I watched Interstellar for the 6th time. It's the score that makes it. It is hypnotic. I almost never leave comments online, however, for this I had to make an exception. Well done Mr. Zimmer.
I don't think he seemed pretentious, but I was rolling my eyes at the same stories….BRAAHHHHHM was in the Inception script….Interstellar was a letter about his son…Lion King was for his daughter and father….The only thing I hadn't heard before was his comment about wanting to make Don Giovanni seem larger than life, like he felt when he was a kid. And his story about "Stay" from Interstellar not being finished, but it fit anyway.
But yeah. I do wish Hans would talk about the ideas behind individual scenes more often than he does.
Not gonna lie, to me, he came off more pretentious in this interview than ever before. Tommy, the interviewer, was asking really good questions and we kept getting the same old rehashed stories he’s always told. Would’ve loved to here more specifics on the actual craft and recording and ideas behind these scores rather than the typical broad spectrum stories we’ve all heard before. Oh well. I love Hans and would love to get another classic here soon!
It's fascinating to me that Hans says he hasn't listened to "Am I Not Merciful?" since the film had been made. It never got used in concerts in the last 18 years?
Dimitris Krommidas
July 25, 2018 at 8:54 pm - Reply
Thanks! Always great to hear the legend talk about his work.
I watched Interstellar for the 6th time. It's the score that makes it. It is hypnotic. I almost never leave comments online, however, for this I had to make an exception. Well done Mr. Zimmer.
I don't think he seemed pretentious, but I was rolling my eyes at the same stories….BRAAHHHHHM was in the Inception script….Interstellar was a letter about his son…Lion King was for his daughter and father….The only thing I hadn't heard before was his comment about wanting to make Don Giovanni seem larger than life, like he felt when he was a kid. And his story about "Stay" from Interstellar not being finished, but it fit anyway.
But yeah. I do wish Hans would talk about the ideas behind individual scenes more often than he does.
Not gonna lie, to me, he came off more pretentious in this interview than ever before. Tommy, the interviewer, was asking really good questions and we kept getting the same old rehashed stories he’s always told. Would’ve loved to here more specifics on the actual craft and recording and ideas behind these scores rather than the typical broad spectrum stories we’ve all heard before. Oh well. I love Hans and would love to get another classic here soon!
It's fascinating to me that Hans says he hasn't listened to "Am I Not Merciful?" since the film had been made. It never got used in concerts in the last 18 years?
Thanks! Always great to hear the legend talk about his work.