What do you guys think?

Go here for a quick listen: (scroll down the URL to the 'Music' category
http://www.behindfilm.com/pearlharbor/downloads.html

but, there's really not enough to go by.

Anyways, track 3 is nice...sounds like a winner for Zimmre (that ryhmes!) and way better than gladiator and MI2. Although it might be a little early to tell

As for it sounding generic.....as some of you put it, I believe Hans Zimmer is just trying to be simple, by not emphisizing the obvious on screen. As many composers do these days.

--Brian

This time Zimmer takes the Lorca-Angela's Ashes approach: repeat a theme ad nauseum.

Anyway.........

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Originally posted by sean:
OK, what's with people complaining about the synthesizers in Gladiator! I mean, for the battle scenes ("The Battle" and "Barbarian Horde") the synth work is very minimal and is pretty much only used for percussion; the synth lines are not harsh nor do they detract from the orchestra. That's what Hans Zimmer does better than any other composer: He finds a way to use electronics with an orchestra in such a way that it works perfectly and in such a way that it doesn't sound like old skool synth work, but in a modern sense. For me, the synthesizers in the score were most noticeable in Maximu's first gladiator fight and perhaps in the cues focusing on Lisa Gerrard: "The Might of Rome," "Sorrow," "Elysium," and "Now We Are Free."

NP: Pearl Harbor - Hans Zimmer *****/*****

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Erik

I've read that the movie basically has three acts...setup/characters/love story....invasion (I think more than 40minutes might leave you exhausted)...then the finale of the film dedicated to Dolittle's attack of the fleet.

First off, Pearl Harbor wasn't an invasion, it was an aerial attack. Second, Doolittle's squadron attacked JAPAN, not the Japanese fleet.

But, who knows, maybe Bay WILL have the B-25s chasing the Japanese fleet back to their islands. Heck ole Ridley Scott re-wrote history and revived the Roman Republic in that alternative-history movie called "Gladiator."

For the record, I'm not going to complain about Bay using modern 200-foot destroyers to sit in for 400-foot battleships or Cuba Gooding's character using twin 20mm pom-poms instead of a .50 caliber machine gun. I can overlook minor things like that.

I saw a book filled with stills from this movie at a bookstore last weekend and I'm impressed. He uses models and computers to produce some really good-looking special effects. And it looks like Bay is actually going to at least follow the broad outline of history, rather than make something up like Scott did. :P

Also, I'm going to wait to see how the score compliments the picture before I pass any judgement on Zimmer.

One brief bit is reminding me totally of another theme I have heard in a score, but I just can't remember what! I want to perhaps say Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me, but I'm not sure if thats the right movie I am thinking of..... Drat, need to find some cues from that.

Dan (UK)

NP: nothing

Actually, the largest US naval failure was the Battle of Savo Island. If you're curious about it, find the book "The Shame of Savo."

Pearl Harbor was more of a national failure. We just got a little too arrogant and 2,000 men paid the price.

Savo was your basic Mongolian cluster-f***.

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Originally posted by Reddi:
Though I won't doubt, that PEARL HARBOR will be a great bit of movie magic, I just would not trust Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay to create an earnest rendering of a historical tragedy. I think there's going to be a lot of great emotion and jaw-dropping battle scenes, but I think there a lot more worried about the pizzaz, big budget explosions, and entertainment factors...oh yeah and some good PG-13 sex. I'm really excited, don't get me wrong, but I'm not crossing my fingers for an arresting portarait of the largest navel failure in United States' history. I just don't know.

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Well I still wanna see it. As for Michael Bay well I'm sure he'll make the film as appropriate as it should be. And as for the PG-13 rating.....I'm guessing that Disney is trying to hook a particular audience and thats not including fans of war films. I've heard that this movie will be more of a love story, that settles around the Pear Harbor event. The marketing guys are really smart and they know that making it look like a serious war movie with dazziling special effects in the trailers will get everyones attention. But come on! How many movies theses days are actually like what the trailers made them seem to be? No dought they got this idea from the movie Titanic. We think its about ship sinking, and to some extent it was, but ultimatly the story seemed to sit around Jack and Rose most of the time didn't it?
So they don't feel its nessasary, to use alot ecsessive foul language and alot of blood and gory battle scenes when the movie will focus on the opposite.

And as for your "PG-13 sex". Don't you think that there is way too much sex in movies already? Its really ridiculous! These producers really need to grow up and understand, that you can explain a love relationship by just putting characters in a situation where its obvious that they really care for each other, and perhaps imply sex. There is really no need and is indecent to graphically show it in the most pornographic way the law will alow in R rated movie!

Thats my opinion!

NP- Gone in 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
I don't really like this score but, today I was just in the mood for some hard techno-rock, and somehow found it enjoyable!

No, if I had an inferiority complex them I would worshipe Hanzaimmer, the almost bald thief noisemaker!

P.S.: I do have balls TimTim! Wanna taste it?? (And you can bring your master, Hinzinzer with you!)

That will show him! Bevare!!!

Besides, I am a Voodoo King. You shall remember that!

Now, please give a third chance to prove myself!