11-20-2025, 01:13 AM
Well this was the best Hans Zimmer concert so far. Amazing performances of nearly all the songs and the selection was great.
Set 1 is better balanced than set 2. 1 has a nice build up from Man of Steel to Gladiator in terms of pacing. While set 2 is kind of random from Inception to Pearl Harbor and from F1 to DUNE again.
Notably absent were Tina Guo and the Flute Guy. But I'm not sure if Tina still rolls with the Zimmer band.
Most if not everyone else was there. Lebo M + daughter, Mariko Muranaka, Lissa Gerard, Loire Cotler, Molly Rogers, Rusanda etc.
Another small letdown is that Dark Knight is now just the Ambient intro. He no longer does the full medley. No Top Gun either.
At first I was a little bummed out that all my friends were sick or otherwise occupied so I had to go alone but that evaporated as soon as I got there. It was actually very convenient to not have anyone else to worry about.
Not to mention most people didn't really know which song belonged to what movie and once people figured out I was the expert on the movies and music it was a lot of fun. It surprised me how many people didn't recognize anything at all. I told the German girl over chat that people kept asking me what the movies were and she said that's because I was the most clever man in the arena. On the first 2 notes or even a certain led color I was like: "Oh that's Davinci code" or "ah they're going to do Dune" and people were like, "wait, really, how can you tell?". To my suprise F1 was part of the line-up and nobody had seen that film or knew it had a Zimmer soundtrack. Davinci code was also one that the 20 people around me didn't recognize. Bunch of people turned and looked at me like "Ok, tell us what that was". Floor seats very close the stage, apart from one old guy almost none taller as me in the rows in front so from row 10 I had a fantastic view of the entire stage.
Tried to pick up a date at the concert but none worked out. The last of 3 cold approaches was the most succesful. Girl that left the venue and headed back on the same train as me. She fell asleep 2 seats next to me so I woke her up to ask if she wasn't going to miss her stop or miss out on me. She laughed and appreciated me waking her up but she had to go all the way to Amsterdam we chatted a bit about the concert but there was nothing more to it. She was either swiss or german, English with a heavy german accent.
Spoiler: set 1 (click to show)
Spoiler: set 2 (click to show)
Notably absent were Tina Guo and the Flute Guy. But I'm not sure if Tina still rolls with the Zimmer band.
Most if not everyone else was there. Lebo M + daughter, Mariko Muranaka, Lissa Gerard, Loire Cotler, Molly Rogers, Rusanda etc.
Another small letdown is that Dark Knight is now just the Ambient intro. He no longer does the full medley. No Top Gun either.
At first I was a little bummed out that all my friends were sick or otherwise occupied so I had to go alone but that evaporated as soon as I got there. It was actually very convenient to not have anyone else to worry about.
Not to mention most people didn't really know which song belonged to what movie and once people figured out I was the expert on the movies and music it was a lot of fun. It surprised me how many people didn't recognize anything at all. I told the German girl over chat that people kept asking me what the movies were and she said that's because I was the most clever man in the arena. On the first 2 notes or even a certain led color I was like: "Oh that's Davinci code" or "ah they're going to do Dune" and people were like, "wait, really, how can you tell?". To my suprise F1 was part of the line-up and nobody had seen that film or knew it had a Zimmer soundtrack. Davinci code was also one that the 20 people around me didn't recognize. Bunch of people turned and looked at me like "Ok, tell us what that was". Floor seats very close the stage, apart from one old guy almost none taller as me in the rows in front so from row 10 I had a fantastic view of the entire stage. Tried to pick up a date at the concert but none worked out. The last of 3 cold approaches was the most succesful. Girl that left the venue and headed back on the same train as me. She fell asleep 2 seats next to me so I woke her up to ask if she wasn't going to miss her stop or miss out on me. She laughed and appreciated me waking her up but she had to go all the way to Amsterdam we chatted a bit about the concert but there was nothing more to it. She was either swiss or german, English with a heavy german accent.
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