Where on ‘A Game Of Shadows’ Zimmer was inheriting the world Guy Ritchie created with its predecessor, on the first “Sherlock Holmes” he was still dealing with the enormous legacy of Holmes adaptations that were produced through the years. There had to be a decadence to it, and there had to be a sense of a crumbling empire getting in there, and I thought the music of Kurt Weill was really sort of appropriate.” “I don’t know – somehow in my crazy German brain, I managed to make Victorian London into Weimar Berlin. “It’s actually Kurt Weill and Hendrix, if you want to know,” he revealed. While the music alternately evoked Ennio Morricone and John Barry, Zimmer indicated his earliest inspirations were not what you might expect.

Zimmer’s score for “ Sherlock Holmes” was one of 2009’s most memorable, featuring a chamberlin that seems to rev up into a steam engine of symphonic bombast. Hans Zimmer to Miss Oscars Due to European Tour Or like a guilty pleasure, the occasional theme would be reprised, or the occasional motif would be reprised.” “I’ve never had a job in my life, I’ve never had repetition in my life, and it’s really important for me to sort of throw everything out that we had before, and a bit like distant family, occasionally have come and visit and just stay a little bit. “I wanted to forget everything we had done on the first film, because I’d done it,” he said in an interview last week for “ Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows” in Beverly Hills, Calif.

In addition to composing sixteen scores - in 20 alone – Zimmer won an Oscar for “ The Lion King” and earned seven more nominations for everything from “Rain Man” to “ Inception.” Amazingly, even when it comes to even sequels, Zimmer told The Playlist he’s not interested in resting on his laurels, much less his past accomplishments. Remarkably, he’s not just prolific, but enormously acclaimed. Since making a name for himself with the scores for films like “ Rain Man,” “ Backdraft” and “ Crimson Tide,” Hans Zimmer has become one of the most in-demand composers in the entertainment industry.

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