Lion, Witch & Wardrobe score -- say it aint so!!!
Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 6:17 pm
This maybe old news to some people but I only just found-out the upcoming Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe film will be scored by...Harry Gregson Williams!!!:x
Why is every single film that calls for a bold, surging, epic symphonic score placed into the hands of Hans Zimmer and Media Ventures? I mean Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Kingdom of Heaven, etc., etc.
Now, don't get me wrong -- I've LIKED some of Hans Zimmer's scores. I still think his score for First Born (BBC, 1989) is one of the best unreleased scores of the past 20 years.
But I DON'T think Zimmer's electro-acoustic-ethno-new age style is right for everything, and he and his cronies (who all seem to write just like him) are grabing every epic adventure / epic fantasy which comes along.
I mean I love John Williams, but I wouldn't want every single movie to sound like John Williams. But still I'd rather every movie sound like Williams over Zimmer. This "Hans Zimmer sound" has become all-pervasive, hanging from modern cinema like so much Spanish moss. Lets hear some different voices for a change!
Why is every single film that calls for a bold, surging, epic symphonic score placed into the hands of Hans Zimmer and Media Ventures? I mean Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Kingdom of Heaven, etc., etc.
Now, don't get me wrong -- I've LIKED some of Hans Zimmer's scores. I still think his score for First Born (BBC, 1989) is one of the best unreleased scores of the past 20 years.
But I DON'T think Zimmer's electro-acoustic-ethno-new age style is right for everything, and he and his cronies (who all seem to write just like him) are grabing every epic adventure / epic fantasy which comes along.
I mean I love John Williams, but I wouldn't want every single movie to sound like John Williams. But still I'd rather every movie sound like Williams over Zimmer. This "Hans Zimmer sound" has become all-pervasive, hanging from modern cinema like so much Spanish moss. Lets hear some different voices for a change!