Film Music Reporter is, uh, reporting that Hans Zimmer is set to score the upcoming film, F1, coming in June 2025 from director Joseph Kosinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and star Brad Pitt, which is set in and around the world of, uh, F1.
Teaser trailer also just released, which looks to have the type of racing footage you'd expect from the team behind TOP GUN MAVERICK.
Sadly F1 cars look like F2 - Experts will understand.
I was just reading that the filmmakers worked with Mercedes to develop cars used for the racing sequences, and Toto Wolff suggested they build "F1 cars" on top of F2 chassis for the cameras and so the actors could do a lot of their own driving.
Sadly F1 cars look like F2 - Experts will understand.
I was just reading that the filmmakers worked with Mercedes to develop cars used for the racing sequences, and Toto Wolff suggested they build "F1 cars" on top of F2 chassis for the cameras and so the actors could do a lot of their own driving.
It is so evident on the screen, unfortunately, and will impact negatively the film's realism IMHO
Zimmer was at the Austrian GP a few weeks ago performing their national anthem and handed trophies out as well as doing a pre race feature promo and mentioned in interview he was music producer for the film, not specifically the composer.
Interesting assignment. Of course, I wish it would sound like DAYS OF THUNDER -- one of my favourite Zimmer scores -- but that is highly unlikely. RUSH is one of Zimmer's more recent scores that I quite like, so wouldn't be opposed to something in that vein either. Just not something generic and Brian Tyler-like, please, with endless pounding percussion.
I saw Grand Prix in Cinerama and it is my favorite auto racing movie. I think Maurice Jarre wrote the best score for this kind of movie that I have ever heard.
I saw Grand Prix in Cinerama and it is my favorite auto racing movie. I think Maurice Jarre wrote the best score for this kind of movie that I have ever heard.
I know this is a generational thing, but when I hear Jarre's score, I don't hear racing, I hear circus. Like if you don't show me the picture, I would have never guess this score has anything to do with auto racing.
I am not sure I agree, and you often write about we oldies wanting 60's or 70's sounding music instead of current music. I came to love film scores due to the Silver Age and composers like Conti, Bernstein and Goldsmith, and I'm still loving John Williams. Same with a lot of current members. I then worked my way back to Waxman, Rozsa and other Golden composers. Also, many of us oldies have stayed current knowing Horner, Shore, JN Howard, Reznor and Ross and certainly Zimmer. Just played his Gladiator score today.
What some of us oldies really want is great music, not noise, not sounds that sound like vacuum cleaners upchucking. We would also like "youngers" on this board to EXPAND their horizons beyond a few current composers and delve into past film scores. Generational things could be eliminated if "youngers" broaden their perspectives.
