Hans Zimmer pays tribute to 'The Simpsons'

With the release of the long-awaited and deservingly "The Simpsons Movie" and as a fan of The Simpsons show that is now the longest-running animated TV show on the FOX channel award-winning composer Hans Zimmer does the movie soundtrack (Adrenaline Music Records) and the characters its justice. Zimmer who also has been behind such great movies such as:

1982
Moonlighting (with Stanley Myers)

1995

Nine Months
Beyond Rangoon
Crimson Tide
Two Deaths
Something to Talk About (with Graham Preskett)

1996

The Preacher's Wife
The Fan
Muppet Treasure Island
The Rock (with Nick Glennie-Smith and Harry Gregson-Williams)
Broken Arrow

1997

As Good As It Gets
The Peacemaker
Smilla's Sense of Snow (with Harry Gregson-Williams)

1998

The Thin Red Line
The Prince of Egypt
The Last Days

1999

Chill Factor (with John Powell)

2000

An Everlasting Piece
Mission: Impossible 2
Gladiator (with Lisa Gerrard)
The Road To El Dorado (with John Powell)

2001

Black Hawk Down
Riding in Cars with Boys
Pearl Harbor
Hannibal

2002

The Ring
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2003

The Last Samurai
Something's Gotta Give (Last minute replacement score, composed with several other composers)
Matchstick Men
Tears of the Sun
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (with, and credited to Klaus Badelt)

2004

Spanglish
Lauras Stern (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
Shark Tale
King Arthur
Thunderbirds (with Ramin Djawadi)

2005

The Weather Man (with James S. Levine)
Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
Madagascar (with Heitor Pereira, James Dooley)
Batman Begins (with James Newton Howard)

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Da Vinci Code
The Holiday

2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Simpsons Movie

2008

The Dark Knight (with James Newton Howard)
Frost/Nixon
Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape
Angels & Demons


Need I say more about the man behind the music? As with any fan of the longest running animation show on television it is amazing within itself that the show is still going strong. Every celebrity has crossed paths (and as a Madonna fan, could the Queen of Pop be next?) That is yet to be determined. Yet the album is a good sense because it takes those devoted fan through and one gets the feel of what has been the animated series a long running icon. And rememeber it has a Star on the Walk of Fame to prove it.

Rating: 4 out of 5