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Aug 30, 2010 - 6:06 PM
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Thgil
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I must start this thread by saying that I don't consider myself a fan of Mr. Zimmer's work. In fact, this is the only film I've seen which was scored by him during which I found myself thinking, "That is really interesting music." It's nothing monumental by any stretch of the imagination, but it's quite nice. I'd been in a musical rut lately, wanting for something completely new in the way of themes as well as style. When I went to see Inception this past Wednesday, that was exactly what I got. I knew I had to have the CD.
Now, the point of this thread is this: Inception is the only Zimmer album in my collection. For the Zimmer buffs out there, how do you rate it amongst his work? (Just out of curiosity) Secondly, is there anything else out there by him that falls along these same lines? I liked this one over his others because it's so downplayed, has minimal electro/techno influences and has several distinct, if simplistic, themes. This score fit the movie like a glove and I would be quite happy if he were nominated for best score. This was by far the best bit of scoring I've encountered in years.
And I don't typically find myself saying things like that about this man.
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Aug 30, 2010 - 6:40 PM
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Thgil
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Thanks for the recommendations ahem. I'll most likely rent the films to see what I think of the music. I've got a couple in my Netflix, actually.
Has anyone checked out inceptionscore.com? I just accidentally found myself there and now I've got two bonus tracks: Projections & Don't Think About Elephants. I highly doubt the latter is from the scene from which it got its name.
Speaking of which, there seem to be a few tracks whose scenes I'm not sure about.
SPOILERS CONTAINED HEREIN:
I know that "Half Remembered Dream" is from the opening. "Dream is Collapsing" is from the scene with that line; "Radical Notion" is from Ariadne's first experiments with the dream world's physics; "528491" is from the buildup to Cobb and Ariadne's arrival in "limbo"; "Mombasa" is self-explanatory; "Dream Within a Dream" seems to be from the scene with that line, but the second half is a more tortured rendition of the theme as heard in the finale; "Waiting for a Train" is very obviously from the scenes leading up to the destruction of the third level hospital room; "Time" is from the finale (by far my favorite cue from the film with those lovely two note descending horn phrases).
The confusion comes in with "We Built Our Own World". To me, when I first listened to the CD, I thought it was from the scene when Ariadne and Cobb ascend and descend the elevator in his various memories, but it isn't long enough to be for that scene. Then again, it's not long enough to be from the scene for which it was named. Not in its entirety anyway.
"Old Souls" is, I think, from the sequence from which that line comes (Cobb and Moll awaken from limbo).
"One Simple Idea" could very well be from the scene in which Cobb plants said idea. Don't quote me.
"Paradox" sounds like it could be the denouement for Cobb and Moll. Again, don't quote me. These passages are so similar it's hard to tell.
Any clarification would be welcome.
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"Dream is Collapsing" is the end title music.
My favorite score of the year so far as well...but four more months of new scores to go. 
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It's an OK score. Nothing special in my opinion. Zimmer has done far better in the past.
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