History AwesomeMusic / HansZimmer

* The music in ''{{Backdraft}}'' was awesome enough that it got re-used as the background score to the original Japanese ''IronChef''. (Sadly, the rights expired for the use of Zimmer's score, and the old episodes of Iron Chef shown in reruns now use different music.)
* His incredible theme for ''Film/{{Broken Arrow|1996}},'' which Marco Beltrami would later (controversially?) [[RecycledSoundtrack recycle]] for ''{{Scream}} 2.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0X8oKr6Hso Give it a listen.]]

* Zimmer divided the score to ''ThePrinceOfEgypt'' with Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the vocal tracks while Zimmer wrote the instrumental music. Both sides of the soundtrack have many awesome moments.

* His incredible theme for ''{{Broken Arrow| 1996}},'' which Marco Beltrami would later (controversially?) [[RecycledSoundtrack recycle]] for ''{{Scream}} 2.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0X8oKr6Hso Give it a listen.]]

* His incredible theme for ''{{Broken Arrow|1996}},'' which Marco Beltrami would later (controversially?) [[RecycledSoundtrack recycle]] for ''{{Scream}} 2.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0X8oKr6Hso Give it a listen.]]

* His incredible theme for ''BrokenArrow,'' which Marco Beltrami would later (controversially?) [[RecycledSoundtrack recycle]] for ''{{Scream}} 2.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0X8oKr6Hso Give it a listen.]]

** Don't forget the wonderful Morricone hommage "Parley" from the ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]'' Soundtrack.

* From ''TheDaVinciCode'': "Chevalier du Sangreal." Also a TearJerker.
** Agreed. Say what you will about the rest of the movie; the last scene [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCK0AQ4tYYU WINS.]]

** Don't forget the wonderful Morricone hommage "Parley" from the ''[[AtWorldsEnd Worlds End]]'' Soundtrack.

* From ''TheLastSamurai'', "A Way of Life", "Red Warrior", and "A Small Measure of Peace"
** You can't forget "The Way of the Sword".

* {{Backdraft}} definitely deserves to be on here, if only for the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1IjbIBXZQ "Show me your firetruck"]], which, FoodNetwork watchers [[IronChef might recognize...]]

* For an action movie example, ''TheRock''. The first half of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmu-aLu3Mw Hummell Gets The Rockets]]'' (from the opening scene) is an emotionally powerful piece.

* Hans Zimmer's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9-j3eevL4 Journey to the Line]]" from his score for ''TheThinRedLine''. Starts as a weird repetitive pinging sound in the background; builds to a heart-rending climax.

* While this isn't part of any movie, the song dedicated to the victims of the Aurora Theater Shootings [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oTbyENpX58 Aurora]] is worth mentioning because it is so hauntingly beautiful.

** While this isn't part of any movie, the song dedicated to the victims of the Aurora Theater Shootings [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oTbyENpX58 Aurora]] is worth mentioning because it is so hauntingly beautiful.

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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvA0jgjwA0 "Coral Atoll"]] when Witt is AWOL in the [[{{Arcadia}} Melanesian village]] and reflecting on [[{{Foreshadowing}} his mother's death]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvA0jgjwA0#t=3m30s "Light"]] is probably the most contemplative piece about the aftermath of a battle; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_enTaVk0Y "Stone in my Heart"]] when Witt floats the wounded soldier downriver; And then the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a2jugsYQXM&feature=related Melanesian]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1naOcQo7s&feature=related singing]] [[TearJerker/{{Film}} kicks in]] at the [[BookEnds beginning and end]]...

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv6pJ2D_Sek&feature=related Up Is Down]] is pretty awesome too.

* SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron is an animated movie about a horse. The horse, amazingly, never speaks more than a bit of narration. It doesn't matter, because Hans Zimmer wrote the soundtrack, and it is AWESOMELY expressive: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLcBLmph3Q&feature=related "Run Free"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZiFQOrzgWc "Homeland"]]. Bryan Adams wrote the lyrics, and while they don't work for some, "You Can't Take Me" is a rousing anthem for freedom.

* The powerful opening piece from ''ThePrinceOfEgypt'', "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GbI2Tlt55w Deliver Us]]," sung by Ofra Haza.

** And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oX-Kcx2BAc&feature=related "The Plagues"]], incredibly powerful and dynamic.
*** Most of those songs were not by Hans Zimmer, they were by Stephen Schwartz. Hans Zimmer only did the instrumental pieces.
**** Many of those deserve to be on this list - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_E_pMCX5M4 Red Sea's]] masterful use of tempo and instrumentation make the listener feel every emotion present in the film, and while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3rOPDSasxI&feature=related Cry]] isn't particularly famous, Zimmer's use of motif and vocals accentuates the pain felt by the slaves.

* His work on the soundtrack for ''ThePacific'', particularly the opening theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcn4fXcxZEs&feature=related "Honor"]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OReELb8wtsE&feature=related "Dream is Collapsing"]]

** The most epic of all: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqoGc-4Uxbg&feature=related THE LIVE]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIY8sZs1i4s&feature=related CONCERT.]]

* ''IronMan''. He always does electronic, industrial-sounding music, so it fitted ''perfectly'' with the Man Of Iron.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRgOS1K--c "Budget Meeting"]] qualifies. Face it - that sheerly epic instrumentation is the sole reason (aside from scrumptious donuts) that people would even bother to ''attend'' budget meetings in real life.

* The score of ''KungFuPanda'' deserves a mention for its awesome combination of Western and Chinese motifs. [[http://www.wat.tv/video/kung-fu-1yd7m_1xtbh_.html "Sacred Pool Of Tears"]] (stops at 2:55) is incredibly moving at the beginning, then made of PureAwesomeness. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdjnonJdxtM "Oogway Ascends"]] is a tear jerker.

** The most epic of all: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqoGc-4Uxbg&feature=related THE LIVE]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIY8sZs1i4s&feature=related CONCERT.]]

* From ''{{Rango}}'', "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVFEnSjT8BU Bats]]." Pretty interesting use of public domain music.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0dbbUu9Uok Walk Don't Rango]] will make you want to rango all day long

* Two words: ''{{Inception}}''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu_AEMwFhm0 "Time"]].
** Three more words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OReELb8wtsE&feature=related "Dream is Collapsing"]]
** No words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbwNnJ7UMek "528491"]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-f8h3e-8o "Taking a shower has never been so epic"]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwIo_VadeFU Mombasa. Just Mombasa.]]

* SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron is an animated movie about a horse. The horse, amazingly, never speaks more than a bit of narration. It doesn't matter, because Hans Zimmer wrote the soundtrack, and it is AWESOMELY expressive: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLcBLmph3Q&feature=related "Run Free"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG8zfpel7NE&feature=related "Homeland"]]. Bryan Adams wrote the lyrics, and while they don't work for some, "You Can't Take Me" is a rousing anthem for freedom.

* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQjm-8OITE He's a Pirate]]".

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqpZGiFScBA Jack Sparrow's Intro Theme, "The Medallion Calls"]], first scored by Klaus Badelt. That one theme, with the [[IncomingHam character intro]] and TheReveal, made the ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome whole movie]]'' for the first-time viewer. It's also the bridge melody in "He's a Pirate."

*** The main problem with this is that the cello melody is based on a previous theme heard in the first film (appearing in tracks Fog Bound, Walk the Plank, One Last Shot, in the soundtrack) which in itself is a blatant imitation of Training Montage, from Edward Shearmur's score to an American Count of Monte Cristo film.

* The ''Sherlock Holmes'' soundtrack, especially "Psychological Recovery...6 Months", which gets bonus points for being more than [[EpicRocking eighteen minutes long]]. If you haven't got that kind of time, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwLGXfajuc Discombobulate]] manages to encapsulate pretty much everything you need to know about the Downey Jr.'s portrayal of Holmes, the setting, and the music for the rest of the film in one quirkily awesome two and a half minute package. And while it's more sedate at the beginning, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NgzRXTZ36lg#t=192s the last three minutes of "Catatonic"]] build up to an absolutely furiously paced climax that must have set a more than a couple violins on fire.

** Three more words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WkxfuJh0-g "Dream is Collapsing"]]

** Also, RideOfTheValkyries ''[[SoCoolItsAwesome on banjos.]]''

* The music in ''{{Backdraft}}'' was awesome enough that it got re-used as the background score to the original Japanese ''IronChef''.