HANS ZIMMER - Composer

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 85 - HANS ZIMMER - COMPOSER

Composer Hans Zimmer (DUNE, INTERSTELLAR, THE LION KING) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Hans takes us back to his early career working the espresso machine for composer Stanley Myers and later making runs for director Bernardo Bertolucci on THE LAST EMPEROR before reflecting on his experience composing the score for the South Africa-set, anti-apartheid film A WORLD APART. We later discuss the purpose of score in a film and how Hans works to create an environment in which a director’s story can unfold, as does a cinematographer. We learn what Hans is really doing when he’s procrastinating, and we weigh the value of being original and being good. We also trade notes on working with director Denis Villeneuve, and Hans reveals his deeply personal connection to the score and story of THE LION KING. Towards the end, Hans opines that the Hollywood sound is really made in London, and he revels in the joy of conducting an orchestra that has played everything until he brings his original score to their stands.

This episode is sponsored by the Dallas Film Commission & Godox

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by the Dallas Film Commission, which is dedicated to
0:26.7	showcasing Dallas as a premier destination for productions of all sizes.
0:32.3	The Dallas Film Commission offers a wide range of
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0:44.4	Meet the Dallas Film Commission at the Film USA Pavilion
0:48.0	at the Khan Film Festival, May 14th to the 24th.
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1:52.3	Today we're speaking to a music composer. His list of credits is long. It might be easier to list the movies he hasn't worked on.
2:00.0	Among his credits are Dune, The Lion King, Blade Runner,
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