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For Immediate ReleaseFAMED HOLLYWOOD COMPOSER HANS ZIMMER RELEASES
THE WINGS OF A FILM — THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER
THE BEST-LOVED MOVIE MUSIC PERFORMED LIVE IN CONCERT
TO BE RELEASED JUNE 19TH ON DECCA RECORDS INCLUDES SELECTIONS FROM GLADIATOR; THE LION KING; DRIVING MISS DAISY; THELMA & LOUISE; THE THIN RED LINE; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2; RAIN MAN;
NINE MONTHS and TRUE ROMANCE (New York, NY, June 18, 2001) — Seven-time Oscar nominee Hans Zimmer, with over 70-plus scores to his credit, has long been recognized as one of Hollywood’s most innovative musical talents. He has composed some of the screen’s most memorable and enduring film music, including The Lion King, which earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score along with a Golden Globe, an American Music Award, a Tony Award and two Grammy Awards in 1994. Last year, Zimmer penned the powerful score to Gladiator, the top selling soundtrack of 2000, which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This year, he has written the music to the box office smash Hannibal and the blockbuster Pearl Harbor. The Wings of a Film features some of Hollywood’s best-loved movie music performed live in concert with a symphony orchestra for the very first time. The music is brought to life with the help of some of Zimmer’s favorite collaborators — including singers/composers Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator) and Lebo M (The Lion King), and guitarists Pete Haycock (Thelma & Louise) and Heitor Pereira (Gladiator) — along with the acclaimed Flemish Radio Orchestra. This special concert event was recorded last October at the Flanders International Film Festival in Belgium and is now being released worldwide on Decca.
Academy Award nominated director Ridley Scott, who has worked with Zimmer on Gladiator and Hannibal, has described Zimmer’s music as providing “the wings of a film.” His music does not merely accompany the picture but acts as its partner, offering a path to the innermost feelings of the characters. The emotional and heartfelt music not only serves to propel the action on the screen but also is able to stand on its own. A pioneer in the use of digital synthesizers, electronic keyboards and the latest computer technology, Zimmer is considered the father of integrating the digital music world with that of traditional orchestral arrangements. Born in Germany and educated in England, his success came first in the world of pop music as a member of the Buggles. The group’s 1980 single “Video Killed the Radio Star” became a worldwide hit and was the first music video to be aired on MTV. In 1988, Zimmer composed the music to Rain Man, which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and brought him his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score. The next year, he composed the score to another Best Picture recipient, Driving Miss Daisy, which earned him his second Oscar nomination in as many years. On the heels of this new release and currently riding high on the epic scale Pearl Harbor score, Zimmer now segues into the DreamWorks animation film Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, scheduled to be released next year. Zimmer will also score the Ridley Scott directed film Black Hawk Down, a Jerry Bruckheimer film, and Riding In Cars With Boys, starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Penny Marshall, to be released October 19th. ###
Contact: Beth Krakower
CineMedia Promotions
Cinemediapromo@yahoo.com
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