Zack Snyder is one of the most impactful directors of recent times. With blockbuster movies like The Watchmen, 300 and more under his belt, he is no less than a pioneer in the world of action and superhero films. As such, getting to work with someone like him would excite anyone.
However, it could be equally nerve-wracking for some as well. That is exactly what happened with Oscar-winning musician Hans Zimmer when he got a chance to work with Snyder in Man of Steel.
What is surprising, though, is that Zimmer has previously worked in movies like Gladiator, and The Dark Knight with directors that are hailed as one of a kind as well. However, collaborating with Zack Snyder left him freaking out for months for a specific reason.
Hans Zimmer was freaking out about working with Zack Snyder in Man of Steel
Hans Zimmer first collaborated with Zack Snyder for the 2013 movie Man of Steel. Zimmer has had years of experience working with legendary directors before this, of course, like Christopher Nolan for his Batman trilogy, and Inception.
Additionally, Marc Webb for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ridley Scott for Gladiator, and more, he was nervous about his first collaboration with Zack Snyder all the same. He explained as much during his recent appearance in Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast on March 8th. The reason behind that, though, is quite understandable.
That is, after John Williams’ legendary score in Superman (1978), a movie that would go on to shape superhero movies for generations after that, he had big shoes to fill.
Look, look, I’ll be very honest about that. For three months I was just freaking out, and not writing a thing. And then Zack said that Chris Nolan had told him that nothing will happen unless he comes down with a firm deadline.
As such, Zack Snyder came up with the solution to come calling at Zimmer’s door. Although, it only added to the composer’s worries for the time being, as he said, “I got nothing, you know, I got maybe something, you know, like a post-it, like you put on the fridge, and some scribbles”.
Regardless, he played the sample theme to the director, “and he loved it”. Moreover, Snyder’s following conversation with the director also went a long way to dispel his worries. As the composer noted, Snyder told him,
‘Hans, you have done so many movies. It’s just a movie. Stop freaking out’. Ermm, but it’s Superman. ‘Yes, I know, but it is just another movie’. Which is actually correct, you know.
At any rate, this realization finally pulled Hans Zimmer out of his suspended state and he got to creating the soundtrack that would stay in the hearts of Superman fans around the world forever.
Hans Zimmer thinks his Oscars snub is stupid
Hans Zimmer is one of the most acclaimed composers in recent years, and for good reason. With multiple Academy Awards, five Grammys, a BAFTA, and three Emmys and a Tony nomination under his belt, very few could match up to his skills and prizes in the current music scene.
As such, fans were more than convinced of him bagging another Oscar this year for his masterful composition in Dune: Part II. However, in a strange twist of fate, he ended up getting disqualified from the nomination altogether.
The reason being, he used some of the same elements from the first Dune movie in the second part as well. He commented on the matter in the recent interview saying that his disqualification is not even a “sore point, it’s just sort of a stupid point”.
How can it be a sore point? I mean, it’s like…I got disqualified because I was using material from the first movie in the second movie. But it’s not a sequel, it’s just the completion. It’s the arc. Both movies are just one arc. So, was I supposed to go and take all the character themes away and write new character themes or develop them?
As the composer noted, that would not only be ridiculous but would actually take away from the integral world building he has painstakingly been a part of since the first movie.
At any rate, after bagging two Oscars already, this turn of events doesn’t seem to have impacted him that much. If anything, Hans Zimmer seems to be looking forward to his future projects with just as much enthusiasm as ever.
Man of Steel is streaming on MAX.
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