I just saw that! Love the money quote, haha!Quote:
Originally Posted by Azerane
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I just saw that! Love the money quote, haha!Quote:
Originally Posted by Azerane
I just watched it too... it was so darn hilarious :lol:
https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/63184/
A little story about How Ave Verum Corpus made connection with To Die For.
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Dear AC,
I just got off the phone with my good friend Hans Zimmer, composer of Disney's The Lion King. After a pleasant talk about nothing in particular, you know, about that time with the guy in the predicament at that place--and I'll never forget it, hilarious--HZ's tone suddenly changed.
"You know what, Appleton? Sometimes I feel under-appreciated as a composer. Sure I've done alright--four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, one Academy Award, and all. Gladiator was okay, Pirates of the Carribbean was likeable enough, Dark Knight had some catchy chords, and Inception was...well, let's just say our minds were all blown on more than one count. But I have one great wish."
"What's that?" I asked.
"I want to be hailed as a true German genius. I went to a lot of effort to cleverly and beautifully insert a theme from Mozart's 'Ave Verum Corpus' into the piece 'To Die' in The Lion King, but nobody seems to have noticed. Uncultured swine," he moaned.
"Sorry, what? I didn't catch that last part. Wait, Mozart in The Lion King? I didn't notice any Mozart. Maybe my hearing was shot after having to listen to Jonathon Taylor Thomas sing at the very beginning. Where's the Mozart at?" I queried.
Zimmer pulled out a score of "Ave Verum Corpus."
"For some reason, my only recording of 'To Die' is in this Finnish release of the movie. At 0:40 on the clock, follow along with the Mozart score, picking up at 'praegustatum' at bar 33 in the tenor and bass parts."
I did what he asked, and, sure enough, there it was, nearly note for note.
"HEAR THAT? HEAR THAT?" Zimmer shouted excitedly.
"Loud and clear Hans," I replied.
"If only more people would hear. I should have kept it in the original key instead of transposing it two half-steps up. Then the masses would've picked up on it for sure."
"Oh, right. That'd do it," I thought to myself.
Bam. Question answered. Except that none of that exchange is actually true. I'm not actually close friends with Mr. Zimmer. Nor do I know anyone who is. A little unfair a question, to ask about the mind of a musical celebrity. How should I know? I could ask him, but somehow I think it would take a while to get a personal audience with the Hans Zimmer. While internet theories abound, there is no report of Zimmer ever saying that the similarity between the two pieces was intentional. However, it may very well have been, as it fits the scene rather well, with the entrance of death and the like.The hymn is about the death of Christ.
--Appleton
This isn't really an actual sighting since you'd expect to see TLK things in a kiosk selling TLK merchandise at Disney World, but this is a little detail my sister noticed while I was purchasing some stuff (*cough*Pumbaa pillow pet*cough*). The CM working there said he hadn't noticed it before. It is kind of up in the rafters, so it's kind of a hard thing to notice. We thought it was a lovely little detail.
http://i60.tinypic.com/2mcamid.jpg
That's a nice touch. I'm glad people put their, umm .. pride in their work. :timonrockon1:
Wow, I have that same casette around here somewhere. Nice find :D
when i was in São Paulo, i saw in a sign of a place that sold "exotic meats" and they took a picture of Pumbaa to represent Warthhog meat....
Very Very weird....
Amazing. I'll keep an eye out for this when I am there in a few days! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HasiraKali
For some weird and strange reason I think I used to owned that cassette back when I was a child.
It is extremely similar, would surely have to be intentional I would think. Then again, perhaps he composed it having heard Ave Verum Corpus in the past, but it's one of those things that you've forgotten and you don't even realise you're imitating in in something original.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntur
Very interesting.
I realized that the whole article is satire made by someone. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Azerane
At least he mention how Ave Verum Corpus made on Mufasa Died on the article. :lol:
This is in the new little kiosk across from Harambe Theater where Festival of The Lion King is located.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zingela
I'm going to be there on Saturday. I'm so excited :lol: Maybe we'll run into each other.
Will they sell (or be) Gramophone/Vinyl for the soundtrack? Seems everyone go back to basic at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by HasiraKali
Hot Topic did have the soundtrack on vinyl, but I don't think they still have it.
Maybe! My husband and I are flying out to the parks this week and our AK day is this Saturday for Harambe Nights.Quote:
Originally Posted by HasiraKali
Assuming you're talking about the movie soundtrack, it's still available online, as of this post:Quote:
Originally Posted by HasiraKali
http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Dis...e-10159541.jsp
If you mean the Festival of the Lion King soundtrack, I think that's only available on CD.
Awesome. My sister and I are leaving tomorrow. :D We're going to Harambe Nights on Saturday too. I'm wearing a yellow shirt with a big Simba drawing stenciled on it, so if you see me haha. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zingela
Didn't Hot Topic sell The Lion King Legacy soundtrack Vinyl?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vidan
Anyway Thanks Vidan for giving me that link, I might buy that someday.
It's the standard edition soundtrack, though that would be neat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntur
There is a nice, but more general interview with Andreas Deja (animator of Scar) at the Disney blog:
http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2014...-andreas-deja/
But there are still a few drops about TLK, e.g.
:-DQuote:
...At one time we even had a few real lions brought to the studio in order to study them up close. Some of us had the chance to touch a big lion’s mane… I cautiously used my non-drawing left hand, just in case.
On the Scar subject. The free newspaper i get that's handed out for free for train Commuters, they interview a celebrity every day. And they interviewed Jeremy Irons :D.
It was mainly about the DVD release of "Night train to Lisbon" but he mentioned alot about what he does in his spare time etc and they also mentioned his voice acting as Scar in Lion king . Was a good read to get to know more about what other stuff he does =3. I left the paper at work but when i get it back home i will scan it so people can read if you want ^^
I think you remember this one Azerane. ;) taken from the old thread that I dig up from the old posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Azerane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bIkPdcqr5k
Wow, Dwayne Johnson said at the Oscars just now that he cried watching TLK. That was nice xD
You need to be very a very cold person to not cry with TLK...
Whoah whoah wait wait, Michael Hollick a.k.a Nico Bellic from GTA IV was cast as Scar in Las Vegas Lion King Production?
That's a new sighting for me
http://www.lasvegassun.com/vegasdelu...-scars-new-ba/
Wow... I didn't expect that GTA and TLK could be related. Haha, that's funny!
Whoa! that's amazing, and unexpected :lol:
Just like I didn't expect to find a link between Joss Whedon and TLK 2: Simba's Pride. He wrote the lyrics for My Lullaby O.o
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/ (Look into the Soundtrack section)
Some site didn't give us his specific writing on Simba's Pride. ;) but I'm glad you found it though. Nice find Leor.
I was a big Bad Boy fan back in 95 and was surprised that Mark Mancina (Bad boy composer) was the musical arranger for TLK, but that was a long time ago. I remember that back in 2003 so here's a little trivia for you all. :lol:
Okaaay this sounds so oddly familiar O.o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFflehHtvI
I'm sure it must be listed in some TLK trivias, but I didn't know about this!
Yeah, I remember back on my teen years that I read the trivias about other movie reference but by the power of youtube, I can see the similarity how he deliver the words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBrYSj8jPrY
Spotted this on Equestria Daily... does this count as a Lion King sighting? :3
http://img08.deviantart.net/c17a/i/2...on-d96f9cl.jpg
I wasn't sure if that should go in the LG thread or the Pony thread...x3
Well, currently it is in neither! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Shatara
Yeah, I'd say it counts, and wow! What a crossover xD I'm not exactly fond of Kion with a unicorn horn and wings, though ><Quote:
Originally Posted by Endra
Me neither! I mean the horn and wings don't even match his fur color! Never fear though - fixed it. :P :irule:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leorgathar
http://i.imgur.com/IKgMn19.png
HAHA, He looks like a Griffin to be honest, minus the eagle head. ;) :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_vyGLaUAwI
Ladies and gentleman, I might put this on the music thread but this is just too good to let go.
King of Pride Rock orchestra arrangement.
Wow, that was pretty good! :cs_love:
Man, it's been a long time since I last went to a symphonic orchestra, I should check one out sometime. I once went to a John Williams tribute, but it would be awesome if there was a Hans Zimmer one, with TLK pieces and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQHUKkW2BIA
I have to share this of course. Amazing amazing performance. This rendition have to be on number 2 (1 is Elton John obviously).
Two things that aren't particularly amazing.
The first is that while in Big W yesterday I thought the distorted bass sounds I could hear from a distant tv sounded familiar. Turns out they were playing TLK in store (on a TV with crappy sound) and it was the fight scene between Scar and Simba :D
Then yesterday evening while driving, I happened to be following someone towing a boat, the name of the boat was Sea Simba :D