During the International Filmfestival of Ghent in Belgium, Hans Zimmer performed a concert live. It was held in Kuipke, Citadelpark in Ghent on the 10th of october, 2000. The composer had collected much people he worked with him for that concert and besides electronics and guest performances by people such as Lisa Gerrard, the Flemish Radio Orchestra performed the orchestral parts.
The program included two live performances of the Thin Red Line score; Journey to the Line and Light. While some pieces of music where more electronic, these two were done much more orchestral. The severe risk with these kind of projects can be thay many won't except changes in instrumentation. When looking at the whole package, there weren't a great deal of very good performances, but the way these two TRLcues were performed was just superb! While the Journey to the Line had less loud taiko drums on the album, the live performed version had ones that came much closer to how we've heard it in the film. Because this was played rather slowly people couldn't cope with it in terms of the version they recall so good after hearing that a thousand times. I believe this was just an interpetation, which is much better than played very fast, though I might admite it was a bit too slow. The other cue was purely magical without any complaint towards the interpetation by the orchesta. Zimmer stated that there was a huge contrast between this Crimson Tide (from which the main theme was performed live) and the Thin Red Line, which he believes is his most pacific score. |
