The Sound of Science

Play Video By:  GoldDerby / Gold Derby Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer chats with Gold Derby for an exclusive interview about ‘‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049.’ Zimmer is one of the most revered composers working today, having won an Oscar (for his iconic “The Lion King” score in 1995),and nine other Oscar nominations, including two for…

Play Video By:  FandangoNOW Extras According to Zimmer, the soundtrack for Inception is “a very electronic score”. Nolan asked Zimmer to compose and finish the score as he was shooting the film. The composer said,” He wanted to unleash my imagination in the best possible way”. At one point, while composing the score, Zimmer incorporated a guitar…

Play Video By:  Vox Listen closely to Radiohead and Hans Zimmer’s rework of “Bloom” for Blue Planet II, and you can hear a really fascinating orchestral trick at work. They call it the “tidal orchestra” — it’s a musical effect created by instructing each player to play their notes only if the person next to…

Play Video By: Elegyscores Creating the score for Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End required an incredible amount of music technology, and demonstrated why 64-bit computing offers new levels of realism for orchestral sample libraries. Film music is perhaps the single area where music technology has its largest application. Not only does film music require all…

Play Video By: Salvor Seldon In this lengthy 9-minute featurette focusing on the sound and music work of The Dark Knight Rises, composer Hans Zimmer and supervising sound editor and designer Richard King discuss Bane’s voice, The Bat, the “deshi basara” chant and more! More insights: The Science of Sound You might also want to…

Play Video By: Spitfire Audio Spitfire Audio presents a rare insight into the workings of some of the finest film composers. A round table discussion with (From left) Ramin Djaw. Ten times Oscar nominated (1 win) composer Hans Zimmer has really come into his own as the great ambassador for film music. That’s not to say that other…

Play Video By: Mix with the Masters Gladiator arrived in cinemas at the turn of the millennium, a year with three zeroes in it and a straightforward claim to epoch making. But rarely does a film turn up – a blockbuster, no less – that so clearly marks a break with the past and signals the future…

Play Video By: Mix with the Masters Sneak Peek from a MWTM series with the legendary composer Hans Zimmer. Hans is known for composing the soundtracks of some of the world’s greatest movies from The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, to The Dark knight trilogy. Discover now his first 1-hour video and enter the world…

Play Video By: MasterClass As a child, Hans Zimmer took two weeks of piano lessons. That’s it. Since then, the Academy Award winner has scored over 150 films, from Sherlock Holmes to The Lion King. A master of creating character themes, Hans knows how to collaborate with directors, musicians and editors; develop a tempo to…

Play Video By:  DreamDuo Films Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools. … A sound designer is one who practices sound design. More insights: The Science of Sound You might also want to read