Hot on the tails of our recent post about the BRAAM, comes an announcement of a one day workshop exploring the influence of the work of Hans Zimmer. The workshop looks to be an interesting day of talks taking place at City University.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave we reached peak Hans Zimmer?\u201d<\/p>\n
Wednesday 25\/10, 4-6 pm
\nCity, University of London
\nMusic Department
\nCollege Building, room AG08
\n280 St John St, London EC1V 4PB<\/p>\n
Jordan Hoffman\u2019s recent article in The Guardian asks what many media composers are inwardly thinking: have we reached peak Hans Zimmer? The film composer has, along with his numerous acolytes, inadvertently altered what every blockbuster is supposed to sound like these days with propulsive, repetitive themes, timbral motifs, and increasing use of \u2018shepard tones\u2019. Nicholas Reyland likens the rapid spread of Zimmer\u2019s particular style and aesthetics to \u2018a McDonalds or a Starbucks colonising the world\u2019s high streets and displacing local variety with generic conformity and a profitably limited product range developed, through hyper-efficient processes, from a few highly standardised ingredients\u2019 (Reyland, 2015: 122). With Zimmer\u2019s company, Remote Control, having provided many of today\u2019s top screen composers their big break in the industry, many perpetuating their mentor\u2019s scoring tropes, Hoffman questions, \u2018maybe it\u2019s OK to let someone else have a turn from time to time?\u2019 (Hoffman: 2017).<\/p>\n
The two articles that will be discussed are:
\n(1) https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/filmblog\/2017\/sep\/18\/hans-zimmer-blade-runner-2049-film-composer
\n(2) REYLAND, Nicholas. Corporate Classicism and the Metaphysical Style, in: MSMI 9\/2 (2015), pp. 115-130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hot on the tails of our recent post about the BRAAM, comes an announcement of a one day workshop exploring the influence of the work of Hans Zimmer. The workshop looks to be an interesting day of talks taking place at City University. \u201cHave we reached peak Hans Zimmer?\u201d Wednesday 25\/10, 4-6 pm City, University … <\/p>\n