Team Deakins HANS ZIMMER - Composer
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Apr 17, 2024 Renowned composer Hans Zimmer discusses his early career, purpose of film scores, procrastination habits, working with Denis Villeneuve, personal connection to The Lion King, Hollywood sound, and the joy of conducting an orchestra. Topics include creating environment for director's story, value of originality, and working with DPs for emotional storytelling through music. Zimmer's deep emotional journeys in music composition, AI's impact on music creation, and embracing filmmaking as a gift are also explored.
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Zimmer's Early Career Start
- Hans Zimmer started his career working the espresso machine for composer Stanley Myers and learned about orchestra and film from him.
- His first solo film score was for the anti-apartheid film A World Apart, marking a meaningful start to his career.
Meeting Chris Menges Over Lunch
- Zimmer recalled meeting director Chris Menges by chance in a vegetarian restaurant where neither was a vegetarian.
- They started collaboration with a tape Zimmer made, which surprisingly worked and led to their film A World Apart.
Incorporating Banned Anthem
- For A World Apart, Zimmer used a smuggled tape of the banned South African national anthem as the film's end titles.
- They painstakingly edited and stretched tape to incorporate its authentic choir voices into the soundtrack.