How Hans Zimmer Inspired Christopher Nolan's Interstellar Storyline | The Jonathan Ross Show

Hans Zimmer explains on The Jonathan Ross Show how he turned an intimate bonding story into a masterpiece.
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[@S.C08]

Christopher Nolan + Hans Zimmer = Masterpiece

[@josephbach1]

The dune soundtrack was so different and absolute amazing but dont forget hans zimmers production team. Those melodies arent always his.

[@kristopherrioux]

Hans Zimmer + Denis Villeneuve = also masterpiece

[@TheJPSouza]

True! The same as 'Steven Spielberg + John Williams'

[@kalasend]

No. The world has masterpieces. Nolan + Zimmer belongs to another class

[@enocloke24]

I agree with you but I loved what Ludwig göransson and Nolan did in Tenet. Can’t wait for Oppenheimer

[@dylana.9057]

"Why do we fall ? " That's Hans Zimmer's masterpiece & most underrated soundtrack.

[@jahinakhyar]

Relax

[@HpArtcraft]

That was actually James Newton Howard.

[@ethanz3837]

That's Hans's 167th best track. Decent workout music though

[@louiep.2853]

@@ethanz3837 so true Lmao

[@ScoreAcademy.]

ngl if u think thats his best you simply havent heard all of his compositions

[@rjmacready9828]

Zimmer is a legend. My favorite tracks are Time, Like a Dog Chasing Cars, and No Time for Caution

[@daneoman1000]

💯%!

[@mdnihalhussain1460]

S.T.A.Y is epic

[@skylinestudiosrc]

Molossus !!

[@victornadler8731]

now we are free, from gladiator is definitely the best one

[@sanjeetchakraborty8146]

Time is my favourite too , and also stay and no time for caution

[@Goxilla]

Hans Zimmer is a modern day Beethoven. His music will always be taught in schools

[@BravoCheesecake]

His recent work on "Dune" was absolutely incredible too.

[@ImmersionaudioLTD]

I agree it was a musical masterpiece!

[@sagarpandya82]

I will not be surprised if his music is still listened to in centuries to come. Talented and incredibly prolific.

[@Singhpala]

Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer collaborating together brings historic movies ! Two GOATS of Modern Cinema 🐐

[@Walperion_Music]

Oh, such a rare guest on any show Hans Zimmer is! He’s my hero! Inspired by him I’ve become a cinematic composer as well! Such a unique manner to work with Nolan. :)

[@iEnayath]

How are you doing, you know being a cinematic composer?

[@infinaneek]

Ha! I’m a composer too. 🤜🏽

[@Walperion_Music]

@@iEnayath Well, quite nice, thank you, you can hear some of my Zimmer-inspired cinematic tracks on my Channel. Peace!

[@rodrigofoli]

Interstellar soundtrack's is thr best piece of music i've ever heard. I've listened to it almost everyday in my life this year literally. I use it to sleep, to study, when i'm happy, when i'm taking a bath and in every situation... It's perfect! My favoritrs right now are Stay and Murphy(an unnused track but its core is present on other tracks like Detach)

[@CurrentlyOnLV-426]

Interstella _was_ about the fragility of a father's relationship with his daughter. All the other spectacles of spaceships and blackholes were there just to show how transcending our love is, that "Love is quantifiable," as Cooper said.

[@coocat231]

Art is in the eye of the beholder. Absolutely ignorant of you to assume what others interpret the music as.

[@rocketcod1368]

You just described one of the most complex and difficult to understand movies, the best possible way. Just beautiful. I love your comment.

[@TheManOfTomorrow]

Hans Zimmer's "Organ Variation", the simplest music theme I've ever heard, is my most favorite piece of music of all time. Also, "Beautiful Lie" from Batman v Superman [Ultimate Edition] is truly beautiful too.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

I had the pleasure of watching Hans Zimmer live with a candle lit cathedral, words cannot describe how spiritual and magical it was.

[@thilakhari]

Wouldn't candle lit areas be soooo hot?

[@willrichardson5931]

An actual living genius

[@ucantseemeverywell]

the way hans elevates movies through music is unparalleled. truly a legend.

[@SomedaySam]

His fragile little piano piece for Interstellar IS the heart of that movie.

[@nextgengaming7803]

His man of steel score was truly beautiful.

[@thibaud3277]

Hope he's coming back for Man of Steel 2 🙏

[@Turkaine]

Beautiful way of describing how a collaboration should work.

[@sicario3181]

He's so right about all other Trailers now a days.

[@seya_2]

Interstellar soundtracks really makes me emotional

[@richardconnold5207]

Love the way that Zimmer laughs at the TENET joke 😃

[@vb8428]

He refused to work on it. It might've been even louder 😂😂

[@richardconnold5207]

@@vb8428 Not quite sure, about that. Story goes that he chose DUNE, instead... and Nolan hasn't worked with him, since.

[@vb8428]

@@richardconnold5207 And that's why he refused. But still went on to work on a few other blockbusters in that period

[@RShadow12]

@@vb8428 “Refused” isn’t the right word. Dune has always been a dream project for Hans, so that’s the one he really wanted to do. If it wasn’t Dune, Hans would have done TENET

[@GrandHighGamer]

@@richardconnold5207 Since? He's not released a movie since! (Though he's doing Oppenheimer with Ludwig again).

[@qy72hund]

Thought Christopher Nolan + Hans Zimmer would remain unrivaled. Then Denis Villeneuve + Hans Zimmer happened 🤯

[@alesksander]

🤯heh

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Nothing can inspire you like another person can. When two people who inspire one another meant, that’s when real magic happens.

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

Hans Zimmer has a composition for everything. If you want something to get your heart racing: there's Mombasa, Molossus, He's a Pirate. If you want something uplifting: Sacred Pool Of Tears, Zen Ball Master. If you want something sombre and melancholic: A Small Measure of Peace, Day One. If you want to feel at peace: A Way of Life, Oogway Ascends. There're just too many amazing compositions to name. He's my favourite composer of all time

[@manteous]

Now we’re free?

[@nannue]

oh, what a treat and now it's time to rewatch Interstella again.

[@hansbockler]

When I was about 12, I watched Prince of Egypt in theaters. I remember being so moved by the score! I got on the primitive version of the internet, found an address that was supposedly for fan mail to HZ, and penned him a letter of gratitude celebrating the score. About a month later, Hans wrote me back with an autographed pic of himself that we still have proudly mounted in our living room. What a legend!! Thanks for this interview

[@lissi88]

I'd like to throw in that his rearrangement of Fastlove, the one Adele sang for the George Michael tribute, was absolutely beautiful.

[@ente866]

All these people ain't worth of him there. He shared such an incredible story and they have straight faces wtf man I'm melting

[@AstronutFan1]

Hans Zimmer, John Williams, and Brad Fiedel are some of the most renowned composers in the world. They have an exceptional ability to tell a story through music that is truly remarkable. Their music is awe-inspiring and has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. It’s no wonder that they are considered some of the best composers of all time, and I'm still in awe and flabbergasted by their music.

[@Rariix22]

Hans is a legend. My alltime favorites are Time, First Step, No Time for Caution, and the Man of Steel main theme.

[@jamesdawson2393]

My two favourite Hans Zimmer scores: 1. Tennessee - Pearl Harbor (although a bad film) 2. A Way of Life - The Last Samurai My list of honourable mentions: 1. One Day - Pirates of The Caribbean 2. Discombobulate - Sherlock Holmes 3. Now We Are Free - Gladiator

[@juandiegoarenas6284]

People have forgotten Tennessee, is very beautiful

[@dharambasi1928]

The Last Samurai is underrated, my favourite score of his personally.

[@stormtraitor6545]

He did amazing work recreating Vangelis’ score on ‘Blade Runner 2049’.

[@ForrestTaft101]

A way of life is incredible. You've a good ear.

[@darkstrife421]

OG Lion King should be in there somewhere imo

[@nestorm4]

That is wild. “I know where the heart of the movie is now”. Masters of their craft.

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

He'll always be the xylophone from true romance to me

[@scsutton1]

As well as all of his incredible work, it's crazy to think that this guy is also credited with the theme tune to Going for Gold. Talk about starting with a classic.

[@PJV1990]

I NEVER thought I'd see Hans Zimmer giving an interview on the Jonathan Ross show of all places. It really is a crazy world we live in.

[@monxx15]

You can really understand Hans Zimmer's influence when you see how much he has inspired other composers. Just the other day, I was watching "Captain Phillips" and realized that the score in the final scene where he's been rescued is almost an identical copy of one of Zimmer's scores...

[@Haze_OneX]

What an absolute legend of a composer. Mwah!

[@stephengibbons2260]

Jonathan Ross has changed his tune. When the Dark Knight came out he was one of the few who gave it a bad review. Now, he's saying it's favourite of Nolan's Batman movies.

[@SHOOTERSHOOTERSHOOTER999]

This video deserves wayyyy more views.

[@TheRockinBK]

The 🐐

[@wrenlinwhitelight3007]

Christopher Nolan is simply the greatest of all time. To this day, Inception, Interstellar and Tenet haunt my my dreams in the most beautiful way. Tenent was the ultimate mind-f**k for me.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

What did you think of Tenet (2020)'s score? It was by a new guy.

[@TheJPSouza]

The Dark Knight, Dunkirk, ...

[@ryiin]

He's a genius.

[@husseinqaissatar]

Hanz Zimmer is Legendary

[@tx3851]

The score within Interstellar, makes the Movie, in my humble opinion....

[@dylana.9057]

@Aka W

[@Roeinesmati]

interstellar best movie ever with the best music ever

[@prosperwilliams]

Hans is a genius ❤.

[@user-qv2mx4yo1m]

Great to see Chuck McGill doing good.

[@simpleton7]

So glad that we have burnt-in subs do we can all understand Jonathan's voice.

[@ForrestTaft101]

A genius of our time

[@JRPete]

Christopher and Hans are the Dream team of cinema.

[@user-lc9bs4gm9f]

the best hans has ever zimmered ❤❤

[@donaldo85]

Legend!

[@eroche913]

Genius. Nothing less.

[@warofsouls9065]

I love him❤️

[@spiderthenics9462]

A small measure of peace..out of many many many of his work.

[@annap2287]

My dream is to have Christopher Nolan create a song/track personalized for me. He is a legend and I hope to meet him one day. ❤

[@kyovibe]

I love how they are talking about Chris Nolan even though they are here for something else

[@arash5550]

what was that tiny piece he played to nolan ? the heart of the movie ..!

[@pjd6977]

We dont create choppins, beethovens or bachs anymore, but the scores that these talented composers produce for films absolutely carry on the mantle of classical symphony

[@raeeznjr4218]

The GOAT

[@jasonmahoney3921]

Hope he does a Star Wars movie score some day he’s incredible

[@PuckStar]

What music piece is he talking about when he talks about the "brrrrr" sound. When they played into the piano. Anyone have a link please?

[@amen6032]

"i know where the heart of the movie is now"

[@gyandeep_singh]

Hans Zimmer looks like Chuck from Better call Saul

[@arthurmarston102]

TIME 🔥

[@scottbarkley496]

TOP GUN MAVERICK = MASTERPIECE

[@goosyhq]

bruh

[@scottbarkley496]

@@goosyhq huh ?

[@daneoman1000]

No needed more POV shots from the pilots perspective.

[@AIKnowYou]

lol the funny thing is a lot of the score was written based on Lady Gaga's song. No disrespect to anyone. She's a musical artist of course, but you would typically expect it to be the other way around. And yes, best movie I've seen in a long time and the score was awesome.

[@ethanz3837]

Rush Man of Steel Interstellar Planet Earth 2 Trailer Pearl Harbor Inception Last Samurai Black Hawk Down Lion King Pirates Cool Runnings Melanesian Choirs Thin Red Line Tears of the Sun Batman Trilogy Kung Fu Panda Sherlock Holmes Angels and Demons and Davinci Code This is just a fraction of it. This guy's production is unparalleled.

[@PVivekmca]

Gladiator the master piece.

[@kaustubhnimbarmunde4121]

I would like to read that story and listen the piece Hans made based on it.

[@Chaziltasm]

What is the peice of music he is referring to here? This "fragile little peice"? I'm curious, I feel like I know in my head which one it might be.

[@carlos10571]

Beautiful Lie is another masterpiece

[@khanage360]

Nolan And zimmer are the best

[@aaroncoe9656]

Think you mean Interstellar in the title

[@justinebach5387]

How stock music change movie industry.

[@sangramsekhar6866]

"Yeah I know where the heart of the movie is now"_Nolan

[@rrennnerr]

Has that interstellar music inspiration found its way onto the internet, by chance?

[@KennyJordana]

Hanz Zimmer is the Dr. Dre of movie scores 👊🏿

[@Mankysausage]

Good that Jon clarifies he didnt do all of the pirates movies, but the key detail is that he didn't do the first one because he thought it was beneath him. So the music we all know from those movies should not be credited to Hans

[@vb8428]

Good to know

[@rob4926]

Incorrect. Hans Zimmer produced the score for The Curse Of The Black Pearl, written by Klaus Badelt. It was a collaborative partnership. He wasn’t interested in the subject matter of pirates as he believed there wasn’t an inspiring / energising story to be told there and has admitted he was very wrong after being shown some movie footage.

[@Mankysausage]

@@rob4926 How was I incorrect, you've just said the same thing but added extra detail

[@rob4926]

@@Mankysausage ‘He didn’t do the first one because he thought it was beneath him’ - he did work on the first one and the notion that he hired Klaus because he thought the film was beneath him is a wild and factually untrue assumption

[@Mankysausage]

@@rob4926 "He wasn’t interested in the subject matter of pirates as he believed there wasn’t an inspiring / energising story to be told there" - In other words this story does not deserve my talent and I'll hire someone to do it for me

[@jannis11]

nOice

[@juicer404]

nolan and zimmer is like Spielberg and john willaims

[@patinho5589]

Rosie is such a beauty this video was about her right?

[@boleveziyetinicinesoxam6242]

He is genius

[@soocool78]

sigh, all these comments mentioning his best tracks and not a single one says Green Smoke from The Rock

[@soopernoodles]

Wayne Man?

[@GX901]

"To prevent them from really thinking out anything themselves, we shall deflect their attention to amusements, games, pastimes, excitement, and people's palaces. Such interest will distract their minds completely from questions on which we might be obliged to struggle with them. Becoming less and less accustomed to independent thinking, people will express themselves in unison with us because we alone offer new lines of thought- of course through persons whom they do not consider as in any way connected with us." Thirteenth Protocol of The Learned Elders of Zion.

[@daneoman1000]

L E G E N D!

[@BenjaminNaman]

0:45

[@viharikrishnan5588]

🔥🔥😘❤😊🥰😍😍

[@joaosantos5503]

The song in the infamous Inception trailer that kickstarted the whole bruuuuuuum sound was actually composed by Zack Hemsey! It's called Mind Heist. Don't know why Zimmer says he's the one who started that trend, though... Bit of a dick move there, or maybe he just doesn't remember idk.

[@SimonZFilmproduktion]

"The sound" was written into the script because like he said, it was a story point. It's basically a very slow version of the first seconds of the Edith Piaf tune. By the time Zack Hemsey composed "Mind Heist" Nolan and Zimmer are deep into the edits of the film and most certainly have experimented with "the sound" and told Zack to implement it for the trailer track.

[@KP-zd3hc]

I pray desperately that he has no scandals. Be scandal free. Please.

[@itiswhatitis9591]

Hans speaks like he is on the Chang he’s got that side jaw thing happening

[@stephenpaul1371]

He's the best .no doubt word up .now thsts gangster

[@geraldg350]

Man if steele soundtrack is fire.

[@angc1456]

Well i still can´t understand why THOMANS NEWMAN STILL DOESN´T HAVE HIS OSCAR. It´s interesting Hans Zimmer loves media atention , interviews and social media at the other hand Thomas Newman likes his privacy ! :) But i love them Both . But i do miss the master ENNIO MORRICONE 🥰🥰🥰

[@alexalexis7899]

It is unfortunate that Hans failed yet again to credit Zack Hemsey, the composer of Inception’s trailer score, for coming up with the BRRRRAAAMMM sound that Hans then (quite effectively) incorporated into the movie’s soundtrack. EDIT: Mike Zarin is the composer of the very first trailer for Inception, and thus the responsible for the iconic horn sound. Zack expanded on it, making the most memorable trailer score.

[@MarcShake]

Zack is always underrated as fuck.

[@zb4358]

The BRAAAMMM sound is actually a story point in the movie. The sound is inspired from the first few seconds of a French song that has been slowed down. That slowed down sound was remade by Hans to be the iconic version that you are talking about. I think it's pretty safe to assume that Hans wrote the sound for the movie and then his soundtrack was given to Zack Hemsey for inspiration to create "Mind Heist".

[@alexalexis7899]

@@zb4358 What you said doesn’t imply causality as it can be easily achieved by reverse engineering. You can slow down and morph any rhythm to fit the BRRRAAAAMMM sound, which is exactly what Hans did because Piaf’s song doesn’t fit into the BRRAAAMMM just by being slowed down. I was, however, mistaken in thinking Zack composed all the trailer music for Inception, but he didn’t. The very first teaser, where the BRRRAAAMM was already present, was composed by Mike Zarin - so credit belongs to him.

[@zb4358]

@@alexalexis7899 Piafs song slowed down is does fit the BRAAAMMM BRAAAMMM sound that is in first song in the album soundtrack and the opening of the movie. The pitch matches just from being slowed down. If you look up inception Piaf song comparison you’ll hear it. You can also slow the song down yourself and it will match. I realize you’re talking not about BRAAAMMM BRAAMMM, but rather BBBRAAAAAAMMMM, which are two different sounds from two separate tracks in the soundtrack. The point is the longer BRAAAAAMMM you are referring to is part of the inception soundtrack that Hans wrote. It also happens to be in the trailers. So you are claiming the trailer songs were written before Hans wrote the soundtrack? I don’t believe that to be the case.

[@alexalexis7899]

@@zb4358 The trailer scores where created before Hans wrote down a single note for the film, which is what is common in the industry. He liked the result and incorporated his version of it. No shame in that.

[@prosperwilliams]

Prosper Williams

[@lemedico]

No mention of interstellar?!

[@navylaks2]

It still amazes me that James Cameron hasn't worked with this man.

[@AstronutFan1]

Brad Fiedel and James Horner are amazing composers as well. And may Mr. Horner rest in peace.

[@Iomar1975]

For me it all boils down to one Englishman and one German making Holywood's most interesting contemporary movies.

[@willlisney5042]

they arent confusing

[@hiimanhuman]

Interstellar not inception 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@dylancochrane6296]

???