Hans Zimmer is an accomplished composer known for many soundtracks. On "Tears of the Sun," a Bruce Willis film, he did something risky and subversive. He composed music that was unsympathetic to the movie’s hero and instead made the film’s victims – innocent Africans – the source of musical hope and heroism.
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Released: 1/15/2003
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| Tears of the Sun |
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Hans Zimmer says he agreed to do the soundtrack for this Bruce Willis film for surprising reasons.
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| The Anti-Hero |
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Hans Zimmer says the biggest risk he took in writing this soundtrack was making the film’s star seem cold and remote.
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| Lebo’s Gift |
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Hans Zimmer says his colleague, South African vocalist Lebo M., brought the real heroic aspect to the score: its hope.
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| Crossing Cultures |
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Hans Zimmer says musicians can cross cultural lines – such as the way he experimented with the kalimba, or African finger piano.
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