Hans Zimmer wants you!

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That’s the name of the campaign launched by “Bleeding Fingers”, a joint venture Between Extreme Music, the production music arm of Sony / ATV Music Publishing, and Academy Award ® winner Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions.

 

This is a competition seeking new talented composers. It’s certainly a great opportunity for all musicians/producers interested in image/sound and soundtracks, among whom I include myself .

The competition consists basicly in to do a remix , rethink and / or create a composition from an original work by Hans Zimmer. You only have to download the stem files and “reimagine , replay , recompose or revise to your heart ‘s content “, using at least one of them. This is the original:

The prize ? The prize includes the opportunity for full -time employment , including a full benefits package , plus the use of a fully equipped studio in Bleeding Fingers, brand new state of the art facility. Well, that’s what they say in the promotion. If you read the contest rules carefully, you’ll realize that actually the participants opt to a “little” stay of three days in LA, and an interview that may or may not result in a job offer. Anyway, it is still a good chance.

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I’ve opted for the vocal stem. From it , and following the steps of the original track, and Zimmer’s manual ( epic horns , percussion … ), I composed this piece. Hope you enjoy it.
 
Mr. Zimmer, there goes my proposal !
 

 

 

Early Years

The first time (or second , can not remember ) I started to make music with digital tools was in 2003 (2004 ? Damn memory). They were my first steps, well before betterwithmusic adventure, before focusing on image / sound and background music. While I still expected to be a pop star, do world tours and to be on the lists of the best music of the year.
 
All happened with the occasion of a new musical talent contest. I downloaded Anvil Studio, a free music editor, and started the adventure. Logically, with a mouse, a seedy PC mic and the computer’s keyboard as instruments was quite difficult to get anything. GM sounds not really helping either. That’s why I got to work with samples, to scape of tinny sounds. Samples and a lot of sound effects. Things began to improve but believe me, was not easy of the lack of tools.
 
After many hours (and too much patience) I got a handful of remixes and songs that could be presented with dignity. Or so I thought at the time.
 
I recovered those songs and I think it’s time to make them public.
 

 

There was one more. Rachmaninov, Stevie Wonder, trip hop and traditional Asturian sounds for a tune already recovered for Fruela 757, one of my alter egos:
 

 
 
The answer is No. I did not win that contest.