The details of the soundtrack album for the German event series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold) have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean) and Aleksey Igudesman. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 19 by Sony Classical and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main theme below. The label has previously released the original song In Oil We Trust written by Zimmer & Igudesman and performed by Ekaterina Shehelova earlier this month. Black Gold is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Gwendoline Christie, Tom Wlaschiha, Marton Csokas, Merlin Sandmeyer, Henny Reents, Lena Urzendowsky, Jessica Schwarz, Slavko Popadić and Liliom Lewald.
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Original Song ‘In Oil We Trust’ from ‘Black Gold’ (‘Schwarzes Gold’) Released
Sony Classical has released the first track from the soundtrack for the German event series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services if the original song In Oil We Trust written by the show’s composers Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar) & Aleksey Igudesman and performed by Ekaterina Shehelova. Also listen to the song after the jump. Black Gold is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Tom Wlaschiha, Gwendoline Christie, Merlin Sandmeyer, Marton Csokas, Lena Urzendowsky, Henny Reents, Slavko Popadić, Jessica Schwarz and Liliom Lewald.
Hans Zimmer & Aleksey Igudesman Scoring ‘Black Gold’ TV Series
Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar).has teamed up with violinist Aleksey Igudesman to compose the music for the upcoming German TV series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). The show is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Tom Wlaschiha, Gwendoline Christie, Marton Csokas, Merlin Sandmeyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Jessica Schwarz, Henny Reents, Slavko Popadić and Liliom Lewald. The 6-part drama is set in a fictional village at the turn of the 20th Century and tells the story of a farmer’s daughter whose family is cheated by a rich landowner over the oil discovered under their fields and – when the oil rush hits the village – threatens to destroy her farming community forever.
‘Who Are the Roma?’ (Music by Hans Zimmer)
Hans Zimmer has written the music for the public awareness short film Who Are the Roma?. The film was produced by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in honor of the 40th anniversary of International Roma Day and to celebrate the culture and achievements of the Roma people, commonly called “gypsies”. Zimmer’s music features Aleksey Igudesman on solo violin. Igudesman previously performed on Zimmer’s score for Sherlock Holmes and he is also co-scoring the upcoming documentary Jealous of the Birds with Zimmer. Watch the short film after the jump and click here to listen to the short’s music.