Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer (German pronunciation: [hans ˌfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ]; born 12 September 1957) is a German composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films. His works include The Lion King, for which he won Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar.

Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions.

Zimmer's works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, three Classical BRIT Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph.

The Aim

The Aim is an EP by New Zealand band Bailter Space, released in 1992. It was their first U.S. release, and was a compilation of two vinyl singles.

Song information

Tracks one and two were recorded in June 1991 in New York, then released as a 7" single on Clawfist Records. Tracks three and four were recorded at Writhe in Wellington, New Zealand in November 1991; they were released as a separate 7", also on Clawfist Records. Both 7"s had identical star-themed cover art, but the former was in red on black, the latter in green on black.

  • "The Aim" is a slower-paced, re-recorded version of the band's 1987 song "Our Aim."
  • "We Know" is an embryonic version of "Be On Time" from their forthcoming album Robot World.
  • "The Unseen" later surfaced on Robot World in slightly different, and longer, form as "Get Lost."
  • All songs were written by Bailter Space. Cover design and photography by John Halvorsen.

    Track listing

  • "The Aim" (5:15)
  • "We Know"(3:59)
  • "Shine" (3:58)
  • "The Unseen" (4:05)
  • References

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    Hans Zimmer

    ALBUMS

    K2

    Released 1991
    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Shiver My Timbers

    by: Hans Zimmer

    Pirates: Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul
    Yo oh heave ho
    There are men whose hearts as as black as coal
    Yo oh heave ho
    Inkspots: And they sailed their ship cross the ocean
    blue
    A blood-thirsty captain and a cut-throat crew
    Alligators: It's as dark a tale as was ever told
    Of the lust for treasure and the love of gold
    Pirates: Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides
    Yo oh heave ho
    There are hungers as strong as the wind and tides
    Yo oh heave ho
    Possums: And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum
    Monkey: The devil himself would have to call them scum
    Crabs: Every man aboard would have killed his mate
    For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight
    Alligators: A piece of eight
    Octopus: A piece of eight
    Mosquitos: Five, six, seven, eight
    Stone Faces: Hulla wacka ulla wacka something not right
    Many wicked icky things gonna happen tonight
    Hulla wacka ulla wacka sailor man beware
    Crabs: When de money in the ground dere's murder in de
    Totems: Murder in de air
    Stone Faces: One more time now
    Pirates: Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones
    Yo oh heave ho
    There are secrets that sleep with old Davy Jones
    Yo oh heave ho
    Snakes: When the mainsail's set and the anchor's
    weighed
    There's no turning back from any course that's laid
    Skulls: And when greed and villainy sail the sea
    You can bet your boots there'll be treachery
    Pirates: Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails




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