Hans Zimmer and Rodrgio y Gabriela Team Up To Release POTC4 Soundtrack
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Academy award winning composer Hans Zimmer is teaming up with internationally acclaimed Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela to score the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Sides’ soundtrack for public release.
One of the summers’ most highly anticipated blockbuster movies, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ features original music by Hans, as well as a first time collaboration with Rodrigo y Gabriela. Walt Disney Records will release the soundtrack for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on May 17th, 2011.
“We’d always felt it a creative necessity that the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’ score have an original sound all its own and to distinguish itself from the first three films. With the inspiring addition of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s unique artistry under the direction of maestro Hans ‘Long John’ Zimmer, this iconic score franchise take its next step forward with an imaginative, fresh and individual new
sound,” says Mitchell Leib, President of Music and Soundtracks for the Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Group and Disney Music Group.
Hans Zimmer is one of the film industry’s most respected and sought-after composers with a career that encompasses more than 100 film and television scores. An Academy Award winner for his score for The Lion King, Zimmer has also received eight additional Oscar nominations for his work including Inception, Sherlock Holmes, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, Rain Man, As Good as It Gets, The Preacher’s Wife and The Prince of Egypt. Other recent credits include Rango, The Dark Knight and Batman Begins. Among his many honours, Zimmer has also won two Golden Globes and three Grammy Awards.
Zimmer adds, “The way we’re working, the three of us are sitting in a room, I play average keyboards and they play brilliant guitars and we’re writing cues together. There’s a force, a ferocity, about their
sound.”
Rodrigo y Gabriela are considered the premier guitar-playing duo in the world. They have sold over one million albums, have sold out arenas and headlined festivals worldwide, and in 2010 they were
invited to share the stage with Beyoncé for a state dinner at the White House. The collaboration with Hans Zimmer is their first film score, and is an exciting and defining moment in their career.
Walt Disney Pictures, in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films, presents ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ in theatres on May 20, 2011. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides original motion picture soundtrack will be available wherever music is sold on May 17, 2011.
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