Who did the score for Inception?
Composer Hans Zimmer
Forty-seven years after her death, Edith Piaf is soundtracking the biggest, darkest, most bombastic blockbuster of the summer. Composer Hans Zimmer has revealed that Inception’s entire soundtrack, from the booming trombone theme to the strains of rising dread, originates from one of the chanteuse’s most famous songs.
Where was Inception score recorded?
Santa Monica
Last year he took me on a tour of his sprawling Santa Monica recording studio, which is home to other musicians and collaborators. Even though Zimmer was a tad more pressured for time, we recently sat down again for a flip cam chat (below) about his layered, lush Inception score.
How much is Hans Zimmer paid?
Describing an average fee for scoring a feature film has a similar problem. John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman have net worths ranging from $75 million to $120 million and get paid scoring fees as high as $2 million per picture.
What is the warning song in Inception?
Most noticeably, since “Non, je ne regrette rien” is the song the Dream Team uses as their wake-up call, and since the lower dream-levels slow down time…well, this certainly adds a new layer to our burning questions about the ending.
What inspired the music written by the composer for Inception?
For inspiration, Zimmer read Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter because it combined “the idea of playfulness in mathematics and playfulness in music”. Zimmer did not assemble a temp score but “every now and then they would call and say ‘we need a little something here.
How much money did John Williams make from Star Wars?
So in today’s figures, John William might have received between $25K to $50K for his iconic score. But Lucas reportedly also shared profits from the film with key people who worked on the film, from the lead actors to Williams himself.