Before And After The Start, Unconventional

Hans Zimmer, whose works are widely loved by audiences as well as film academic institutionsaround the world, established himself as one of the most famous Hollywood film composersnowadays. Zimmer’s works not only have a strong influence on young film composers, but alsobring evolutionary changes for the development of film music industry, among which includeglobal corporation, digital production, professional writing procedures, and so on. However, like acoin that has two opposite sides, Zimmer’s compositional style indeed shows its ownshortcomings, including the growing of “lift music.” Therefore, based on these facts mentionedabove, this thesis will present a detailed research on Zimmer’s compositional style through statingthe meaning of personal film music style, analyzing Zimmer’s personal music language, as well asdigging his special understanding of the relationship between picture and music. Also, a variety offilm music changes influenced by Zimmer’s compositional style will be closely discussed. At theend, the thesis will express an overall and objective conclusion about Zimmer’s compositionalstyle, providing great valuable information for the growth of Chinese film music in the future.