Paul Tassi at Unreality magazine wrote a great post about his second favorite composer, Hans Zimmer. I can only agree with Paul Tassi that Hans Zimmer is a great composer and he is in a close duel with John Williams, Clint Mansell, Steve Jablonsky and after the X-Men First Class score now also Henry Jackman as my favorite composer.

John Williams might not be as diverse as Hans Zimmer, but he has written some of the most epic and recognized soundtracks ever. Williams have been awarded more times than any other composer (excluding Walt Disney). Not that it matters much in the post. Williams isn’t as experimenting as Zimmer and most of his scores doesn’t involved instruments you won’t find in a classic orchestra.

Now, Paul Tassi has picked ten of his favorite Zimmer scores. I’ll pick ten of my favorite Williams scores, but not the obvious like ET, Indiana, Harry Potter or Star Wars opening themes. Everybody knows them. No challenge in that.

 

In the Belly of the Steel Beast (Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade)

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The Asteroid Field (Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back)

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Opening Theme (Catch Me If You Can)

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Superman Theme (Superman)

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Music from the Aliens (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

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The Map Room (Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark)

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Setting the Trap (Home Alone)

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Main Theme (Jaws)

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The Tale of Victor Navorski

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Theme (Schindler’s List)

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In a very honest and naked interview Harry Potter discusses how it is to play Daniel Radcliffe. I can only agree with him. Americans never accepts European sports. Quidditch isn’t for sissies. You can get a broom burn.

Wait until the end. It is seriously worth the 1.55 minute of your time and it explains a lot!

It’s a hoodie with an ordinary big hand when zipped, but zip it down a bit and suddenly you have the coolest hoodie ever made. As you can see in the picture, you’ll walk around giving people the biggest Vulcan salute ever.

The hoodie is called “Traditional Greeting” and can be yours for only $40. You can <a href=”http://www.threadless.com/product/2464/Traditional_Greeting”>buy the hoodie at Threadless

If you are going to spend 6 minutes today watching a video on YouTube, then make sure it’s Midichlorian Rhapsody! It’s a cover version of Queen’s classic “Bohemian Rhapsody” which chronicles the first three Star Wars movies.

This is pure genious and very well made!

What would happen if you dubbed James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice with Arnold Schwarzenegger? You’d get a lot of F-words and a sexual deviant Star Wars bad guy.

Slightly NSFW because of the swearing.

A year ago I wrote “9 Things That Makes You A “Wannabe” Problogger“. I guess you are all very excited to see what has happened since then. These are the bullets I think are a vital part of every problogger.

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1. Use a Mac, usually a MacBook Pro, iMac or MacBook Air
2. Keen interest in photography, usually a Canon Digital Rebel XTi or Nikon D40 or similar. Darren Rowse, Matt Mullenweg or Lisa Bettany. They all take great pictures and have a lot of followers on flickr
3. Adobe Photoshop skills. The photographs must be edited in someway. Also great for making graphics for your blog posts
4. Attend a convention. I always envy the bloggers that attend a blogger convention. SXSW is just one of the conventions I would love to participate in. There is so much going on there
5. Speak at a convention.Jennifer Laycock, Guy Kawasaki, Lorelle VanFossen and Andy Beal travel the roads and sky thin speaking at conventions.
6. Have a cool nickname. Robert Scoble is the Scobleizer and Jeremy Schoemaker is Shoemoney. Just to mention a few. I’m sure there are plenty of others out there too
7. Vlog, podcast, lifecast or stream either your life or a daily/weekly show. Justin Kan from justin.tv, Sarah Meyers from Pop17.com, Justine Ezarik from iJustine and Chris Pirillo from LockerGnome all have a show or lifecast (sometimes both). Use services such as Revver, Qik, Ustream, Mogulus or YouTube
8. Say smart, useful and thoughtful things on twitter or pownce
9. Be a part of a Web 2.0 startup

To keep the post short, please read 9 Things That Makes You A “Wannabe” Problogger to see my answers one year ago.

And how does it look anno 2009:

1. Yes…I’ve bought a MacBook Pro. Best computer I’ve ever had. It’s fast, stable and overall just great. I would recommend anyone to buy one.
2. Still got the Nikon D40. I’ve upgraded it with a Nikon 55-200 mm lens and a Nikon SB-600 Flash. My wife is quickly becoming the pro-photographer.
3. I’m still a Photoshop novice.
4. SXSW is right around the corner and I (want) would still love to attend it. Unfortunately I haven’t been to a single blogger convention yet. There really aren’t any in Denmark.
5. I’ve spoken at seminars and other work-related events, but never at a blogging convention. I still want to do that.
6. I’m still stuck with “dennisbp” as username. I can live with that though. I still use “Dennis Bjørn Petersen” too. So unless something really interesting comes up, I stick to it.
7. I still dream of podcasting or vlogging. I’ll get to that. It doesn’t define a problogger, so it’s not on top of my list. It could help me become one though…
8. Pownce is dead, long live Twitter. Remember to follow me on Twitter. I say smart things!
9. That’s a negative. I haven’t done anything to be a part of a Web 2.0 startup, so that’s ok.

So to sum up. My biggest wish is still to attend SXSW or a similar blogger conference. What’s your ambition? Do you plan on becoming a problogger too?

Maybe you’ve seen the latest Star Trek trailer. If you haven’t, you’ve missed one of the best trailers in a long time. I saw it several times and it gives me goosebumps every time I see it.

I blame the goosebumps on the music used in the latest trailer. After seeing the Star Trek Movie trailer a couple of times, I had to find out where the music was from.

So I did a little research and stumbled upon TheTrailerMusicMan on YouTube. I wrote to him and within a short time, he told me the music written by Two Steps From Hell and was called Freedom Fighters.

So far so good. I’ve done some more research and it turns out that one of the composers behind Two Steps From Hell, Thomas J. Bergersen started a blog a few days ago. He wrote this the other day:

There has been a lot of interest in the Freedom Fighters music in the new Star Trek trailer (thanks!) so here’s some more information for you. The executives at Paramount studios ultimately had the final say in what music was used for the trailer. They ended up liking the music so much they wanted exclusive rights to use it (to avoid us from licensing it to other advertisement campaigns). This does however not mean that the music cannot be published on CD, and we’ll likely include the modified version on one of our future public releases.

Make sure you catch the trailer at your local theatre, as the surround sound mixing is EPIC!

Best,

Thomas J. Bergersen

So unfortunately the music from the third Star Trek trailer isn’t available yet.

If you are into music from trailers and what I would call “epic music”, you should definitely check out Two Steps From Hell.

They also wrote the music behind the second Star Trek trailer. That track is called “Down with Enterprise”.

Their albums will become available on iTunes.

Now if you are really really interested in their music you can find their music on YouTube and on their Facebook fan page. A simple Google search will also give you a lot of hits. There are a lot of forums discussing the latest Star Trek trailer and the music in them.

(and just a small hint: If you really want to download “Freedom Fighters”, it’s out there…)