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Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer just branched out into unchartered territory.

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[–] FanciestPants 3 points 4 hours ago

I would be down for a national anthem that sounded like a movie trailer. Opens with BWAAAAHMMMMM. Then another. Then narrator in a grisled and wise voice starts in, "We're not a good country. We've done horrible things." BWAAAAAHMMMMMM!

[–] Thcdenton 23 points 20 hours ago

He gonna reuse the dune theme 😂

[–] [email protected] 13 points 20 hours ago

Fuck, not hans zimmer man 😭 Why did he sell out to us

But on the other hand, our anthem sucks ass. We need a better one so i guess it isn't all bad?

[–] FireWire400 14 points 23 hours ago

He evidently does need the money, huh...

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wonder how he’s gonna include the part about slavery and misogyny

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sad to see a great composer who really doesn't need the money, take money from a brutal suppressive dynasty to make something that will make said dynasty look good

[–] answersplease77 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

Even Eminem went dick riding and sucking saudi dictatorship for money. Jennifer Lo went stripping in her mid 50s there, + so many othera as well. 99.99999% of Hollowyood celebs and influencers turn into cheap spinless hypocrite sellout money whores when offered a saudi check

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

didn't they already sell out by going to Hollywood in the first place...?

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool 8 points 1 day ago

Didn’t Vince McMahon sell a bunch of yearly shows to Saudi Arabia? I used to love me some old school wrestling till i realized what a creepo he was

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 day ago (14 children)

We got it wrong. We should make a "non-boycott" list of people who aren't assholes yet. It would be way shorter, and we would remove people when they become so fucking stupid and arse-licking that they have the idea of reworking the national anthems of shitholes such as saudi arabia.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't sweat it. I love Hans Zimmer but after what he did to my car, I can't wait to hear the bizarre shits that will be the new anthem.

Zimmer was hired by BMW to make acceleration and engine noises for their "i" line of EVs. What they got was the sound of robots whining and having orgasms. I had to disable the sound on mine.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I love Hans Zimmer but after what he did to my car

I thought this comment was about to go in a very different direction

[–] MothmanDelorian 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Hopefully he's a nicer to cars than Frank Zappa.

Edit: Sadly it appears that videos of Frank "playing a car" on The Monkees are harder to find than I suspected.

[–] konalt 24 points 1 day ago

Never letting Hans borrow my car after he used it as an instrument in an orchestral arrangement of Yankee Doodle Dandy

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 7 points 1 day ago

Zimmer was hired by BMW to make acceleration and engine noises

Huh, I guess Brian Eno wasn't available.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Tom Morello is based as hell

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would add Elton John and Tom Hanks, but if I look too deeply they may secretly be British Nazis working for the Queen to overthrow the American government...

[–] TheRealKuni 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It might be an unpopular opinion, but it doesn't make him a monster. His reasoning for it is that he doesn't want to cause more harm.

Locking people up isn't right either but he is entitled to a point of view

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

Reducing other's freedoms because they're bad for you is something I'd consider evil. People should be allowed to make choices for themselves. If you think they're harmful than you should try to educate people, but you shouldn't try to make them having a choice (which you were allowed to make) illegal.

[–] TheRealKuni 10 points 1 day ago

It might be an unpopular opinion, but it doesn't make him a monster. His reasoning for it is that he doesn't want to cause more harm.

Sure it doesn’t make him a monster. It isn’t going to make me stop loving his music. But it does make me question his judgement.

He’s an addict, so he needs to avoid things that may trigger his addictive habits. He talks about weed leading to worse drugs. But not everyone is an addict.

I’ve been using weed for like, fifteen years. Have never been tempted to try anything harder. Most people I know who partake are the same way. Making weed illegal because addicts might go on to try harder drugs is ridiculous in a world with alcohol in it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MeatsOfRage 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

🎵 …and the bone saw’s red glare

the screams filling the air

the sawing of limbs

and the blood everywhere

O say does that bonesaw in hand yet wave?… 🎵

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I thought the guy was honourable.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (8 children)

From what I can tell, it seems like he takes credit for most of the work of his protégés. See: the DaVinci Code Soundtrack, for which he only wrote the main theme, or the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, for which... You guessed it, he only wrote the main theme.

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[–] LovableSidekick 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"I'm going for more of an 80s pop vibe."

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[–] Tagger 19 points 1 day ago

Wow, well, fuck that guy ... shame

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He gonna thread in the Islamofascism, Human Slavery, and Misogyny?

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