If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie. Hans Zimmer More Quotes by Hans Zimmer More Quotes From Hans Zimmer Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting. Hans Zimmer play wind interesting You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times. Hans Zimmer flexible all-time critics A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it's a piece of technology. So when computers came along, in the '70s, I suddenly thought, hang on a second, this is interesting. These things can become an instrument. So I just became very interested in them, and started, playing with electronics. Hans Zimmer cat technology interesting The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever. Hans Zimmer writing long ideas Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there is no other music innovating as much as film music Hans Zimmer film-music movement way I get all my good ideas sort of at one o' clock in the morning, and I tried for a while to behave like normal people. Hans Zimmer morning people ideas I don't drive, so one of my assistants drives me to my writing room, and I have a calendar on the wall telling me how much time I have left, and how far behind I am. I look at it and panic, and decide which scene to work on. And you sit there plonking notes until something makes sense, and you don't think about it any more. Good tunes come when you're not thinking about it. Hans Zimmer wall writing thinking I grew up in a house full of music, and a house that didn't have a television. We had a piano, but no television. And really, I very quickly realized that this was, you know, there was magic there, there was magic to be had, you could lose yourself in it, it was a refuge, it was joy, it was all of those things. Hans Zimmer piano house joy I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film. Hans Zimmer credit giving firsts I have all these computers and keyboards and synthesizers, and I rattle away. For instance, with The Lion King I wrote over four hours worth of tunes, and they were really pretty -but totally meaningless. So in the end I came up with material I liked. We worked on The Lion King for four years, but I wasn't toying until the last three-and-a-half weeks properly. On Crimson Tide, on the other hand, I just went in and within seconds I knew what I wanted. Hans Zimmer music kings hands I try to communicate with the musicians the way I communicate with the filmmakers. I'm not going to say to them, can we be a little bit more presto here. Hang on, this should be a bit more exciting, or I try to explain the scene to them, or I try to explain the context the notes are supposed to live in. Hans Zimmer littles trying way All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology. Hans Zimmer technology age way The main thing the composer needs to do is it needs to remember that the director is there to cheer you on. The director wants you to succeed because if you succeed, you'll be helping the film. And they are truly your conscience. And they're truly your guide. Hans Zimmer cheer want needs Having the great opportunity on a daily basis to sit in front of a blank page is terrifying, and at the same time really exciting. I can't actually get better at my job, because every time you finish something you start with a blank page, with nothing. Hans Zimmer get-better opportunity jobs The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I don't see a lot of daylight. I hang out with musicians, I hang out with directors and I just try to spend as much of my life as possible playing music. Hans Zimmer playing-music trying thinking Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders. Hans Zimmer lasts guy weight I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Hans Zimmer trying What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are ticking away you have to be aware that it needs to be an adventure Hans Zimmer music morning adventure The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across the knuckles, and so whenever you put a piece of music in front of me, there's a Pavlovian reaction where it starts off. Hans Zimmer knuckles piano teacher The lack of education means, the lack of having something I can pull out of a drawer, means I have to find something in any movie I work on that is intensely personal. Hans Zimmer lack-of-education drawers mean
