Film Score Composers

[ara87]

Do you think that some of today's film score composers like John Williams or Hans Zimmer will be remembered as great composers of our time? I don't know about Zimmer most of his music sounds the same... but both men, and many others have won numerous awards for their works, ranging from academy awards to grammies, and many of their works are recognizable by a global population(especially John Williams). Or do you think when put in the same light as Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, etc, they'll fail to compare?

[Mizzike]

Re: Film Score Composers

I think Williams will be remembered for sure. Zimmer wrote some memorable stuff, but I don't think he'll be remembered in the same way John will be. John was able to capitalize on a movie series (Star Wars) whereas Zimmer just did various individual films, like The Lion King, Gladiator...In general the Star Wars theme is just much more well known, so when you hear it you immediately think John Williams. I don't think that feeling resonates as much with Zimmer's scores. For example, for most of my life, I knew the themes to the Lion King, but it wasn't until I got into movie scores that I found out about Hans Zimmer.

[One-Way]

Re: Film Score Composers

Hans Zimmer will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest film composers. I consider Bernard Hermann, as well.

I personally perfer Clint Mansell because of his range in his scores. He creates a theme with each piece or is able to match moods of the characters. This isn't really the case of composers like Zimmer. They create an overall feel of the film and tell their story through their own score.

I think they will be compared to some of the greats like Mozart and Bach. That's just my opinion.

[ara87]

Re: Film Score Composers

Hans Zimmer will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest film composers. I consider Bernard Hermann, as well.

I personally perfer Clint Mansell because of his range in his scores. He creates a theme with each piece or is able to match moods of the characters. This isn't really the case of composers like Zimmer. They create an overall feel of the film and tell their story through their own score.

I think they will be compared to some of the greats like Mozart and Bach. That's just my opinion.

I don't know about Zimmer, his works usually contain bits from his other ones, many sound the same, and I wonder if he just doesn't care anymore and is just doing it or the money. I think John Williams is better than Zimmer.

I love Clint Mansell for Lux Alterna/Requiem peice