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Is Mission Impossible 2 Hans Zimmer's worst work?
Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:57 pm
MI2 popped up on my Netflix yesterday so I gave it go for the first time in probably ten years. Obviously the movie is laughably bad but I was surprised to see that Zimmer wrote the atrocious score for this movie.
Just awful and in a huge Zimmer fan
Just awful and in a huge Zimmer fan
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Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:59 pm to steeltiger17
Definitely my least favorite of them.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:15 pm to steeltiger17
Zimmer has had some stinkers over the years. His Pearl Harbor soundtrack is largely a carbon copy of the soundtrack he did for The Thin Red Line three years earlier.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:23 pm to RollTide1987
I remember the chick being really hot. That's it.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:27 pm to steeltiger17
overwrought, like a lot of his work. he has his fair share of duds
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:55 pm to Carson123987
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by Carson123987
overwrought, like a lot of his work. he has his fair share of duds
But then he'll put out something like Interstellar or Inception which are both fantastic works. Blackhawk Down is arguably his best work.
I don't think he's a great comic book scorer. Nolans batman movies weren't terrible, I just think Elfmans score for the Burton movies was more "Dark Knight"y. Gladiator is another solid work and very different from his normal hardcore brass sounds.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 10:20 pm to steeltiger17
That score has some good music.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 10:43 pm to navy
quote:when I was kid that was the only thing I was thinking about while watching this movie
I remember the chick being really hot
That dress in her first scene
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 10:52 pm to steeltiger17
The only bad MI movie
Posted on 8/24/15 at 10:56 pm to steeltiger17
His Best: Inception
His Worst that I've heard: Divergent
I still thought there were some good score moments in MI2 even though the movie was shite. Like this scene: LINK Until it gets into the electric guitar.
His Worst that I've heard: Divergent
I still thought there were some good score moments in MI2 even though the movie was shite. Like this scene: LINK Until it gets into the electric guitar.
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:01 pm to abellsujr
quote:I think you just proved carson's point with that link
Like this scene: LINK
I do think inception and interstellar are his best. Some moments in man of steel were great, though some felt off
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:02 pm to jeff5891
Probably. I enjoy a powerful score, personally. To each his own.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:03 pm to abellsujr
I was surprised that he did divergent 
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:55 pm to Carson123987
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overwrought, like a lot of his work. he has his fair share of duds
This. Zimmer has some really great scores - Last Samurai, Crimson Tide, Backdraft, Days of Thunder, and some others. Heck if you ever isolate the Broken Arrow score, that's actually a rad composition.
However, and especially lately, he's been fairly crappy outside of Inception, TDK, select MoS bits, and 12YAS. He's gotten away from what makes him great, and relies far too much on thumping action scores. For instance, there are some really intense pieces in Man of Steel actually, but overall, forgettable. He didn't build enough and most of the tracks fall flat.
Sadly, it's seemed his best work is behind him.
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Is Mission Impossible 2 Hans Zimmer's worst work?
Meh. He has a load of bad scores, but maybe out of big action movies, yeah.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 12:22 am to Freauxzen
The Rock score. So badass. 
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:18 am to RollTide1987
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His Pearl Harbor soundtrack is largely a carbon copy of the soundtrack he did for The Thin Red Line three years earlier.
Pirates Of The Caribbean is also a direct copy of Gladiator. Zimmer is overrated IMO. He's good but nowhere near Williams in any way like some people claim. Zimmer has been extremely lazy at times.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 1:19 am
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:48 am to The_Joker
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Pirates Of The Caribbean is also a direct copy of Gladiator. Zimmer is overrated IMO. He's good but nowhere near Williams
lol nice troll. John Williams is notorious in instrumental circles for ripping off the Stars Themes from Chopin, Korngold, and Dvorak just for starters.
And THEN he turned around and simply rearranged some of the notes from his main star wars themes to create the Superman theme (and to a degree the Indiana Jones theme).
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 7:49 am
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:52 am to The_Joker
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Zimmer has been extremely lazy at times.
Probably the most succinct explanation of Zimmer's work.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:59 am to theunknownknight
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lol nice troll. John Williams is notorious in instrumental circles for ripping off the Stars Themes from Chopin, Korngold, and Dvorak just for starters.
And THEN he turned around and simply rearranged some of the notes from his main star wars themes to create the Superman theme (and to a degree the Indiana Jones theme).
Have you ever played an instrument? Just asking.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:01 am to elprez00
Yes. Several. And in multiple types of bands etc. Thanks for asking.
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