Message Board
June 1996
Here you can post messages to other users of the page regarding CD availability, soundtrack discussion, or other such items of interest regarding Zimmer's works.
Hi! It`s amazing how Zimmer has had such an effect on so many people!
Does anyone know if Zimmer`s Pacific Heights is any good?
TRhanks
Zimmer is the Zodiac of Life!
This is cool. Now I am writing a reply to a reply to a reply. Can anybody beat that??? Let's try to set a record!!! Noyona? (Are you going there?)
Oh, wow, a reply to a reply to a reply to a reply. Yes, Hans Zimmer has an e-mail! Sort of. At his official page, you can, "Ask Hans," but does he answer?? He hasn't answered my question. I asked him about Noyona. I've got the song stuck in my head.
hi !
i can get "backdraft" for 32 DM, so ca. 20 $
by !
homer
Keep this message. The rest stink.
Maintainer's Note: BTW, it's Shenzi and Banzai, not Schenzi and Bonzai. -BT
TO ALL YOU HANS FANS: YOU GUYS PICKED A GREAT ONE. I'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS GUY FOR YEARS, AND I THINK HE IS GREAT, THOU HE HAS
COMPOSED A FEW DUDS OVER THE YEARS. MY FIRST RECOLLECTION OF
HANS IS THE RAINMAN SOUNDTRACK. THE "DRIVING" THEME IS GREAT.
K2 WAS FANTASTIC, YOU MUST RENT THE MOVIE SOMETIME....THEY ONLY
USED A SMALL PORTION OF HIS MUSIC, HIRING ANOTHER COMPOSER TO DO
THE REMAINDER OF THE FILM. AFTER SEEING THE FILM I TOLD MY WIFE
"THEY MUST HAVE FIGURED THE MUSIC DWARFED THE FILM". A WORLD APART
IS ANOTHER GREAT AFRICAN THEME FILM. THE CLOSING TITLE IS AMONG
HAN'S GREATEST STUFF. BY THE WAY, HANS HAD A HAND IN 3 BEST PICTURES
OF THE YEAR IN A ROW....87,88,89...THE LITTLEST EMPORER, RAINMAN, AND DRIVING
MISS DAISY. NOT BAD FOR AN ALMOST UNKNOWN COMPOSER AT THE TIME.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PAPER HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME....EUROPEAN
AND OUT OF PRINT. I RECENTLY TRACKED DOWN BLACK RAIN, WHICH HAS
A TERRIFIC CLOSING TRACK. I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS COMPOSER ALL
NIGHT, BUT I'VE BEEN HIKING ALL DAY AND I'M KIND OF TIRED...I HOPE
I MAKE SOME SENSE, AND WILL CHECK BACK SOON WITH INFO ON THE
SOUNDTRACKS OF HANS ZIMMER THAT AREN'T SO GOOD. UNTIL THAT TIME....
Shenzi: You're rigt, Mr. Tiemann. Bonzai here can't spell his own name.
Bonzai: Hey!
Shenzi: Well, it's true. Just admit it.
Bonzai: I can spell my own name!
Shenzi: Can not!
Bonzai: Can too!
Shenzi: Can not!
Bonzai: Can to!
Schenzi: Ok, then prove it. Come on, let's here you spell your name.
Bonzai: B-A-N-Z-A-I...
Shenzi: Told you!
Bonzai: OK, let's hear you spell your name.
Shenzi: S-C-H-E-N-Z-I...
Bonzai: Ed, can you spell your name?
Shenzi: Of course he can. Ed's name has only two letters, but I wonder if he can. Ed, spell your name.
Ed: Ha-ha.
Shenzi: Oh, that's right, so smart!
Ed:
Shenzi: We're here to say that Hans Zimmer rules. We love The Lion King soundtrack and Rhythm of the Pride Lands. Bonzai, what do you have to say.
Bonzai: About what?
Shenzi: About Hans Zimmer. You know, he wrote the music for The Lion King, and that one movie about that bad detergent.
Bonzai: Oh, that guy. Wait a second, what movie about bad detergent?
Shenzi: I think it was called Crimson Tide.
Bonzai: Oh, right. Hans Zimmer is cool! We love him! We love those little vocals in the background of those songs.
Ed; (To the tune of Busa) Ha ha, ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! (Spit)
Shenzi: Yuck! Last time I ever ask you to give your opinions on this page.
Bonzai: Any way, Hans Zimmer is the only human we like.All other humans are so hairy...
Shenzi: ...and stinky...
Bonzai: ...so dirty...
Shenzi: ...so pushy...
Bonzai: and man are they (with shenzi) ugggg-leee!
Shenzi: Hans Zimmer is cool though. He's our friend.
Bonzai: Oh, and we like you to, Mr. Tiemann.
I'm having a bit of a problem with those hyenas. They turn on my
computer when no one's looking. They sit there looking at this page.
Yesterday, they tried to post a message. They went a little
overboard, and sent the thing eight times (I counted). My bill's gone
way up. What can I do about it? Should I send them to a gorge,
telling them that I've got a big surprise for them?
Scar, what are you doing here?
Is there a hidden message in this background? It looks like it says something.
Hans Zimmer is cool! I listen to his music while I write my plays. Hanz Zimmer is just so inspireing. His music just makes me feel good. I'm writing a play called "McButter"
What am I doing here? I'm worshiping Hans Zimmer. What else do you do at a "Hans Zimmer Worship Page?"
Boy am I smart! I tricked Banzai into spelling his name wrong! Oh, I'm just to much! He types in all his stuff himself. He read your correction, but thought it said something else. He can't read that well, you know. Heck, I can't read that well. We're hyenas, what do you expect?
My favourite HZ is Greencard. What other soundtracks of his have similar
relaxing sort of music, but still with an African feel?
I think the rave reviews have made Crimson Tide a must for me.
This is a great page!
Claudine
Can anybody tell me, which record-company released the
Soundtrack "Millenium" ?
In Germany is this Soundtrack not available .
Shenzi, what did you have to do that for?
Millenium was released on Narada Cinema
through Warner in Australia.
THE ROCK is scored by Nick Glennie-Smith, and not
Mark Mancina as suggested earlier.
Waiting for THE FAN with Snipes and DeNiro, helmed by Tony Scott
ZIMMER scores!!!!!!!!!!
Chris CAINE
Yes, GREEN CARD doesn't get much mention, but I think it's a
fantastic, haunting score. Track #2 is simply one of the very
best things Hans has ever done, and represents a style I wish
he'd get back to. As a writer, I can't tell you the number of time
I've listened to track #2 and found the inspiration for an idea.
It's a wonderful, dark kind of Lawrence of Arabia, in many ways.
I saw THE ROCK this weekend, scored by Hans and someone else.
I liked it, but didn't love it. Sounded too much like CRIMSON TIDE,
and never really provided anything fresh. Same pounding strings
that CRIMSON had. Oh, well, hope THE FAN is better.
First I'd like to say WOW! There have been quite a few messages since the
last time I've checked here. It's great to see so many fans of Hans
Zimmer fans and hopefully Motion Picture Scores (MPS) in general.
I would just like to point out a rather disturbing trend however. Anyone
else out there notice the increasing number of "Soundtracks" as opposed to
MPS's lately. What I mean are those CD's that have a bunch of songs from
the movie... er... half the songs that were in the movie and the other
half of related material but otherwise have nothing to do with the
movie.
I have a friend who says he's also into soundtracks. However it's not the
MPS's he's interested in but the "Pop" music that went along with the
movie. A good example is the Batman Forever "Soundtrack" vs. the MPS
(however neither of them were very exceptional). Anyways my point is that
it seems that the CD companies have been putting more and more of the Pop
type "Soundtracks" on the shelves and less and less of the scores out on
the shelf in order increase popularity into the Soundtrack section of the
record store.
That's fine. I would love to see our favorite section of the record store
become the most popular. However I don't want to see THAT kind of
popularity. I would rather see a majority of MPS than have my favorite
section get "Popular". The stores already have "Pop", "Alternative",
"Metal", etc. sections in the store. I don't think we need a section that
carries all of them and call it "Soundtracks". Years ago, I used to buy a
soundtrack almost once every two weeks. Now, I have trouble find any good
scores that aren't totally mixed with other stuff I'd rather not listen
to.
This is not a complaint but more of an observation and I'm interested in
hearing opposing/agreeing views on this. What do you guys think. Am I
just WAY too much of a MPS freak? Well I'll catch you guys later!
Ciao!
Andy
Can Jeroen or anyone tell me more about the soundtrack
to True Romance? Is there a full CD Zimmer score?
I've seen the track listing of the CD at the Media Ventures website,
but didn't see any songs credited to Zimmer...
So I wonder if there's a seperate CD of Zimmer's score?
If so, is it worth buying? (I love the main theme!)
Roger
http://mailhost.net/~rogerlee
mailto:rogerlee@mailhost.net
On the Soundtrack of True Romance are 3 themes from
Hans Zimmer. A seperate score album is not available.
Can anybody tell me where I can get the Millenium
Soundtrack ! I¥ve tried everything to order this score,
but without success !
Millenium is available in Australia from Warner.
LISTEN UP, I am visiting the US in July; anyone wanting Zimmer stuff unavailable in the US,
is welcome to ask me for Australian stock. I leave June 26th, so be early.
cost will be a maximum of US$21.
Does anyone dance (a jig) listening to Zimmer like I do?
MUPPETS is quite grand - suspiciously sounding like DROP ZONE, with a tinge of CRIMSON TIDE.
I'm happy to report that I have all Zimmer releases except NEW MUSIC
which is being re-released from Germany along with PAPERHOUSE and A WORLD APART.
Toodles ya big noodles!! =:)
Chris CAINE (The Fijian in Australia)
I was watching this board grow in size (at a totally unexpected rate!),
and realized that sooner or later I'll have to flush the messages, or else
do what I did with the Guest Book and throw all the old messages into a
separate file and start over. I need some input from you all. How long
should I let the board grow before I flush it? Is it ready for a flush
now, or is it really not as cumbersome as I imagine it must be to just
scroll to the end when you load it? Or do you have any ideas for a full
overhaul of the board's layout altogether?
Thanks!
Brian Tiemann, Maintainer, the HZWP
I know a lot of you have seen the new movie "The Rock," it rocks! and so does the Zimmer soundtrack...I would say it's like a mix between Crimson Tide and Backdraft...check it out if you havn't!
Dear (not Alan I presume) Silvestri,
Not to detract from the movie nor the score,
THE ROCK is scored by Hans' stablemate NICK-GLENNIE SMITH
(one to you Pat), with some assistance from Hans.
I look forward to the experience.
Chris
My suggestion to Brian was that the Board be viewed in an
descending order (ie. last messages first).
Thar yoo go, toodles all yoo Zimmeroos!
I think it is getting quite long. You might think of just
I've seen The Rock now 4 times!!! A great movie with what I feel is an absolutely awesome soundtrack. I liked the music so much in fact that I went my local record store and tried to purchase the cd, but I was informed that it's not available. Does anyo
ne
know if there's plans to release the soundtrack??????
Mark was never an assistant to Hans. Mark has had an affiliation with
Media Ventures for a long time either composing commercialsfor the company
or ghosting on cues for Hans on many movies.
Hi,
Please bear with me! I'm still working on getting the updating to work by adding new messages to the top, but until that works itself out,
I HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE "THE ROCK" AND I LOVE IT! THE MUSIC WAS WRITTEN BY HANS ZIMMER
If anyone has any information about Power of One sites, I'd love to hear from you.
I do believe the soundtrack is available but it's not out in
We have found the coveted soundtrack to the Rock!-I located it at a local Blockbuster Music so look there if you want to accquire this intense offering from Zimmer-It DOES Rock!
I have The Rock soundtrack, purchased at Hastings music and video. My personal favorite HZ music is Crimson Tide, because of the Naval Hymn arrangement on it. However, The Rock is a close second. Of course, those other two guys are listed in it, but th
e powerful driving melody is obviously Mr. Zimmer. I think the flute work on track 3 and 6 is the other guy. Anyways, The Rock..heh..ROCKS. Get it!
Okay folks!
Actually, he is co-composing the soundtrack with another composer.
removing the messages older than
like idea mentioned by someone about putting newer messages
near the top and older ones near the end.
E-mail: tkrussel@us.oracle.com
He joined the team at Media and wrote music for many TV shows as well as
movies.
See Twister for his latest score.
NicoE-mail: nicog@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Hans Zimmer vs. Mark Mancina
Mark has worked on many scores WITH Zimmer, he also produces the songs in
The Li
on King.
They have a similar sound perhaps as Mark has ghosted on many Zimmer
scores and
they have worked together for a long time.
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E-mail: nicog@earthlink
Subject: Re: HZ a member of the
Hans was in the Buggles. In those days he was a programmer and got
involved due
to his great electronic background. The album is called Living In The
Plastic Ag
e.
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E-mail: nicog@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Re: HZ a member of the
Hans was in the Buggles. In those days he was a programmer and got
involved due
to his great electronic background. The album is called Living In The
Plastic Ag
e.
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Nico
E-mail: nicog@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Fiachra Trench & Nick Glennie-Smith
Yes It is the same Fia Trench. Nick is busy working on other movies by
himself.
See joint credit on the Rock.
Jun 23 - 13:54
E-mail: 103311,1543@compuserve.com
I just saw the 'The Rock' with Sean Connery, one of my most favorite actors. As usual I couldn't get the terrific soundtrack by my favorite composer, because it's again delayed. I must say I really don't understand those record companies. Sometimes they i
ssue a soundtrack of a movie that hasn't been released for months and on the other hand everyone is waiting for a special score (here it's 'The Rock'). In Germany it's even more stupid! Sometimes they release a soundtrack, and then the movie is only relea
sed on video, it never hits our screens.
Let's hope that 'The Rock' will be issued soon.
Does anyone know where the Hans Zimmer/Mark Mancina compilation is available ?? (Please e-mail me!)(Backtrack doesn't have it)
Finally I'd like to suggest to remove older messages, because the board is too full !
Thanks :-)
E-mail: btman@cco.caltech.edu
I'll leave it like this, and I'll delete all messages up to two months before the current date. Feel free to email or post suggestions as to
how far back to keep messages.
Thanks! And hang in there. :)
Brian
E-mail: SHOmann@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net
AND SOMEONE ELSE ALTHOUGH I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO. I REALLY LIKE THE MUSIC, BUT I DON'T
THINK THEY MAKE THE SOUNDTRACK. IF ANYONE HEARS ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK BEING SOLD SOMEWHERE
PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW. IF ANYONE E-MAILS ME BE SURE TO ADDRESS IT TO OGY.
E-mail: mhayes9@tcd.net
E-mail: a2kim@cayley.uwaterloo.ca
great abundance possibly for the fact that it is an instrumental
soundtrack (see my gripe about this subject in an earlier post...
:)
Anyways it is available because my brother is picking it up for
me so I should be getting in this weekend...
Andy
E-mail: shomann.hcc-uky@mail.campus.mci.net
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
E-mail: rmadison@nmsu.edu
Mad Dog
E-mail: imc@top.net
THE ROCK score was released Tuesday by Hollywood Records
in North America. Thar yoo go!
I am on 4 weeks holiday now; but will I leave you? NO!
My mail is forwarded, and I will visit you from different
locations around this half of the world.
Toodles ya Zimmer ronamancinasmith noodles!
Chris CAINE going tripsta..for a few days...
E-mail: bdi@netins.net
You can tell HZ worked on it because of the string ensembles,
and the strong presence of the percussion section.
Overall, awesome movie. Best movie I've seen this summer.
FYI, HZ's next film is "The Fan", directed by Tony Scott.