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List Price: $17.98 | | Label: Decca
Salesrank: 15912
Released: June 19, 2001 |
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The Wings of a Film: The Music of Hans Zimmer Track Listing:
1. Gladiator: Now We Are Free - Lisa Gerrard,
2. Gladiator: Am I Not Merciful
3. Driving Miss Daisy: Driving
4. Thelma & Louise: Thunderbird
5. Thin Red Line: Journey To The Line
6. Mission: Impossible 2: Nyah And Ethan - Heitor Teixeira Pereira
7. Lion King: Lea Halalela -
8. Power Of One: Mother Africa -
9. Nine Months: Suite
10. Rain Man: Main Theme
11. True Romance: Main Theme
12. Lion King: Busa - Lisa Gerrard, ,
Editorial Review:
Composer/former Buggles keyboardist Hans Zimmer helped pioneer the fusion of traditional orchestral music with synthesized sounds that both seamlessly mock and supplement the traditionally acoustic. What listeners sometimes mistake for a symphony orchestra in full voice is often but shrewdly manipulated digital samples. Thus, this concert performance (recorded at the 2000 Flanders Film Festival) adds a welcome, truly organic dimension to the best of Zimmer's canon. The composer is featured as a performer (with Dirk Brosse conducting the fine efforts of the VRO Flemish Radio Orchestra), as are many of his frequent collaborators; Lisa Gerrard adds her distinctive vocals to the included Gladiator excerpts, while guitarists Pete Haycock and Heitor Pereira add their familiar flourishes to cues from Thelma and Louise and Mission: Impossible 2, respectively. Reworked music from The Lion King and The Power of One supplement the already familiar, but it's Zimmer's haunting, emotionally compelling "Journey to the Line" (from The Thin Red Line score) that is the collection's unlikely high point. --Jerry McCulley
The Wings of a Film: The Music of Hans Zimmer Reviews:
Great compilation and excellent Live recording... 
2009-01-28 - This collection of Hans Zimmer movie soundtrack songs, "Wings of a Film", is a beautiful compilation. I was especially stoked to find the lovely and haunting "Thunderbird" theme from the film "Thelma & Louise", at last presented in its entirety. This tune's absence (there's a truncated version) from the "Thelma & Louise" soundtrack album was a glaring omission, and thankfully it can be found on this recording, faithfully and beautifully executed by slide guitar virtuoso Pete Haycock (who performed it for the film). It's an absolutely beautiful version...
I recommend this Hans Zimmer album in its entirety, and I also recommend Pete Haycock's new CD, "Pete Haycock's True Blues LIVE", which features more amazing slide guitar artistry by this artist (check out the RMI Sound website or Pete Haycock's website for info).
Kudos to Hans for this collection of film music!
A great compilation -- and it features the entire "Thunderbird" theme!
2009-01-28 - This collection of Hans Zimmer movie soundtrack songs, "Wings of a Film", is a beautiful compilation. I was especially stoked to find the lovely and haunting "Thunderbird" theme from the film "Thelma & Louise", at last presented in its entirety. This tune's absence (there's a truncated version) from the "Thelma & Louise" soundtrack album was a glaring omission, and thankfully it can be found on this recording, faithfully and beautifully executed by slide guitar virtuoso Pete Haycock (who performed it for the film). It's an absolutely beautiful version...
I recommend this Hans Zimmer album in its entirety, and I also recommend Pete Haycock's new CD, "Pete Haycock's True Blues LIVE", which features more amazing slide guitar artistry by this artist (check out the RMI Sound website or Pete Haycock's website for info).
Kudos to Hans for this collection of film music!
not at all like the soundtracks 
2008-08-28 - I purchase from amazon all the time and never write reviews but this album was so bad I felt compelled to do so - for example the instrumentation used in the True Romance piece is nothing near the soundtrack - if you want a Yani or John Tisch type syrup job with live audience clapping interruptions then this album is suitable -otherwise it is so bad maybe a goodwill box can find a use for it.
Beautiful Concert
2007-12-24 - Hans Zimmer did a wonderful live Concert of his latest movie scores and it was beautiful . I Wish I could have been there .
Wing of a Film
2005-02-14 - This is one of my favorite CD's. My car was broken into and my CD holder taken from the visor. This CD is the first one I replaced. If you like movie music, this is the CD for you. From the drama and power of "Gladiator" to the African plain of "The Lion King", Hans Zimmer's music moves the heart. The added bonus of vocals from Lisa Gerrard (his collaborator on the "Gladiator" score) only make this more special.
