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Hans Zimmer is an iconic film score composer with a plethora of movies to his credit. From movies likeInterstellartoPirates of the Caribbean,the composer has done it all.TheAvengerscomposer Alan Silvestri, however, got the better of the deal when he was accidentally credited with the music of a certain Disney movie!
Despite Hans Zimmer creating the main themes of the movie, another composer, who has worked on several notable films such asThe Avengers, Forrest Gump,and several others, was wrongfully credited with his name on several posters of the movie!
WhenThe AvengersComposer Was Wrongfully Credited!
Alan Silvestri, a veteran score composer is known for composing music for several iconic films. Composing several themes for the MCU, Silvestri gave music forThe AvengersandCaptain America.
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Well, back before Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt were attached to the 2003 moviePirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,Alan Silvestri was suggested for the movie. Although he was replaced by Klaus Badelt, several movie posters still showcased Silvestri as the composer of the music. The posters also credit only three writers for the movie whileTheCurse of the Black Pearlwas written by Stuart Beattie, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and Jay Wolpert (not shown).
On the other hand, another misunderstanding is thatHans Zimmeronly worked on the score created by Klaus Badelt. As reported onIMDB, Zimmer created the main themes of the movie while Badelt worked on the rest of the score. The score was lauded by the world as the adventurous highs of the cellos and the gravitas of the bass added depth to thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise.
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Hans Zimmer Was Skeptical About ThePiratesFranchise!
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Before director Gore Verbinski took over the project, he consulted with his dear friend Hans Zimmer about composing the music. Since the movie was based on pirates, Gore Verbinski revealed toColliderthat Zimmer thought it was a terrible idea!
“I would say that Pirates1 had an energy to it, which was essentially, ‘you’re crazy’. I remember pitching it to [Hans] Zimmer and he said, ‘You’re mad! You’re making a pirate movie? Nobody’s going to see a pirate movie.’ It was resoundingly, ‘that’s the worst idea ever.’”
He further continued,
“And there was something exciting about that. It was so doomed to fail. You’re setting out to go make a genre that literally doesn’t work, or there’s so much historical proof that it will not work. So, you’re making everybody nervous. The studio’s nervous. Everybody’s nervous about Johnny Depp’s performance. Everybody’s nervous about the story.”
Well, the movie worked is an understatement as thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise went on to rake over $4.5 billion at the global box office! With an iconic theme from Hans Zimmer at hand, the franchise is available to stream on Disney+ in the U.S.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
