7/7/2023 0 Comments Gladiator composerHans says that England, “wasn’t really the ideal place at that point to be wanting to make electronic music. I often didn’t have enough money, so I’d just be sat in the dark for the rest of the night, thinking about my idea.” There were so many nights back then when I’d have a great idea and I’d start working it out and then – boing! – the electric would go out. I had an EMS VCS 3 and was living in this flat in Brighton where you had to put a 5p into the meter to get electricity. I was actually in a punk band here in England and I spent all my money on synthesisers – literally. Of course I also loved the weirder German bands like Can and Neu!”Īfter moving to England in the mid-70s, it wasn’t long before Hans started performing his own music live. After that I started delving into Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and all these incredible electronic musicians. “I had my blues phase, I got really into Muddy Waters and people like that, then of course it was The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. “Of course came the moment when I had to go and rebel against everything,” he remembers. As time progressed, so too did Hans’ musical tastes. ![]() ![]() From a young age he remembers his extremely musical mother taking him to classical concerts around his home city of Frankfurt, while his father (an engineer and inventor) would encourage him to physically modify their home piano. Music has always been a fundamental part of Hans’ life. The whopping 205,501 samples amount to a tool that is truly breathtaking in scope. The latest collaboration with Spitfire Audio is a truly audacious undertaking, as Hans says it was motivated by a desire to ‘see what would happen if we sampled something that is actually physically impossible”. “I approach sample creation with two specific mindsets: the first is how much inspiration and sound can I get out of the orchestra, and my other is to just try something really outrageous and see if we can make something that allows you to do what you ‘can’t do’ in the real world.” We were overlapping on so many areas, dealing with questions like, ‘How often can you go and ask the same viola player to play the same note for a sample?’ It just made sense that we would join forces eventually. “A couple of other composers thought it would be a good idea to pursue this further, so they were sort of doing a parallel thing to me. “I don’t think I’m telling complete porky pies if I say that we were the ones who started orchestral sampling at AIR after we did The Lion King. “Needless to say I’m not in it for the money,” Hans says before telling us that it’s a relationship that goes back a long way. We’re curious to know how his interest in sampling, and his collaboration with Spitfire Audio, began? Which brings us to Hans Zimmer Strings – the remarkable orchestral library from Spitfire Audio that we reviewed last issue. In the CD booklet, Zimmer gives an extensive and entertaining report on the making of the record, which is a nice addition to the first album.Yet despite these remarkable achievements, Hans’ unending desire to push the boundaries of what is possible sonically still drives him to innovate. Nice are an alternative recording with Djivan Gasparian on the duduk and the Earth Theme, played by Lisa Gerrard on the yan ching. More Music From The Motion Picture Gladiator therefore contains dialogues, some remixes of Now We Are Free and fragments that were composed for the film but were ultimately not used. With the official soundtrack, the duo has of course mowed away the grass for their own feet. ![]() ![]() Australian singer and composer Lisa Gerrard is part of the gothic rock duo Dead Can Dance. His music includes Rain Man, Crimson Tide, The Preacher's Wife, As Good As It Gets, The Thin Red Line and … above all The Lion King. Zimmer combines traditional orchestral sounds with the latest electronic gadgets. It was composed and arranged by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard. After numerous nominations and awards for the hit film Gladiator, it is no surprise that a second album has been released with music from this film.
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