Voici donc le reportage dont TF1 nous a fait cadeau mercredi 20/02 pendant l'émission "Exclusif" ; Il est amusant de constater que notre compositeur commence à haranguer les foules, même en période de grande écoute et une sensibilisation des gens par la plus grande chaîne européenne en heure de pointe n'est pas pour nous déplaire... Quelques fautes ont été cependant commises dans le commentaire (20 BOs à son actif...), ce qui rend la prouesse d'autant plus attachante... Expérience à renouveler, ou encore désir de voir la séquence pour la première fois, visionnez ce reportage qui a pris beaucoup de monde par surprise... (Divx 4.11 - 3,94 MO - 3'10 environ - mono)

For people who speak english, this is the translation of the speech :

(Fade in)

Images of Black Hawk Down, Impossible Mission 2 and Gladiator are shown on screen.

Off - These movies woudn't have been what they are without one important element, the power given by the music.

This has been done by one of most prolific composer of Hollywood, Hans Zimmer.

Hans Zimmer - During the first scene of Gladiator, with the titles, the first thing you think about is an action movie with full of violent scenes. But the first thing you see is that hand on the wheat. It woudn't have been possible without musical support. In cinema, music is the room for poetry.

Off - 7 times nominated at the Oscars for his musical scores of Rain Man, Prince of Egypt, Hannibal (Wrong), or The Lion King (Personal note - they could have told to everyone he won an oscar for that one), Hans Zimmer can now impose his way of composing to the most famous directors.

Hans Zimmer - I don't read scripts, I rather speak and have a lunch with the director in order to have him tell his own story so that i can feel what is important for him in the story.

Off - His influence is so powerful that he succeeded in giving his choices for Black Hawk Down. Electro-acoustic music for the american soldiers (Personal note - Hard to notice when you've got the Moby Trailer music playing during the speach). Rai percussions for the africans.

Off - But you already know Hans Zimmer. He is the one, with a few friends, that created the Buggles in the 80's.

(old pictures of Video Killed The Radio Star clip are shown on screen) Hans Zimmer - For me, any object is able to become a music instrument. Off - Since his begining, success is still with him. The about 20 scores he did made him incontestable. (Personal note - 20!!!, it is more like 60 now).

Hans Zimmer - I see my job as hearing what the director wants to have in his movie. But I try to give him something that go beyond what he imagines.