Posts Tagged ‘Hans Zimmer’

Walt Disney Records has revealed the cover art for the upcoming soundtrack for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The film’s music is composed by Hans Zimmer and as previously reported, Rodrigo y Garcia are also featured on the soundtrack. The album will be released on May 17, 2011. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit […]

Since our last update on the music for the upcoming adventure sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, we have learned more information about Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for the film. The music is being recorded this week in Los Angeles and one of the featured musicians that joined the production’s team is jazz trumpet […]

A press release from Universal Pictures has confirmed this week that John Powell is writing the music for the upcoming animated feature The Lorax. The film based on the book by Dr. Seuss centers around a boy who searches for a way to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. He comes across […]

Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Gore Verbinski’s animated movie Rango starring Johnny Depp features music by Hans Zimmer. Visit our previous article announcing the soundtrack album to find out more. The soundtrack is now available to download at Amazon and iTunes and will be released on CD on March 15. […]

La-La Land Records has released an expanded soundtrack for the 1996 action movie Broken Arrow. The film’s music is written by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack album comes in a 2 disc-set and features more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased music for a total running time of almost two hours. The soundtrack is limited to […]

‘Rango’ Soundtrack Preview

Posted: February 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Paramount Pictures has revealed a new clip from the upcoming animated movie Rango directed by Gore Verbinski. The clip features Hans Zimmer’s orchestral arrangement of the Rango theme song by Los Lobos that was previewed a few weeks ago on the Los Angeles Times Music Blog. Watch the clip below after the jump and visit […]

Hans Zimmer revealed in a recent interview on KCRW that he is currently collaborating with the Mexican music duo Rodrigo y Gabriela on his score for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Rodrigo y Gabriela are known for their fast, rhythmic acoustic guitar performances. Visit the duo’s official webpage to find out more about […]

‘Rango’ Soundtrack album announced

Posted: February 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Anti Records has announced a soundtrack album for Gore Verbinski’s upcoming animated film Rango. The album includes the original score by Hans Zimmer, as well as songs by Los Lobos. For an audio preview of Los Lobos’ Rango theme song, check out this LA Times article. The soundtrack will be released on Februray 25 as […]

Following the announcement of the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, reactions from all nominated composers have appeared online. John Powell on How to Train Your Dragon: Visit Movieline for a short interview with Powell on his very first Oscar nomination and also check out Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for a short reaction from […]

Last night, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Critic’s Choice Award for their score for David Fincher’s The Social Network. The movie was also awarded the best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay prize. The score beat out the scores for Black Swan (Clint Mansell), Inception (Hans Zimmer), The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) […]