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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Apr 10, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.915 (14/643 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-03T19:51:26.990094Z
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hans zimmer is def a harmonic composer rather than a melodic composer; the chord progressions are the foundation and some of his work is very textural as a result. and whereas someone like john williams develops liet motifs for various characters, locations, etc in a soundtrack, zimmer tends to create one liet motif for the entire film and riff on it endlessly. he also favors certain characteristic chord changes such as tritones. and of course his blending of synthesizers and orchestra is legendary.
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Fantastic video! Hans Zimmer is by far my favorite composer out of the lot. Iāve watched many interviews with him on how he goes thru the creative process, and itās quite amazing. He freely states that he isnāt a āmusicianā and when he first started he thought people would hate his creations because they were so simplistic. He was shocked that people had such visceral reactions to his pieces. The rest fell into place with experience and knowing he couldnāt do it alone so he surrounded himself with musical geniuses that took his ideas and helped him make them better. He also said heās a big believer in creating your own samples and make a unique sound that people will identify with (think of the movie āDark Knightā it was only TWO NOTES, recorded in a theater with 2-3 French horns in the balcony, and 2-3 French horns on the stage - thatās IT, and became the basis of the movie score ).
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I think the difficulty is to use simple scales and a few notes and manage to make melodies and textures that are haunting and unique and hit the emotional buttons they need to hit. Hans is the absolute god-emperor of this. A lot of modern classical composers hide behind a wall of musical complexity and elitism, playing with atonality and whatnot, and in the best case, liking to mock composers like Hans Zimmer as "low-level music". Ironically it's exactly that clever simplicity combined with insane and unique textures that is difficult to reach. As an engineer with a lot of background in mathematics and physics but also music theory, it is pretty simple for me to literally "construct" something insanely complex that sounds like many of the (post)modern "classical" composers. It is virtually impossible to create a haunting tune on the c-minor scale that is not just a copy or something that exists. There is a reason why studios are willing to pay Hans millions if they could have any of the "elitists" for a fraction of that...
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Hello Matthew, this was a great video! I just wanted to ask a question that maybe you could answer either under my comment, or in a future video - What is a good piano practice routine? Because I have been playing the piano for about two years and I have really enjoyed it, and I have improved so much. Though my practice time could be better organised- what would you say is the best way to organise these sessions?
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@StorryMorey
1 year ago
the actual reason hanz is good at music, because he learned.
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