Mark Kermode in conversation with Hans Zimmer

Mark Kermode sat down with Hans Zimmer

Author: David MayPublished 24th Jan 2020

Last year Mark Kermode sat down with film composer Hans Zimmer to discuss his latest score being used in the new Lion King film.

Now it's been announced that he will be scoring the new James Bond film No Time To Die, it has us looking back at their interview.

"I can, but I would have to kill you" is the response Mark was met with when he asked about the rising note and Shepard tones Zimmer uses in Christopher Nolan's films, a response we all would expect to hear from a Bond villain.

Watch Mark Kermode's interview with Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer announced as new James Bond composer

Hans Zimmer was announced as the new James Bond composer earlier this month (13 January) after Dan Romer, who was originally going to be composing the score stepped down, and only three months before the release of the film 'No Time To Die'.

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