The Classics: Iconic Film Scores (2LP)

Lang Lang (Piano)
Lindsey Stirling (Violin)
Till Brönner (Trumpet)
The Piano Guys (Performance)
2CELLOS (Performance)

★ Featuring best-selling film scores from "The Dark Knight Rises," "Interstellar," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Gladiator," "Man of Steel," "The Lion King," "Inception," and more.
★ Reinterpreted by Lang Lang, 2CELLOS, The Piano Guys, Till Brönner, and others.

Film composer Hans Zimmer shot to fame in the 1990s after winning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for the Disney animated film "The Lion King." He became the successor to Hollywood maestro John Williams, subsequently cementing his status as a master composer with best-selling scores for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series and "Gladiator," and was appointed as the head of the film music department at DreamWorks. Few people know that Zimmer is a native of Germany; he grew up in Frankfurt and attended school in London as a teenager. After his father passed away, he plunged into the world of music to numb the pain, a passion from which he never looked back. Zimmer first entered the pop music scene through his exposure to the emerging synthesizer and electronic music trends in London. He began collaborating on albums with punk and alternative bands from the UK, Italy, and Spain. His first encounter with film scoring came when he worked as a producer on the soundtrack for Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor," alongside Ryuichi Sakamoto. He was introduced to Hollywood through the score for "Rain Man." In this film and his subsequent work, he made extensive use of synthesizers, bringing a new musical aesthetic to Hollywood feature films. Since then, Zimmer has been consistently sought after by top Hollywood directors. To date, he has scored over 120 films, which have grossed over $24 billion at the box office. He has composed the scores for almost every major blockbuster, creating countless familiar melodies, and has earned an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards.

This album features Hans Zimmer’s own re-arrangements of his iconic themes from films such as "Inception," "The Lion King," "The Dark Knight," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "Interstellar." He invited renowned artists, including violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov, pianist Lang Lang, Khatia Buniatishvili, and jazz trumpeter Till Brönner, to provide fresh interpretations. Unlike the ensemble arrangements heard in the films, this album strives to highlight solo performances and individual expression. Listeners will hear Lang Lang and Vengerov perform the "Man of Steel" theme as a piano and violin duet, and Lang Lang perform the "Gladiator" theme in a concerto style, weaving a poetic masterpiece as moving as Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. This album serves as a culmination of Hans Zimmer's 20-year career in Hollywood, a meticulously crafted work that allows the world to rediscover the creative drive behind his music through a classical and crossover lens.

【Tracklist】
SIDE A
1. The Dark Knight Rises: Main Theme - Lindsey Stirling
2. Themes from Pirates of the Caribbean - The Piano Guys
3. Gladiator Rhapsody - Lang Lang

SIDE B
1. Crimson Tide: Main Theme - Till Brönner
2. Inception: Time - Tina Guo
3. The Lion King: This Land - Amy Dickson SIDE C
1. Now We Are Free - Leona Lewis
2. Man of Steel: Flight - Lang Lang & Maxim Vengerov
3. The Thin Red Line: Light - Maxim Vengerov

SIDE D
1. Gladiator: The Battle Scene - Khatia Buniatishvili
2. Inception: Mombasa - 2CELLOS
3. Interstellar: The Docking Scene - Roger Sayer