Sunday, June 3, 2012

New hopeful cast & crew: Composer

Hans Zimmer, like so many great film composers, has scored a wide range of films, which calls for a wide range of styles.

My former Facebook friend Lucas Hazlett named him as one of his three favorite film composers, the others being John Williams and James Horner.  Since breaking into the American film business, he has given us:

(asterisks are the ones that inspired me to consider him)

MOONLIGHTING (1982)
SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE (1987)
RAIN MAN (1988)*
PAPERHOUSE (1989)
BLACK RAIN (1989)
TWISTER (1989)
DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)*
BIRD ON A WIRE (1990)
DAYS OF THUNDER (1990)
PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990)
GREEN CARD (1990)*
BACKDRAFT (1991)
THELMA & LOUISE (1991)*
REGARDING HENRY (1991)
K2 (1991)
THE POWER OF ONE (1992)
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)*
POINT OF NO RETURN (1993)
I'LL DO ANYTHING (1993)
CALENDAR GIRL (1993)
TRUE ROMANCE (1993)
COOL RUNNINGS (1993)
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS (1993)
RENAISSANCE MAN (1994)
THE LION KING (1994)
DROP ZONE (1994)
CRIMSON TIDE (1995)
NINE MONTHS (1995)
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT (1995)*
BEYOND RANGOON (1995)
BROKEN ARROW (1996)
MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996)
THE FAN (1996)
THE PREACHER'S WIFE (1996)*
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW (1997)
THE PEACEMAKER (1997)
AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997)*
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)
THE THIN RED LINE (1998)*
CHILL FACTOR (1999)
THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (2000)
GLADIATOR (2000)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (2000)
AN EVERLASTING PIECE (2000)
THE PLEDGE (2001)
HANNIBAL (2001)
PEARL HARBOR (2001)
INVINCIBLE (2001)
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS (2001)*
BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001)
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (2002)
THE RING (2002)
TEARS OF THE SUN (2003)
MATCHSTICK MEN (2003)*
THE LAST SAMURAI (2003)
SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (2003)*
KING ARTHUR (2004)
THUNDERBIRDS (2004)
SHARK TALE (2004)
SPANGLISH (2004)*
MADAGASCAR (2005)
BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2005)
THE WEATHER MAN (2005)
THE DA VINCI CODE (2006)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (2006)
THE HOLIDAY (2006)*
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (2007)
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007)*
AUGUST RUSH (2007)*
KUNG FU PANDA (2008)
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (2008)
FROST/NIXON (2008)
THE BURNING PLAIN (2008)
ANGELS & DEMONS (2009)
PIRATE RADIO (2009)*
IT'S COMPLICATED (2009)*
SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)
THE PACIFIC (2010)
DESPICABLE ME (2010)*
INCEPTION (2010)
MEGAMIND (2010)
HOW DO YOU KNOW (2010)*
THE DILEMMA (2011)*
RANGO (2011)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (2011)
KUNG FU PANDA 2 (2011)
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (2011)

Just FYI, I can't make any promises that who I want will appear in the movie.  These are just biographies of my wishful choices.

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