Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 3:10:55 GMT -6
I'm not sure how exactly "new" this movie is, I think it's a year old or so, but today, when I had my shiny new Apple streaming going I was listening to my Zimmer playlist, and this score comes up and I'm absolutely floored. I always thought that Zimmer would never top the Batman scores, some of the stuff in there is just incredible. But, then he does this.
Hans is a modern day Mozart, I remember someone making that comparison on here a while back and I was kind of like "no, close but no." Well, listening to this I'm starting to believe Hans is just getting really started. In this piece, Hans takes a little different approach to what he's most known for in using odd and creative unnatural sounds, this is more in Renaissance, but with a modern melody, which is really beautiful. This reminds me of the Opera style pieces from Mozart because of the movements. Hans creates several movements here, although, in the old days it was much more structured like our modern song structure today, but, Hans really pulls you in on this one. You're not sure what's coming next, but everything is absolutely perfect because I don't think he could had grabbed my soul and emotions anymore than he did with this. Listening to the arrangement, Hans does something similar that Mozart would do, the Violins are smooth and carry melody, but seem to quickly change to an arpeggiation when the melody is handed off to the cello's and basses. Then the Viola's and Violins again take the melody and the opposite happens, the lower octave instruments take the arpeggiation in a beautiful arrangement.
Some credit HAS to go to Allen Meyerson here as well, this could be some of Allen's best recordings and mixing. I can hear every single instrument, the ambience is perfect, there is no cloud, no mud, it's crystal clear, warm and bold all at the same time. You can hear that Allen has really sculpted and carved room for everything in this mix, it's probably the best I've ever heard in an orchestral recording. He captures the and sculpts so well, you can hear perfectly each stringed instrument's grit from the resin, that gripping almost saturating sound that these instruments do when you're 10' away from them. I just had to post this, I'm a massive classical buff, I draw so much inspiration from it, and it also is the one musical genre that really brings me peace and fulfillment. A bit deep, yea, but it's the truth. Anyway, have a listen, it's incredible. The particular one I am speaking of and love the most is "light as a feather." The part I'm most enamored with is around 1:30.
itun.es/us/4qDxV?i=794678385
~Jerome
Hans is a modern day Mozart, I remember someone making that comparison on here a while back and I was kind of like "no, close but no." Well, listening to this I'm starting to believe Hans is just getting really started. In this piece, Hans takes a little different approach to what he's most known for in using odd and creative unnatural sounds, this is more in Renaissance, but with a modern melody, which is really beautiful. This reminds me of the Opera style pieces from Mozart because of the movements. Hans creates several movements here, although, in the old days it was much more structured like our modern song structure today, but, Hans really pulls you in on this one. You're not sure what's coming next, but everything is absolutely perfect because I don't think he could had grabbed my soul and emotions anymore than he did with this. Listening to the arrangement, Hans does something similar that Mozart would do, the Violins are smooth and carry melody, but seem to quickly change to an arpeggiation when the melody is handed off to the cello's and basses. Then the Viola's and Violins again take the melody and the opposite happens, the lower octave instruments take the arpeggiation in a beautiful arrangement.
Some credit HAS to go to Allen Meyerson here as well, this could be some of Allen's best recordings and mixing. I can hear every single instrument, the ambience is perfect, there is no cloud, no mud, it's crystal clear, warm and bold all at the same time. You can hear that Allen has really sculpted and carved room for everything in this mix, it's probably the best I've ever heard in an orchestral recording. He captures the and sculpts so well, you can hear perfectly each stringed instrument's grit from the resin, that gripping almost saturating sound that these instruments do when you're 10' away from them. I just had to post this, I'm a massive classical buff, I draw so much inspiration from it, and it also is the one musical genre that really brings me peace and fulfillment. A bit deep, yea, but it's the truth. Anyway, have a listen, it's incredible. The particular one I am speaking of and love the most is "light as a feather." The part I'm most enamored with is around 1:30.
itun.es/us/4qDxV?i=794678385
~Jerome
