"Hans Zimmer" Competition

Hey guys. I've been working on a piece for some time now, but sadly I was very busy with my band in the last month and I haven't had the time to finish it, so I decided to post an earlier Zimmeresque work of mine. I've seen that many people dropped out and I didn't want this competition to fail. Hope that those in power don't deem that as against the rules, but if they do, it's ok no hard feelings :)

So here is the piece: http://www.box.net/shared/hiy8gbyoue

Amd just to prove that I've been really working on a piece here is where I left of with it: http://www.box.net/shared/fn7zsf94ta

Good luck to all!

11 hours and 14 minutes left! We have now 6 entries, but we have many more people competing so please upload your entry soon!

Would it be possible for me to get until midnight my time? (Right now it's 6:30pm: I think I'm -5GMT).

Let me know ASAP! :)

EDIT: wait, can you tell me how much time I have left? For some reason I thought I had 15 minutes left, but it looks like from your post I still have an hour and 15 minutes. If I still have the hour that should be enough...

Well it's still Sunday here, so I'll post this - it's an improved version of Hans Zimmer & The Sword Of Destiny. Still just a MIDI mockup :P

HANS ZIMMER AND THE SWORD OF DESTINY (revised)

Reviews of the pieces:

"Crossfire" (DerrickM): There are some good ostinatos here but it is very "loopy." The harmonies also made it feel more like music for a video game rather than a Zimmer score. The musical "center of gravity" was too high (in pitch) I guess.

"The Dark Knight" (th213x): This didn't sound like Hans Zimmer at all; but on the other hand you had my interest all the way to the end of the piece, with your unique orchestration.

"Long John Silver" (Phil Rey): Great entry and perfectly captures the way Hans uses ostinatos and a heavy "one-TWO-THREE" beat. This is the first entry that feels "dark" enough for Zimmer. Minor critique: I think you overuse the percussion even for a piece like this. MAJOR critique: I felt a lack of melody throughout the first few minutes. Even in an ostinato-heavy piece Zimmer will have a great melody. The melody at 1:46 is epic and you could easily have based the entire piece around it. At the end it felt like you had the ostinatos set up perfectly but the horns were struggling to figure out what melody to play.

"Hoist The Colors" (olibrehm): The snare intro was neat but this really kicks off at 1:25. You have a catchy, original low-strings ostinato. The great cello sound is kind of the opposite of your soupy choir sound. Good "Pirates" sound overall!

"Something's Wrong" (Peter): great introduction. But then it shifts into an almost Danny Elfman march or carnival rhythm. I liked that you paid homage to (or parodied) Hans' love for kitschy synth bass sounds.

"Hans Zimmer And The Sword Of Destiny" (me): I really like the melody here. My major critique of my piece is it's too static, harmony-wise... always with the D minor.... It could use more percussion as well. And the ending is kind of half assed.

I'm still finishing up my piece, but it'll be done very soon. Hold up! :P

It's finished! I hope you can still accept the entry even though it's a little late. It's still sunday here :P

Approaching Storms

@Nbergman, ok its fine your entry is still in the running :). (I confused my own GMT time, by an hour, haha sorry for that)

@ Weca: thanks for your comments, but I will send all the judges a PM soon, with information about the way of judging the pieces. I do not have the time for that right now, but I hope to do that in the evening.

Reviews of the pieces:

"Long John Silver" (Phil Rey): Great entry and perfectly captures the way Hans uses ostinatos and a heavy "one-TWO-THREE" beat. This is the first entry that feels "dark" enough for Zimmer. Minor critique: I think you overuse the percussion even for a piece like this. MAJOR critique: I felt a lack of melody throughout the first few minutes. Even in an ostinato-heavy piece Zimmer will have a great melody. The melody at 1:46 is epic and you could easily have based the entire piece around it. At the end it felt like you had the ostinatos set up perfectly but the horns were struggling to figure out what melody to play.

Thank you so much for this review Weca (detailed and accurate) I must admit that i agree with everything you mentioned... i would say that are "youthful indiscretions" on my part !? :happy: Critics like yours help me so much ! Thanks again ;o)

Dear all,

The judges have been sent a PM. The winner will be announced next sunday.

Kind regards

Hey everyone,

Not all of the entries have submitted a score, and I want you to know that 10 % of your rating for your piece, depends on a score. So if you can upload a score I'd appreciate that, though I already know some of you just cannot upload a score, because the piece is not made in notation software.

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows this.

Kind regards,

Hugo

Hey everyone,

Not all of the entries have submitted a score, and I want you to know that 10 % of your rating for your piece, depends on a score. So if you can upload a score I'd appreciate that, though I already know some of you just cannot upload a score, because the piece is not made in notation software.

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows this.

Kind regards,

Hugo

Hmm... I don't really have time to make a proper score I don't think. :S I mean I don't think it would be too hard for me to just make a score with all the notes/instruments on it in their proper places, but it wouldn't have any markings like dynamics, accents, etc. Would that be worth anything?

That is up to the judges. Depending on how much you want to win this competition it would be nice to upload a score of your piece, but if it is very good already, you might win without having one.

DerrickMDeadrockstudios, I can't open your score file - and I use finale printmusic 2009.

NBergman, post what you have. Think of it this way - 0 for no score which is what you have now, or 1-5 for a bad score. The extra points could win you he competition.

DerrickMDeadrockstudios, I can't open your score file - and I use finale printmusic 2009.

NBergman, post what you have. Think of it this way - 0 for no score which is what you have now, or 1-5 for a bad score. The extra points could win you he competition.

Doesn't look like I'm going to get a score in - unfortunately I don't have Sibelius (although I plan on buying it very soon!), and I'm using Logic to create my scores, with a massive headache as a byproduct :P Even to get the overall layout looking proper would take me a good chunk of time, and I don't really have time to spare right now.

Looking forward to seeing the competition results! Good luck to everyone :)

Hey Everyone,

First of all I want to thank all competitors for their entries, and I want to thank the judges for taking the time to listen to the piece and to judge them.

We have judged your pieces on 5 categories:

Despite the personal taste of the judge, the "Hans Zimmer"-ness; the score; the mix (mock-up) and creativity were judged.

Winner, by Unanimous decision is....

Oliver brehm (a.k.a. Olibrehm)!

Here is your price, as promised. This can be placed in your signature, to show of the fact that you have won this competition.

just past this link in your signature: [ IMG]http://img6.glowfoto.com/images/2010/06/27-1438291868T.png[/img]

Detailed comments for your pieces will come soon, when I have more time :).

Thank you all for competing, and I hope we will have more of these competitions in the future!

Kind regards,

Hugo

Congratulations to the winner ! ;) Very nice piece !

Thanks, PhRey, yours was also very cool, I think even a bit "Zimmerisher" that mine!

Hugo, I'm very honoured ;) Thanks for the signature picture! Is the orchestra in the back just any, or is it some place in LA?

I'm glad I took part in this competition which certainly was very fun, and also congratulations to all the others, I really heared some great music there! :)

Just a random orchestra picture :P

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