My new favorite composer

#1 Edited by natetodamax (18927 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

The music in Modern Warfare 2 is amazing. Today I played the mission where you must regain control of 'Whiskey Hotel', and the music when you are in front of it with bullets raining down on you is phenomenal. It's such a haunting and spectacular theme that gives you the feeling that the world is ending. I will totally replay that mission just to hear it. Oh, and the Spetsnaz theme is intense and awesome too.

Anyone else love this guy's work?

Here's a link to the song I'm talking about (not embedding to avoid spoilers)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAUp_imq58&feature=player_embedded#

#2 Edited by AjayRaz (12250 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

yup. god that was such a great scene, and the music really made it.

#3 Posted by jakob187 (20661 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

He's no Howard Shore.

#4 Posted by Scheds (433 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

Best thing he's ever done! Seriously though, MW2's score was awesome, and I really enjoyed it.

#5 Posted by Origina1Penguin (3500 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

He's been doing movies for quite some time, if I'm not mistaken. I always enjoy his work.

#6 Posted by natetodamax (18927 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@AjayRaz: That's a great one too

#7 Posted by AgentJ (8775 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

You only like him now? I'm sure his MW score was great, but he's been doing fantastic music for a long, long time now.

#8 Posted by natetodamax (18927 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@AgentJ said:

" You only like him now? I'm sure his MW score was great, but he's been doing fantastic music for a long, long time now. "

I don't watch many movies, so I probably haven't heard much of his work before.

#9 Posted by MysteriousBob (6201 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@natetodamax said:

" @AgentJ said:
" You only like him now? I'm sure his MW score was great, but he's been doing fantastic music for a long, long time now. "
I don't watch many movies, so I probably haven't heard much of his work before. "

#10 Posted by Gamer_152 (13243 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

Hans Zimmer did the music for Modern Warfare 2? Wow, I had no idea. But yes, Zimmer is an amazing composer and he's done music for so many famous movies, including Pearl Harbour, Black Hawk Down and the last 2 Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

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#11 Posted by Creamypies (3883 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

The music he did for MW2 is pretty awesome, but this is still his finest hour. The whole soundtrack for this film was epic from start to finish.

#12 Posted by AgentJ (8775 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@natetodamax said:

" @AgentJ said:
" You only like him now? I'm sure his MW score was great, but he's been doing fantastic music for a long, long time now. "
I don't watch many movies, so I probably haven't heard much of his work before. "

wikipedia:
Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German composer and producer, best known for his film scores. He has composed music for over 100 films, including Hollywood blockbusters such as the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Gladiator, The Lion King, The Da Vinci Code and The Dark Knight.

Plus Last Samurai

#13 Posted by mikeeegeee (1454 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

Like all of you, I love the work of Hans Zimmer. @creamypies: I agree that his work in Gladiator was spectacular.

My favorite thing he's done is a xylophone song. It was one of the first things I taught myself to play on xylophone/marimba.

#14 Posted by VWGTI (1915 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@natetodamax:

I recommend you see The Rock if you haven't already. His music in that movie is incredible. What's crazy is that some of the scenes in Modern Warfare 2 are almost ripped out of The Rock and modified ever so slightly.

#15 Posted by natetodamax (18927 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@AgentJ said:

" @natetodamax said:
" @AgentJ said:
" You only like him now? I'm sure his MW score was great, but he's been doing fantastic music for a long, long time now. "
I don't watch many movies, so I probably haven't heard much of his work before. "
wikipedia:
Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German composer and producer, best known for his film scores. He has composed music for over 100 films, including Hollywood blockbusters such as the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Gladiator, The Lion King, The Da Vinci Code and The Dark Knight. Plus Last Samurai "

I always thought Pirates had a great soundtrack.

#16 Posted by Breadfan (6056 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

Does anyone know if the Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack is going to be released/released on CD?

#17 Posted by vidiot (2737 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

I'm really happy to see so many fans of Hans Zimmer, not just because of his recent work with Modern Warfare.

It should be noted that in regards to The Dark Knight, he shared composing roles with James Newton Howard who's presence you can most certainly hear. It truly is a phenomenal soundtrack. His reinterpretation of the themes made by Klaus Badelt for the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels were equally impressive. Of course there is also Gladiator, and even The Da Vinci code (Goofy movie, AMAZING soundtrack.)

Harry Gregson Williams (Metal Gear Solid series/The Rock/Kingdom of Heaven/Shrek) did the soundtrack for the first Modern Warfare (He did a PHENOMENAL JOB). When I heard he was not returning, I felt a bit uneasy. The announcement of Zimmer alleviated my fears quite a bit, although I thought it was kinda a given seeing how seems to be everywhere these days.

#18 Posted by Jimbo_N (1197 posts) - 3 years, 6 months ago

@vidiot said:

"Harry Gregson Williams (Metal Gear Solid series/The Rock/Kingdom of Heaven/Shrek) did the soundtrack for the first Modern Warfare"

Im pretty sure that Hans Zimmer did the soundtrack to The Rock and I´ve always considered that one the best. The first thing I thought when hearing the music in MW2 was "wow, this sounds like The Rock".
On a sidenote his official Discography also says so (thank god I havent been living under false assumptions since 1996). Maybe they were 2 composers and Hans did the majority of the themes?
In any case The Marines theme from the Rock is by far his greatest track to date.

#19 Posted by Spacetrucking (935 posts) - 3 years, 5 months ago

@Jimbo_N said:

" @vidiot said:

"Harry Gregson Williams (Metal Gear Solid series/The Rock/Kingdom of Heaven/Shrek) did the soundtrack for the first Modern Warfare"
Im pretty sure that Hans Zimmer did the soundtrack to The Rock and I´ve always considered that one the best. The first thing I thought when hearing the music in MW2 was "wow, this sounds like The Rock". On a sidenote his official Discography also says so (thank god I havent been living under false assumptions since 1996). Maybe they were 2 composers and Hans did the majority of the themes? In any case The Marines theme from the Rock is by far his greatest track to date. "

You're both right. The Rock's soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer with Harry Gregson Williams and Nick Glennie Smith. Its hard to differentiate between Zimmer and Gregson-Williams because they've worked together for so many years and collaborated on so many projects. Zimmer tends to do more movies while Gregson-Williams discography has more games in it.

#20 Posted by valrog (3670 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

@natetodamax: Yes, I love his work.

The Enemy of My Enemy is my favorite song from Modern Warfare 2.

Hans Zimmer

A multi award-winning composer and executive score producer best known for his work on films from the 80s to the present day. He is best known in video games as the composer of the main themes of Modern Warfare 2.

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