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YUCK!

I think Zimmer would be completely unsuitable for the job. The film cries out for a deep, dark, atmospheric orchestral score, not a bounding synth sounding "orchestra" -- It needs real movie music... not trailer music.

As a Hans Zimmer fan I look forward and am pround of everything he does especially when it's something new for him.

And Tim, keep your abusive language to your teenage friends, allright? Or go to some Hanzimer worshiping page. I'm sure you'll find one right next to you...

Also, Andre, you must not know Tomita's music that well -- "electronic noise" doesn't characterize him well at ALL -- he's perfectly capable with an orchestra, and a damn good writer for one. I don't know whether Scott ever even spoke to Tomita, but if he did, he would have learned that Tomita's all-electronic music takes MONTHS of time that the movie would not have been able to wait for ... certainly, if Tomita scored ALIEN, it would have been his usual synth/orchestral mix, and frankly, it might have been VERY interesting. Tomita's a real talent; if you only know his Moog covers of classical scores, then you don't know Tomita at all. I wish I could send you a virtual anything from PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS or TOKUGAWA IEYASU.

As far as Scott and Zimmer: Scott seems to know what he wants more than he did when he started, and Zimmer, I'm sure, will be precisely suited to the movie he wants to make. The novel is so bizarre anyway, much more strange and digressive than "Red Dragon" or "Silence of the Lambs," that I almost don't care what happens with it. Julianne Moore is an excellent choice to replace Jodie Foster, I'll say that much (I actually enjoy her more.)

As for Tomita, I heard one of his albums a long time ago. Can't even remeber the name of it. I didn't like at all. But maybe I listened to wrong album or maybe I was too young to apreciate it or maybe he got better after that album. I'll try to find another of his albums to check.

Sorry, I don't speak english very well !!!
But I think that Zimmer et is one of the best score maker of the industry. And for anyone who said that Zimmer can't do dramatic score, I say that they bue "Prince of Egypt", "Beyond Rangoon" and "As Good as it gets" (Award nomination), 3 excellents dramatic score of Zimmer. But for an opera ... I don't know. Hans can do anythink, I'm sure. Other thing: Williams et Goldsmith ne sont pas aussi fort que certain puissent dire. Williams me decoit plus qu'il ne m'impressionne. Et Goldsmith a vidé sa banque d'idée, ca commence a se ressemblé score après score.(Sorry, I can't translate this sentence!!!)

Ridley Scott do a REALLY good choice.

In fact, Hanz Zimmer é um compositor bem fraquinho e incompetente, principalmente se você o comparar com grandes mestres como Ennio Morricone ou Jerry Ourives, o poderosão!