MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Midi, Switched On, Hans Zimmer

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC 2F03
• Professor: Simon Wood

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Difficult, there were only 4 in the. 1950s owned by major universities, very attractive source of music making: forbidden planet (1956, all-electronic score, very odd sounding sounds like sound effects, louis and bebe barron. Increased use in popular music (cid:862)(cid:272)lassi(cid:272)al(cid:863) t(cid:396)ai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)ofte(cid:374) self-taught: two most influential of this new generation: danny elfman and hans zimmer. Largely self-taught (frequently worked with him: criticized for not being able to (cid:862)(cid:396)ead (cid:373)usi(cid:272)(cid:863) (cid:894)appa(cid:396)e(cid:374)tly, he (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:895, major backlash for not having formal training he wrote a response letter. Hans zimmer (1957- : german born/ a largely self-taught keyboardist/synth player/programmer for popular groups, played around with the piano. Best known for working with the buggles (video. Often has an emphasis on timbre and rhythm, rather than melody: most notable collaborations are with director christopher nolan, minimalism: simple idea repetition complexity of layers slow changes over time, by the end there is a massive/powerful sound.