Hans Zimmer has revolutionized the art of the film score and the fusion of electronic and acoustic instruments. He has created music so unique that listeners can almost instantly identify a piece that was composed by him. He has composed hundreds of films and is considered to be in the same league as John Williams, Danny Elfman, and James Newton Howard. His career started with award-winning film "The Lion King" and since then he has scored some of the most widely known movies today such as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Dark Knight. (Hans Zimmer)
Much like composer John Williams has inspired many of the composers we listen to today, Hans Zimmer is becoming an influence to many upcoming score artists. More and more people are starting to experiment with electronic scoring and soon it may become standard in certain genres of film.
Hans' signature sound is often dark, droning, and tonal but can also be energetic and exciting at times. He achieves this through the perfect mixture of orchestral instruments and electronic samplers or synthesizers. Often he will take oscillators and add natural characteristics to them such as reverb and delay to make them sound massive and more realistic. Hans is also the master of the counterpoint and musical motifs which makes the music he writes more memorable. Everyone remembers the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song because the motif sticks in the listeners mind for long after the movie ends. (Hans Zimmer)
Hans Zimmer possesses the kind of talent that can change the entire industry of film scoring. People will often watch the movies he scores and then go buy the soundtrack because the music is so interesting and unique they want to hear it again. My favorite soundtrack that he did was for Gladiator. I listen to the soundtrack because it reminds me of scenes in that movie that were emotionally moving.
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