Hans Zimmer in a special episode about creating the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. The Oscar and Grammy-winning composer talks music, space and the importance of knowing how to make a really good cup of coffee. He says, “All we are doing with the music is we’re opening the door a little crack and saying ‘OK, now let your imagination run free’”. With Kevin Fong. Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music. #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes
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Here I am, a German, talking to you in a language that I'm not entirely comfortable with, when really, the language I'm most comfortable with is a wordless language, which is music.
Hello, I'm Kevin Fong, and I'm back with a little treat for all of you who enjoyed listening to 13 minutes to the moon.
Making the podcast was, for us, its own journey into the unknown, and we've loved how much you've loved it.
We were extremely lucky to be joined along the way by a very special team member, the Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy award winning composer Hans Zimmer, whose music was central to the series and which I know you found every bit as inspirational as we did.
Hans is well known for writing soundtracks to blockbuster Hollywood movies, but he'd never before composed for a podcast.
So I wanted to take a little time to find out why he'd made this leap into the unknown and what drew him to our project.
With this aim, I sent podcast editor John Monnell to Hans Zimmer's London studio from the BBC World Service.
This is 13 minutes to the moon, Hans Zimmer.
The making of the music.
Hans, first of all, it's absolutely amazing meeting you, and thank you so much.
Well, let's see how this goes.
You might want to change your mind about that.
No, thank you.
Can you describe where we are?