For me he's hit or meh. Crimson Tide soundtrack was fantastic. The Crysis 2 theme is one of the best music pieces ever. The Batman films and most other stuff - okay to eh. Dune was solid.
I actually find it surprising how varied his pieces are. Yes there are common elements and the overall style, but from era to era it differs quite a bit.
As far as film composers who “manipulate emotions” go, I don’t know if I’d use Zimmer as an example. His stuff is fairly boring. Howard Shore can make me feel more “at home” with a composition than I ever felt at home (when listening to Concerning Hobbits).
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StarManta@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 3y
Manipulating emotion is literally the point of all music you silly goose
TehWorld@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Especially when it comes to movie soundtracks, which is his specialty. "Your So Cool" is still an absolute favorite of mine.
Casmael@geddit.social · -6 pts · 3y
(Also it’s supposed to be unpopular, fellow goose)
Casmael@geddit.social · -14 pts · 3y
Actually strongly disagree. Music can effect emotions, but that’s not the same thing at all.
Galtiel@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 3y
Music affecting emotions is not the same thing at all as someone writing music to affect your emotions?
WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Not unpopular, he's got a ton of haters.
For me he's hit or meh. Crimson Tide soundtrack was fantastic. The Crysis 2 theme is one of the best music pieces ever. The Batman films and most other stuff - okay to eh. Dune was solid.
I actually find it surprising how varied his pieces are. Yes there are common elements and the overall style, but from era to era it differs quite a bit.
Hypx@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
His problem is that he mails it in for a lot of movies. A lot of his work is pretty uninspired. But he can make a good soundtrack when he wants to.
Jentu@lemmy.film · 0 pts · 3y
As far as film composers who “manipulate emotions” go, I don’t know if I’d use Zimmer as an example. His stuff is fairly boring. Howard Shore can make me feel more “at home” with a composition than I ever felt at home (when listening to Concerning Hobbits).
uglytruck@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
I really liked the music from MW2. That distorted bass is tattooed in my brain. Interstellar was pretty good, too. The pipe organ was different.