Hi guys it's Debbie! Now although many of you have been asking, I haven't seen
Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" yet. Nolan is my favourite director, behind me
you can see my poster of "Interstellar" which is my favourite film ever and which
I consider Nolan's absolute masterpiece. So it's obviously very hard for me
knowing that I'll have to wait still a few weeks before I can actually
buy a ticket to go and see "Dunkirk". As many other Christopher Nolan films the
soundtrack to "Dunkirk" was created by Hans Zimmer and although I can't do
anything during the wait for "Dunkirk" except for listening to Hans Zimmer's
recently released soundtrack for this film, I actually went to see Hans Zimmer
live in concert last month. I obviously was able to hear anything from
"Dunkirk" as the concert was way before the film was released, but if you have
the chance and you take the tickets now you'll probably be able to hear them
play something from that soundtrack. So although I unfortunately can't speak
about "Dunkirk" yet I would like to share with you some of my memories from that
wonderful moment. The venue was in Milan, a couple of hours from where I live so
we traveled by train and booked a hotel close by. Now although I'm describing a typical
summer day in Italy, which normally would be scorching hot with a desert-like
climate, it was actually oddly absolutely freezing! It rained all day
and there was also a very cold wind, so when we reached the venue it was
absolutely pouring with rain. So wherever we went there were just crowds of people
trying to shelter from the nasty weather. So we entered the stadium/arena around
two hours earlier, although we had assigned seats so there wouldn't have
been the problem of finding a place. Also because of this weather I wasn't sure
whether to bring my camera, even because umbrellas weren't allowed at the
venue because of recently enhanced safety measures. And being a naturally
anxious person I'd actually googled what items weren't allowed at the concert and
the list actually included cameras so unfortunately had to leave my camera in
the hotel and all the footage I'll be showing you today will be in a worse
quality than this because it was filmed on our phones. During the long
wait before the concert I reached crazy fan levels and spent some time at the
merchandise stand where I actually bought a T-shirt, which is this one with a
purple Hans Zimmer and the band on the front and the list of events and dates
on the back. Milan is down here at the bottom because
it was the last date of the European tour. After a two-hour wait
the lights finally went off and Hans Zimmer walked on stage and then right after him
other members of the band joined him one by one.
And then at that point we realised we hadn't noticed that the stage was oddly
small, there weren't enough instruments and in general there wasn't enough space
for the complete band. But as the members kept on playing a medley of various
pieces, different curtains lifted up behind Zimmer revealing the rest of
the band. So first a line of percussions including famous drummer Satnam
Ramgotra, and then the strings and the chorus. After the first medley Zimmer
stopped to greet everybody and then he started the actual show with his first
piece which was from the soundtrack of "Crimson Tide". Now I have to admit I've
never seen this movie so I obviously couldn't recognise the piece, but there
was so much energy in it (just like every single piece that was played that night) that
I enjoyed listening to anyway. The show went on with various wonderful pieces
from "Gladiator", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Da Vinci Code" and many
more. And then during the break for applause between one piece and the next
we abruptly stopped in our tracks because we suddenly recognised a
familiar call as Lebo M., the original voice behind "The Lion King"
soundtrack stepped on stage singing along with his daughter. So we actually
got to see and listen to the authentic voice behind "The Lion King" soundtrack.
Between one piece and the other Zimmer would actually stop to introduce the
various members of his band, explain what instrument they played, where they were
from and so on. For example he introduced Tina Guo which he explained had been
playing since the age of three, and he stressed the importance of maintaining
that childhood playfulness in the creation of music, never losing that
feeling of discovering sounds, underlining that the important goal is not
necessarily of becoming a professional musician but actually just of playing
music. I really appreciated the attention that Zimmer gave to all the members of
the band, not focusing the attention all on himself but also explaining the
origins of his music and pointing out what sounds and musicians he
recommended listening out for in certain pieces. Then as the show moved on we
listened to the soundtrack to "Wonder Woman"
and then one of the most powerful pieces of the evening which was from "The Dark Knight" theme.
Now I've seen Marilyn Manson screaming at the top of his lungs from the front
rows at a concert, I've listened to every variation of rock and metal you can
imagine, but from that piece onwards Hans Zimmer's music was more powerful than
any rock concert ever. Thousands and thousands of people, the whole crowd was
completely still and silent and the metal structure around us was trembling
from the vibrations that were produced from these musicians. The power and the
rich sound that these artists were creating was absolutely beyond belief. It
was the most professional, well organised and powerful music event I've ever
attended. And after playing the theme from "The Dark Knight" Hans Zimmer stopped to
speak about one of his greatest work partners which is Christopher Nolan and
actor Heath Ledger, which portrayed Joker in Nolan's "The Dark Knight" and which
unfortunately died shortly after. He told us about the piercing pain in hearing
about Heath's death, of how a loss like that leaves an irreparable hole in your soul.
And he also told us of how he had so much anger in his heart at the time, that
he just wanted to change the soundtrack completely, remove all that rusty grungy
feeling the pieces have and create something more pure and clean as a
tribute to his deceased friend. And then of how after he had reflected about this
and realised the best tribute he could ever give to his friend was that of
leaving the pieces just like he had created them, just how Heath had created
them and how he would have liked them to remain. Obviously by then I was in tears
but I was even more when Hans Zimmer then sat down and started playing the notes
to the soundtrack of "Interstellar".
Now I'm not a music connoisseur, I wouldn't be able with all my willpower
to tell you what one note is or play the simplest of songs, but listening to
that piece just made me realise how much his music means to me and how I could
just simply close my eyes and without hesitation pinpoint a specific sound
from that piece and connect it to a specific moment in the film. This is the
power of filmmaking and of music combined.
After "Interstellar" the concert seemed to have ended, my eyes were swollen like
peaches and I was sobbing my way down the steps ready to go back home. But then Hans
Zimmer came back on stage, sat down and played "Time", the ending piece from
"Inception", making that the best concert ever and one of the best evenings. During
that last piece most of the crowd had actually started to move towards the
exits, most of us were collecting our personal
items, ready to leave the venue, so it was a rather chaotic moment. But as soon as
Hans Zimmer put his hands in front of the keys, the whole crowd so thousands and thousands of
people, went immediately silent. There was not one cough, not a rustle,
we could actually hear the creaking of the wood as the musicians moved around on
stage. It was one of the most respectful and mesmerising moments I've ever taken
part in. If you have the chance I would definitely recommend watching a
Hans Zimmer concert. Tickets can be on the pricey side but they are worth every
single penny as everything is well organised, looked after and it is
also quite a lengthy concert because for example ours started at 9 p.m. and
finished well over midnight, allowing just a small break halfway through. I
hope you enjoyed this video, if you did make sure to subscribe for more
movie-related content and much more. See you soon, bye!
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