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| 5/30/10
- | Something's Gotta Give: (Hans Zimmer/Various)
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if you appreciate Alan Silvestri's usual, airy romanticism for similar films, because despite
his late departure from this film, the replacement score from Hans Zimmer (and company) sounds
remarkably similar to the former composer's equivalent style.
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if you seek a substantial or professional presentation of the score, because the long-standing
bootlegs of Something's Gotta Give contain rough edits and sound effects by necessity.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/28/10
- | Something to Talk About: (Hans Zimmer/Graham
Preskett)
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Buy it... |
if you seek a more genuine and intimate variation on Hans Zimmer's wild hoedown material from
Thelma & Louise and Cool Runnings.
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if banjos, Hammond organs, guitars, and harmonicas in bouncing Western rhythms of bright,
exuberant character are exactly what you're typically trying to escape when seeking Zimmer's
otherwise brawny music of the middle to late 1990's.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 5/26/10
- | Drop Zone: (Hans Zimmer)
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if you have always loved Hans Zimmer's hyperactive action style in its most relentlessly
abrasive form, Drop Zone being among the pioneers in defining such barrages of synthetic
force.
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if the grating sound of Zimmer's earlier generation of synthetic samples and dry keyboarding
in accelerated rhythms, with no really substantial breaks for harmonious thematic interludes
of lesser volume, is nothing more than an invitation for a headache.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 5/24/10
- | I'll Do Anything: (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... |
if you need to improve your mood by filling your environment with a safely conservative,
mainstream blend of soft rock, subtle blues, and heartfelt woodwind performances.
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if you require your scores to move with a distinct narrative progression during the listening
experience, because I'll Do Anything tends to harmlessly sink into the background during its
pleasant exploration of those genres.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/22/10
- | Cool Runnings: (Hans Zimmer/Nick Glennie-Smith)
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Buy it... |
if you're in search of the most infectiously likable Hans Zimmer score from a fruitful early
period in his career that brought many of the composer's outwardly personable and stylish
cross-cultural music.
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if reggae tones make you cringe, because Zimmer and his associates thoroughly infuse Caribbean
stereotypes into this otherwise formulaic sports score of symphonic construct.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/19/10
- | Younger & Younger: (Hans Zimmer/Alex Wurman)
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if you'd be amused by hearing Hans Zimmer humorously force a touch of Ennio Morricone out of
his electronics for this airy, zippy comedy score of surprisingly European tilt.
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if only 17 minutes of Zimmer's likable, but not spectacular synthetic music on album cannot
justify a remainder from his assistants even though the soundtrack is surprisingly cohesive as
a whole.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/16/10
- | Point of No Return: (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... |
if you miss the days when Hans Zimmer infused his scores with undeniably alluring style and
attitude, both of which spanning the gospel-laced hard rock and redemptive new age keyboarding
in Point of No Return.
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if you cannot tolerate the mostly synthetic, contemporary tones of Zimmer's relatively low-key
and affable character themes that often derived from Rain Man at the time.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/13/10
- | A League of Their Own: (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... |
if you love Randy Newman's vintage, big band jazz and Western-tinged character themes of pure
Americana spirit, because Hans Zimmer emulates those sounds so well in A League of Their Own
that you may not be able to tell the difference.
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if the above statement violates every notion of "the masculine Zimmer style" that you've come
to know and love, even if the composer really does an outstanding job of adapting to the
genre.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/10/10
- | The Power of One: (Hans Zimmer)
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if you have always been impressed by the Lebo M.-influenced portions of The Lion King, in
which case The Power of One is an authentic sibling score of surprisingly defiant and
optimistic character.
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if you expect to hear more than just a hint of the instrumental style of Hans Zimmer in the
accompaniment of the South African vocalists, because this score is dominated by the solemn
but hopeful performances by the latter group.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/7/10
- | K2: (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... |
if you long for the days when Hans Zimmer could conjure a compelling mix of symphonic
grandeur, contemporary rock tones, and stylish electric guitar solos without compromising on
attention to details or depth of empathy.
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if you have no interest in hearing the guitar performances of Thelma & Louise accompanied by
thematic structures of Backdraft and instrumental brooding similar to The House of the
Spirits.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/5/10
- | Regarding Henry: (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... |
if you never tire of dozing off to Hans Zimmer's predictably innocuous, harmoniously
consistent light jazz and drama style of the early 1990's.
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Avoid it... |
if Zimmer's intriguingly unique application of vocals, erhu-like violin, muted trumpet, and
acoustic double bass in this score may threaten the otherwise conservatively smooth atmosphere
of its synthetic, contemporary tone for you.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 5/3/10
- | Thelma & Louise: (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... |
on the widely traded bootleg if you desire the defiantly beautiful, gospel-laced finale cue to
go with the commercially available presentation of the famous "Thunderbird" suite from the
score.
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if you expect to hear more than eight to ten minutes of truly meaningful material in this
score, because outside of the stylish guitar performances and that finale, there isn't much to
impress on the bootleg.
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| Rating: | ***
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