music" credit on the FRONT COVER? First we had JunkieXL credited directly on "Arcade" and "General Zod," then we had everyone credited as one on TASM2, and now this? My, times are changing!
Anonymous
2015-03-03 20:53:56
It's about time too.
Edmund Meinerts
2015-03-04 10:09:40
It's a step up from those slightly shady "music produced by Lorne Balfe" credits on Inception and Sherlock Holmes. :p
Zimson
2015-03-04 13:37:23
That's a role model for the whole industry. Hundreds of ghost writers never see the light of day.
Zimson
2015-03-04 18:38:05
I meant light of day lol :D
I've listened it through now. This is completely out of the box for him. I guess the industry will change vastly in the future. The market will be overrun with music producers from all kinds of genres.
I love both hans orchestral and electronic scores, but I must say, this is not really my piece of cake. There are some moments where the typical hans harmonies can be heard and those are pretty awesome, and the soft tracks are nice, but some tracks are just dance beats...I hope there's some nice unreleased music in the movie, not heard on the ost.
Does anyone else feel like this about the score?
T-Mann036
2015-03-04 17:44:19
Not entirely... but it's YOUR opinion that counts.
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