The Classics is a stunning new album from the world’s most exciting film composer, Hans Zimmer. The album features back-to-back blockbuster hits including the iconic music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Academy Award®-winner The Lion King, the powerful and evocative theme from The Dark Knight Rises and the Platinum-selling “Now We Are Free” from Gladiator. For the first time, the bold and unmistakable music of Hans Zimmer has been reimagined and arranged for some of the world’s greatest classical musicians, including The Piano Guys, Lang Lang, 2CELLOS, Lindsey Stirling, Till Brönner, Amy Dickson, Leona Lewis and many more. This incredible collection is a must-have for all fans of the most in-demand composer in Hollywood.
Hans Zimmer has scored more than 120 films, which have, combined, grossed over 24 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. He has been honored with an Academy Award®, two Golden Globes®, three Grammys®, an American Music Award and a Tony® award. In 2003, ASCAP presented him with the prestigious Henry Mancini Award for lifetime achievement for his impressive and influential body of work. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 2010. His Academy Award®-winning score to The Lion King has sold over 15 million copies since release in the early 90s. Some of his most recent works include Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, The Lone Ranger, History Channel's miniseries The Bible, the Christopher Nolan-directed films Inception, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises; Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Ron Howard's Rush and Steve McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave. His most recent Academy Award® nomination, his 10th, was for Interstellar.
For the first time, the world's greatest film composer performed by the world's most exciting musicians. Gatefold, sticker.
Tracks are listed sequentially on both back-cover and inside gatefold.
This is a beautiful collection on Hans Zimmers finest compositions, from Pirates of the Caribbean to Inception!
The pieces do not sound the same as the original ones from the movies because they are performed by guest players e.g. Leona Lewis sings in the Gladiator piece ‘Now We Are Free’.
This album sounds beautiful on vinyl, very atmospheric!
By: ESP
A1 The Dark Knight Rises: Main Theme
Violin – Lindsey Stirling
A2 Themes From Pirates Of The Caribbean
Piano, Cello – The Piano Guys
Producer – Chris Craker, Nick Patrick
Producer [Cello Performance] – Steven Sharp Nelson
Producer [Piano Performance] – Chuck E. Myers, Jon Schmidt
Recorded By [Cello], Producer [Cello Performance] – Al Van Der Beek
Recorded By [Piano] – Jake Bowen
A3 Gladiator Rhapsody
Piano – Lang Lang
B1 Crimson Tide: Main Theme
Trumpet – Till Brönner
B2 Inception: Time
Cello – Tina Guo
B3 The Lion King: This Land
Saxophone – Amy Dickson
C1 Gladiator: Now We Are Free
Backing Vocals – Jirana 'Fun' Williamson
Vocals – Leona Lewis
C2 Man Of Steel: Flight
Piano – Lang Lang
Violin – Maxim Vengerov
C3 The Thin Red Line: Light
Violin – Maxim Vengerov
D1 Gladiator: The Battle Scene
Piano – Khatia Buniatishvili
Transcription By – Wibi Soerjadi
D2 Inception: Mombasa
Arranged By – Luka Sulic*, Stjepan Hauser
Cello – 2Cellos
Mastered By – Filip Vidović
Mixed By – Filip Vidović
Producer – Filip Vidović
D3 Interstellar: The Docking Scene
Organ – Roger Sayer
Arranged By – Gavin Greenaway (tracks: A1, A2, B1, C1, C3), John Ashton Thomas (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3, C2, D3)
Conductor – Gavin Greenaway
Edited By – Olga Fitzroy
Engineer – Benoit Bel, Chris Connor (6), Dave Rowell, John Chapman (12), Philipp Nedel, Robert Sattler (2), Shane Edwards
Engineer [Assistant] – Alfredo Pasquel, Rhys Fletcher
Engineer, Mixed By – Nick Wollage
Executive-Producer – Liam Toner, Mark Cavell
Management – Sarah Thwaites
Mastered By – Simon Gibson
Orchestra – The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Producer, Sleeve Notes – Chris Craker
