Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack)
2011 soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2011 film of the same name. Hans Zimmer collaborated again with Lorne Balfe to produce the score. It was released on 13 December 2011, three days before the film was released itself.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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Released | 13 December 2011 (2011-12-13) | |||
Recorded | MG Sound Studios (Vienna) Air Studios (London) | |||
Genre | Film score | |||
Length | 57:22 | |||
Label | WaterTower Music | |||
Producer | Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe | |||
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Musically, the album is influenced by classical and Romani music.
While reading page five of the script, Zimmer came to a part about a Gypsy fortuneteller. He called the director, Guy Ritchie and told him they needed to do a road trip to Slovakia. Zimmer felt that it was appropriate to reflect the Romani culture in his music. Zimmer got two Romani bands (Cigánski baróni and Kokavakere Lavutára - Sendreiovci) to record the score for the film, resulting in the score for the film as envisioned.[1][2]
He said:
"You have two cultures collide on the soundtrack, that you go from this typical heavy Germanic action music to just the frivolity of one of those Gypsy songs, full of life, full of lightness, full of spirit, I had a problem with authority from a very early age."[1]