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[timepiececlock]

Here's something interesting... according to ANN Hans Zimmer is doing the score for Blood + (the anime series.) I know he's scored American animated films before, but has he ever done an anime? And not to sound, well, condescending, but why would a billboard-name Hollywood film composer sign on for a Japanese anime series? Isn't that a huge step down professionally?

I guess it's possible he's an otaku at heart. Or very bored...


EDIT: Some web searching reveals that the Blood+ score is being written by Mark Mancina and produced by Hans Zimmer. From what I can tell (based on Zimmer's website) this is either the first time for Zimmer to be working on an anime, or at least the first in a while.

Comments

[octopedingenue]

I doubt composing makes very much and is sporadic work. Perhaps a job's a job?

[jcflygurl.livejournal.com]

Hans Zimmer is awesome though: Lion King and Batman Begins! *hearts*

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. Are you SERIOUS? I would LOVE to hear anything he does for an anime! I'd have to say he's my favorite composer, behind John Williams. There's nothing the man's scored I haven't liked. It's sort of like James Horner. Even if the movie is shit, I love his music. He's been an almost exclusively movie film composer.

As for why ... who knows? Maybe it's an area he's taken an interest in. Scoring for a television series is different than a major motion picture, so perhaps he's trying it out. He's not a regular style composer and he might be working with another person, too. I may have to look into the score because I'm curious as to what he's doing with it.