How do you feel about an overweight semi Russel Crowe lookalike?
I swear, that was relevant to the conversation. The Pirates of the Carribean theme is incredibly similar to the Barbarian Horde from the Gladiator soundtrack, and both are Hans Zimmer pieces.
Actually, what you mean to say is all Hans Zimmer works sound incredibly similar.
stately theme in minor, feature trombones and horns.
PLUS
drum machine
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"Zimmer modulation"
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Double time / half time shifts whenever needed
EQUALS
EVERY HANS ZIMMER 'ORIGINAL' SOUNDTRACK EVAR
Technically,
Pirates of the Carribean isn't composed by Zimmer. The themes are composed by Klaus Badelt. But, man, it really does sound just like Zimmer, doesn't it? And technically, most of the stuff written for the O.S.T to
The Rock sounds like Zimmer (some of it actually is), but it's actually mostly written by Nick Glennie-Smith! But if you didn't know any better, you could swear it must be by Zimmer himself! I wonder who Badelt and Glennie-Smith studied with and then went to work for...oh...yeah...Hans Zimmer... Only one other film composer is as derivative to the point Zimmer is, and he is just as acclaimed as Zimmer (i.e., way too much): James Horner. Don't get me wrong, I love their stuff, but both of those guys ran out of ideas after their first two or three flicks. (
The Lion King might be Zimmer's least derivative work.
Star Trek II is really EVERYTHING Horner ever wrote, and it's him at his best...everything he did after that basically jumbled up stuff he used in
Wrath of Khan.)