Quotes by Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its own two feet and still serve the movie. A great soundtrack is all about communicating with the audience, but we all try to bring something extra to the movie that is not entirely evident on screen.

Should Have

Two

Views

A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it’s a piece of technology. So when computers came along, in the ’70s, I suddenly thought, hang on a second, this is interesting. These things can become an instrument. So I just became very interested in them, and started, playing with electronics.

Cat

Interesting

Technology

All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology.

Age

Technology

Way

America is a magical place, and I think my job, or the job of a lot of us European filmmakers is to just hold up America to Americans and present it to you in a new way. All I wanted to do is in a funny way say, “Look at your country. It’s magnificent.”

Country

Jobs

Thinking

Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.

Interesting

Play

Wind

As opposed to being on the Internet, there’s something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors.

Book

Nice

Reading

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

Adventure

Life

Needs

Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there is no other music innovating as much as film music

Film Music

Movement

Way

Get rid of the shitty sound. Life’s too short.

Life's Too Short

Sound

Too Short

Having the great opportunity on a daily basis to sit in front of a blank page is terrifying, and at the same time really exciting. I can’t actually get better at my job, because every time you finish something you start with a blank page, with nothing.

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Jobs

Opportunity

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All Time

Arise

Beats

Book

Bored

Buying

Car

Cat

Challenges

Cheer

Class

Coffee

Complicated

Country

Credit

Critics

Culture

Defense Mechanisms

Directors

Drawers

England

Express Yourself

Failing

Feelings

Fifty

Film Music

Firsts

Flexible

Floating

Fun

Get Better

Get Up

Giving

Guitar

Guy

Hands

Heart

Hollywood

House

Ideas

Inspired

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Jobs

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Quotes by Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology.

America is a magical place, and I think my job, or the job of a lot of us European filmmakers is to just hold up America to Americans and present it to you in a new way. All I wanted to do is in a funny way say, “Look at your country. It’s magnificent.”

Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.

As opposed to being on the Internet, there’s something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors.

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there is no other music innovating as much as film music

Get rid of the shitty sound. Life’s too short.

Having the great opportunity on a daily basis to sit in front of a blank page is terrifying, and at the same time really exciting. I can’t actually get better at my job, because every time you finish something you start with a blank page, with nothing.

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