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Highly influential. Launched the career of the most successful composer in the history of film music. That’s no hyperbole. Who ever had a 10.000 -member audience for a concert?
The Hollywood Bowl outdoor venue seats 18,000+ people. I worked for the LA Phil for 3.5 years, and attended the Williams concert every year. I didn’t work in the box office so don’t have exact sales numbers but it was always PACKED and I think I heard about it selling out (or coming close) at least once or twice.
I’m guessing Williams may be again in album sales and Morricone might be ahead in conversion (with al the collections). But Zimmer is BIG.
Williams is bigger, believe me. More of a household name, considering franchises like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, Harry Potter, and then all the famous director collaborations from Altman and Rydell to Stone and Spielberg… sorry, it’s not even close. Zimmer in indeed in 2nd place I’d say though, these days.
Yavar
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NoteForNote release is stellar and I have it, but this is legendary and one of the most influential scores of all time from one of my Top3 composers, whom I have been fortunate enough to meet in person a few times, so this is instant buy for me. And it’s worth to mention that the booklet will include a new interview with Hans made by Kaya Savas directly for this edition.
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And it’s worth to mention that the booklet will include a new interview with Hans made by Kaya Savas directly for this edition.
Where is Randall D Larson when we need him?
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Hans Zimmer's RAIN MAN is a terrific score, and yes, it is seminal, deeply influential. I mean, obviously Hans Zimmer has become one of the most influential composers in film music history, and RAIN MAN was his Hollywood entry card. It was the score to RAIN MAN that made Ridley Scott seek out Hans Zimmer for BLACK RAIN.
And I think it remains to this day one of Hans Zimmer's best film scores. I have the original soundtrack album (which is mostly songs and two nicely edited Zimmer cues), and I have the Notefornote, which significantly expands Zimmer's score and sounds great. (I skipped the Perseverance when it came out; before I even ordered it I heard people complain about the poor sound).
Not sure if I will spring for the La-La Land now... it's usually not really worth double dipping on something that was already done this well, but it's great to see this re-released, and if I did not have RAIN MAN already, I'd definitely jump at the chance to get it from LLL. It is a great score, one of Hans Zimmer's best ever.
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It's okay to like or dislike Zimmer, or his music, or his approach, but there is not doubt he is one of the most successful and influential film composers in the world.
I don't think it's true that Zimmer "cannot" supervise this or any other recording without others, I just think he prefers doing it with others. Zimmer is known to love working with other people and gives them credit. That is a perfectly legitimate approach to film scoring or producing records.
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I wonder if the liner notes will finally confirm that This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy was in the temp track for the Vegas sequence. 
Good question. The similarities are indeed striking.
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Granted, JB may have overstated his case a bit, but "one of the most important scores in the last 40 years" is behond absurd. I know you like the score but sheesh. eek!
It launched Zimmer's career in Hollywood. Hans Zimmer is probably the biggest film composer in the world right now. Where's the absurdity?
Still, sounds preposterous when read out loud. Ok score, importance not so much.
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I'm afraid there's no getting around the fact that Zimmer is one of the biggest film composers in the world, and RAIN MAN was what opened the doors for him. You can dislike it all you want, but that's the reality of it.
What passes for scholarship these days. 
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