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July 17, 2006
everyone needs to stop hating Arabs and Hans Zimmer
Everyone needs to stop hating Arabs. Arabs are our friends. [this post was edited; used to say: Muslims are or friends, but i was very tired and cranky at the time I wrote it so don't get pissy with me, I made a brain-typo. Thaanks Mal]
Ok so music review time. Oh and yeah, graduating from Music High School, interning at the BSO, and singing with countless groups at the Hippo, Lyric, and Myerhoff, as well as teaching for six years does qualify me to do this, so shut up bitches. You know who you are.
While Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest was not the sequel most of us were looking forward to, there has to be some consideration for the Score.
Hans Zimmer is mostly known for his complete crediting (even though it was a collaboration) in Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. He takes a break from his Chinese Harp thing he had going on there and gives us a new, playful, sometimes- time period appropriate score for Pirates 2.
Let’s take the most downloaded piece as an example. Named amply 'Wheel of Fortune" (most likely for the huge fight scene in the movie) this piece is a Hodge podge of the main themes in the movie.
Opening us with not so good synth and violins, it immediately has a beat kept up by violins two and a mixture of percussion. Orchestration quickly comes in (thank GOD) and there are random male voices in the back ground that sound more like an Army "HUUAH" then anything else. For lack of things to do Zimmer quickly transitions into "Jack's theme" and ads a shit load of gongs.
We slow down and we hit, the CELLOS....well if Zimmer didn't do anything else correct he sure as hell hit it with the cellos. Now I am a cellist, so I'm a little biased, but it was good...really.
Shit I'm listening to it now and there is more of that overly epic music box to organ-esque drama.
More cellos come in, theme, then followed by orchestra. Love that cello. Not to mention the performer is really GOOD.
THE MAN THE....shit caps locks, where were we..o, ok, the man changes which theme he's in more then I change my underwear, and this piece is waaaaay too short. I mean, it's the bloody end tittles, keep it going.
All and all, ignore the synthesizer, and the sporadic turrets like quality of the piece (not to mention he tried way too hard on the ending) and everything’s ok. Download it for shits and giggles it's cute. Or email me up ( westwinnebago@gmail.com ) and I'll send it to you, itunes style.
Pat on the back Hans Zimmer, you can do it by yourself, and you don't need training wheels anymore.
review | By west | 10:32 AM
Comments
Thanks for your educated music review. Very cool.. but being the melon I am
"man changes which theme he's in more then I change my underwear,"
Inquiring minds.. wonder what that number is ?
Melon
Posted by: Heaving Melon at July 17, 2006 01:02 PM
Not all Arabs are Muslims, and not all Muslims are Arabs.
I have the soundtrack to the first Pirates movie. I downloaded "Wheel of Fortune", and while it sounds good, it feels more like a hodge-podge of the original's score. I'm seeing the movie tomorrow, maybe I'll change my mind after.
Posted by: Malnurtured Snay at July 17, 2006 02:57 PM
Didn't Zimmer do the score for The Rock? Or collaborate on it, I guess? I loved that score -- it was so ... rocktacular.
I also liked Nicky Glen-Smith's (I know I'm getting his name wrong) score for "Man in the Iron Mask."
Posted by: Malnurtured Snay at July 17, 2006 11:53 PM
yeah, he did do 'The Rock'...but who the hell remembers 'The Rock' anyways?
Posted by: west at July 18, 2006 08:58 AM