SonicAdventure
04-27-2016, 01:56 PM
Presented by Fink, Heidl and Sonic Adventure
Before I talk myself, I'll give you Fink (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=112417) again:
This score has always been one of my favorites, so when the sessions finally surfaced I was overjoyed. The quality was really good, and we finally had all the music that was missing. I immediately knew I wanted Sonic to make a Deluxe Edition out of it. Harassing him was my daily job and I enjoyed it a lot :) Well, I knew he liked the score and that I just had to give him time... I also knew what needed to be done concerning the editing in order to make it a great listening experience. I always loved how the soundtrack was made (except for the dialogue, of course) with tracks fading into each others, and I tried to match this very special atmosphere with this Edition. It is not 100% complete to keep the flow as good as possible but i think nothing is missing, and that�s a fan of the score speaking.
Sonic provided some clever additional edits, enhanced by the perfect sound we expect from him now. Covers are stunning, and perfectly reflect the spirit of it all. I provided translation in french for this crazy idea of a classical CD release. It is quite approximative, but the purpose was to have fun with it, and I had ^^
Now sit down and relax, and let yourself fall into the delicious darkness of Hannibal...
And here is Heidl (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=428356) for you:
The soundtrack to Ridley Scott�s Hannibal had it all. Beautiful classical compositions by Hans Zimmer and Company, a haunting orchestral performance by The Lyndhurst Orchestra and above it all, Sir Anthony Hopkins� annoying monologue passages that ruin almost half of the album�s running time. But thanks to the filesharers community there existed a fairly decent bootleg of the score without all that I�m sure highly significant, but ultimately disruptive drivel. But there was one thing missing to put the cherry on the cake. Right�
Originally my three renditions of the official artwork date back to 2003, when I started with this hobby in the first place. But I figured it�s time to upgrade them for good. As you probably know I don�t really like soundtrack covers that explicitly are labeled as complete or expanded, because they always feel like some kind of illegal low-quality bootleg. But I wanted to keep them nonetheless just for diversity. And using a different font type and colour for the accentuated text wouldn�t have made any sense otherwise.
My other two artworks are based on the only reasonable source material I could find. Although there existed many alternate poster designs � some of which I would have loved to work with � none of them were available in full resolution. I still hope for future Blu-ray releases to feature them in some form or another. Credits where credits are due, this time I�ve used these textures and blood sprites.
All of this - and more - can be found on Heidl's homepage -> HQCovers (https://hqcovers.net/2014/06/19/hannibal-by-hans-zimmer/).
This time, I really don�t have that much to tell. Heidl's contributions sound like a lot, what he in fact did was giving me the Photoshop files for the covers he talks about above. Fantastically generous! I then tweaked them to my hearts' desire... so Heidl's covers I used look different in my version. Now to the score: unlike Fink said, I didn�t really like the OST. I bought it in 2002 or so when I had visited an old friend who was living in a far away town and was in my car on my way home. As I wanted some new music to listen to, I stopped when a CD retailer popped up at the side of the street and bought it (back then, they still sold OSTs). While I was listening to it, I thought that the order of some tracks wasn�t that good, Anthony Hopkin's voice was obnoxious, etc. So when Fink wanted to do an expanded Edition, I was eager to do it as I thought it could be improved. With his approach at a cohesive listening experience I thought we could make something worthwhile out of the cluttered, overwhelming sessions, amicably shared by Number 112 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=620677). The result? I think we did it - well. Regarding the sound, there isn�t much to tell as it sounds very much like the OST. I tweaked dynamics a bit, toned down bass and treble slightly and attempted to improve the stage. That�s basically it. The titles for all tracks were translated from Italian, French or Latin to English, one of the reasons was the second version I write about below.
Disc One
1. Prologue 4:01
2. Aria, from the Beginning 1:50
3. The tainted Child 7:39
4. Mason Verger 4:40
5. Dear Clarice 3:20
6. A little Stipend Music 5:30
7. Inspector Pazzi 10:59
8. Virtue 4:38
9. Florence by Night 4:04
Disc Two
1. The Burning Heart 2:12
2. Let my Home be my Gallows 9:20
3. Lecter Waves 5:46
4. A Starlings� Obsessions 2:04
5. Love Roundel (not quite) 3:36
6. Death March 3:18
7. Gourmet Waltz, raw 10:18
8. The Silence of the Innocent 4:11
9. To every captive Soul 6:55
10. See my Heart 3:55
The Deutsche Grammophon version (preferred Edition, HiRes)
But wait, there�s more! Almost every reviewer talks about how this is very close to being almost like classical music. Since film music is not classical music, I decided to mock this and turn it into a true classical music release. For that I turned towards one of the oldest classical music labels: the Deutsche Grammophon. I copied their design down to the web address and also did something I never did before: I added more pages to the booklet. In fact, this is the first release I worked on that has a booklet! And even that booklet is designed to look like it came from Deutsche Grammophon.
The Cover
For the cover, I wanted something special. So I took out my watercolours, brushes, paper and repainted a picture of Anthony Hopkins (no, I didn't, it's just Photoshop). I also wrote a text for the booklet. In case you never listen to classical music you should know that almost all those classical CDs contain a biography of the artist whose music they contain and a description of the included work. So I decided to do a mini biography of Hans Zimmer, supposed to be just a bit ironic. It turned out to be satire, something I didn�t intend but had so much fun with. Really, I laughed so hard when writing the text, translating the track titles... beautiful. I ended up with a mini biography combined with some sort of gloryfiying review. Since classical music wants to view itself as very high brow and oh so sophisticated and artsy, the text is as pretentious and as possible. And it's badly written, it contains every clich� I could find, sentences that don't really mean anything (but are included in many reviews for classical music), sentences that don't have any motivation. It depicts Zimmer as a musical prodigy, a misunderstood genius and it constantly mocks every classical music review I�ve ever read and also the classical music world. I even quote Adorno! You know, every classical music reviewer quotes Adorno just to show he went to college :D But it also mocks fans who make Zimmer bigger and greater than he really is. And finally, it pokes fun at people like me who always try to take music apart to analyze it, the reasons behind its creation, blabla... The fun extended to the tracklist. The first language of the cover is German (again, true to Deutsche Grammophon), so I had to translate track titles. That was so funny, I included old habits of writing, some titles contain wrong grammar... and of course, all of it sounds pretentious as Hell.
Don't get me wrong: I really love the music Zimmer and his colleagues did for 'Hannibal', I have only the highest respect for this score, it's one of my favourites! It's a fantastic listening experience, at least on this release, the Deutsche Grammophon cover looks great and very classy. But IMO, everyone deserves to be mocked now and then. I just love it! The text was written in English first, then I gave it to Fink who translated it to French while I was translating it to German. Fink and I both had problems translating it, some expressions didn't work well anymore when they were translated, even though I tried to be as universal as possible when writing those little jokes.
The Sound
The sound is a bit different compared to the version above as well, it contains less bass and treble and sounds more like a classical music release. Don't worry for one second, it still sounds like Hans Zimmer! But it is less aggressive than the version up above. This is my preferred version, that's why you can download it in HiRes (24/48), even though most of it was derived from mp3. Brickwall limiting is completely absent, the overall sound is very pleasant and emphasizes the colours of an orchestra.
Deutsche Grammophon Tracklist:
CD 1
01 Einleitung
02 Arie, von vorne
03 Das befleckte Kind
04 Mason Verger
05 F�r Clarissa
06 Eine kleine Stipendiumsmusik
07 Inspektor Pazzi
08 Klagelied f�r die Tugend
09 N�chtliches Florenz
CD 2
01 Oh, brennendes Herz
02 Als Galgen soll mein Haus geschaffen sein!
03 Lecter thut winken
04 Obsessionen eines Sperlings
05 Liebesreigen (nicht ganz)
06 Todesmarsch
07 Feinschmeckerwalzer, roh
08 Das Schweigen der Unschuldigen
09 Ode an gepeinigte Seelen
10 Erschaue mein Herz
Before you download it: The Deutsche Grammophon cover can be found in the HiRes archive only! That archive also contains files for tagging, you can retitle all tracks to French or English. The CD version lacks the Deutsche Grammophon cover and the files for tagging. So IMO, you can either download both or you can just download the HiRes archive and have it all.
I really had lots of fun doing this. A big thank you goes to Fink (feel hugged and loved, mate) and to Heidl, who gave me his covers like it was the most natural thing to do. I doubt that many people will download this, after all, Hans Zimmer's fans are more interested in power anthems, horns of doom and countless ostinatos ;) I always thought that he is at his best when he does melancholic music - like this. So have fun and enjoy the wonderful sad and horrific music.
P.S.: there is a hidden track ;)
PLEASE NOTE: Give your reputation to Fink (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=112417) & Heidl (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=428356). I cannot accept any points anymore so give it to them, they�ve earned it more than me.
Links CD Version:
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/QMKJDOIW/Divina_Commedia_Piccolo.part1.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1CDXX7GQ/Divina_Commedia_Piccolo.part2.rar_links
Password:
Awariiiiieeeetsch�!!!!
Link CD Version, graciously provided by Pablo82 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=1003584) (no password):
https://mega.nz/#F!mwkCWJ7J!jaM3Gda1TxaRzyAdPdLZjA
Links HiRes (24/48):
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1EV6SC7E/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part1.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1YREWREU/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part2.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/AG8I4LVX/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part3.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1ZKTSEJQ/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part4.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0V689URB/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part5.rar_links
Password:
Awariiiiieeeetsch�!!!!
Links HiRes (24/48), graciously provided by Reclaimedhalo (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=1044436) (no password):
https://mega.nz/#!TY4RHDzS!OUm58R_we9swp_rfkKOwasYUJnJCDGUQcIlR4BrjGeQ
A SUGGESTION: Use JDownloader instead of a browser to download this. That way, you can circumvent ads and potentially dangerous stuff.
A WARNING: Once the links expire, I won�t upload it again, someone else has to do that (maybe by creating mirrors?)
Before I talk myself, I'll give you Fink (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=112417) again:
This score has always been one of my favorites, so when the sessions finally surfaced I was overjoyed. The quality was really good, and we finally had all the music that was missing. I immediately knew I wanted Sonic to make a Deluxe Edition out of it. Harassing him was my daily job and I enjoyed it a lot :) Well, I knew he liked the score and that I just had to give him time... I also knew what needed to be done concerning the editing in order to make it a great listening experience. I always loved how the soundtrack was made (except for the dialogue, of course) with tracks fading into each others, and I tried to match this very special atmosphere with this Edition. It is not 100% complete to keep the flow as good as possible but i think nothing is missing, and that�s a fan of the score speaking.
Sonic provided some clever additional edits, enhanced by the perfect sound we expect from him now. Covers are stunning, and perfectly reflect the spirit of it all. I provided translation in french for this crazy idea of a classical CD release. It is quite approximative, but the purpose was to have fun with it, and I had ^^
Now sit down and relax, and let yourself fall into the delicious darkness of Hannibal...
And here is Heidl (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=428356) for you:
The soundtrack to Ridley Scott�s Hannibal had it all. Beautiful classical compositions by Hans Zimmer and Company, a haunting orchestral performance by The Lyndhurst Orchestra and above it all, Sir Anthony Hopkins� annoying monologue passages that ruin almost half of the album�s running time. But thanks to the filesharers community there existed a fairly decent bootleg of the score without all that I�m sure highly significant, but ultimately disruptive drivel. But there was one thing missing to put the cherry on the cake. Right�
Originally my three renditions of the official artwork date back to 2003, when I started with this hobby in the first place. But I figured it�s time to upgrade them for good. As you probably know I don�t really like soundtrack covers that explicitly are labeled as complete or expanded, because they always feel like some kind of illegal low-quality bootleg. But I wanted to keep them nonetheless just for diversity. And using a different font type and colour for the accentuated text wouldn�t have made any sense otherwise.
My other two artworks are based on the only reasonable source material I could find. Although there existed many alternate poster designs � some of which I would have loved to work with � none of them were available in full resolution. I still hope for future Blu-ray releases to feature them in some form or another. Credits where credits are due, this time I�ve used these textures and blood sprites.
All of this - and more - can be found on Heidl's homepage -> HQCovers (https://hqcovers.net/2014/06/19/hannibal-by-hans-zimmer/).
This time, I really don�t have that much to tell. Heidl's contributions sound like a lot, what he in fact did was giving me the Photoshop files for the covers he talks about above. Fantastically generous! I then tweaked them to my hearts' desire... so Heidl's covers I used look different in my version. Now to the score: unlike Fink said, I didn�t really like the OST. I bought it in 2002 or so when I had visited an old friend who was living in a far away town and was in my car on my way home. As I wanted some new music to listen to, I stopped when a CD retailer popped up at the side of the street and bought it (back then, they still sold OSTs). While I was listening to it, I thought that the order of some tracks wasn�t that good, Anthony Hopkin's voice was obnoxious, etc. So when Fink wanted to do an expanded Edition, I was eager to do it as I thought it could be improved. With his approach at a cohesive listening experience I thought we could make something worthwhile out of the cluttered, overwhelming sessions, amicably shared by Number 112 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=620677). The result? I think we did it - well. Regarding the sound, there isn�t much to tell as it sounds very much like the OST. I tweaked dynamics a bit, toned down bass and treble slightly and attempted to improve the stage. That�s basically it. The titles for all tracks were translated from Italian, French or Latin to English, one of the reasons was the second version I write about below.
Disc One
1. Prologue 4:01
2. Aria, from the Beginning 1:50
3. The tainted Child 7:39
4. Mason Verger 4:40
5. Dear Clarice 3:20
6. A little Stipend Music 5:30
7. Inspector Pazzi 10:59
8. Virtue 4:38
9. Florence by Night 4:04
Disc Two
1. The Burning Heart 2:12
2. Let my Home be my Gallows 9:20
3. Lecter Waves 5:46
4. A Starlings� Obsessions 2:04
5. Love Roundel (not quite) 3:36
6. Death March 3:18
7. Gourmet Waltz, raw 10:18
8. The Silence of the Innocent 4:11
9. To every captive Soul 6:55
10. See my Heart 3:55
The Deutsche Grammophon version (preferred Edition, HiRes)
But wait, there�s more! Almost every reviewer talks about how this is very close to being almost like classical music. Since film music is not classical music, I decided to mock this and turn it into a true classical music release. For that I turned towards one of the oldest classical music labels: the Deutsche Grammophon. I copied their design down to the web address and also did something I never did before: I added more pages to the booklet. In fact, this is the first release I worked on that has a booklet! And even that booklet is designed to look like it came from Deutsche Grammophon.
The Cover
For the cover, I wanted something special. So I took out my watercolours, brushes, paper and repainted a picture of Anthony Hopkins (no, I didn't, it's just Photoshop). I also wrote a text for the booklet. In case you never listen to classical music you should know that almost all those classical CDs contain a biography of the artist whose music they contain and a description of the included work. So I decided to do a mini biography of Hans Zimmer, supposed to be just a bit ironic. It turned out to be satire, something I didn�t intend but had so much fun with. Really, I laughed so hard when writing the text, translating the track titles... beautiful. I ended up with a mini biography combined with some sort of gloryfiying review. Since classical music wants to view itself as very high brow and oh so sophisticated and artsy, the text is as pretentious and as possible. And it's badly written, it contains every clich� I could find, sentences that don't really mean anything (but are included in many reviews for classical music), sentences that don't have any motivation. It depicts Zimmer as a musical prodigy, a misunderstood genius and it constantly mocks every classical music review I�ve ever read and also the classical music world. I even quote Adorno! You know, every classical music reviewer quotes Adorno just to show he went to college :D But it also mocks fans who make Zimmer bigger and greater than he really is. And finally, it pokes fun at people like me who always try to take music apart to analyze it, the reasons behind its creation, blabla... The fun extended to the tracklist. The first language of the cover is German (again, true to Deutsche Grammophon), so I had to translate track titles. That was so funny, I included old habits of writing, some titles contain wrong grammar... and of course, all of it sounds pretentious as Hell.
Don't get me wrong: I really love the music Zimmer and his colleagues did for 'Hannibal', I have only the highest respect for this score, it's one of my favourites! It's a fantastic listening experience, at least on this release, the Deutsche Grammophon cover looks great and very classy. But IMO, everyone deserves to be mocked now and then. I just love it! The text was written in English first, then I gave it to Fink who translated it to French while I was translating it to German. Fink and I both had problems translating it, some expressions didn't work well anymore when they were translated, even though I tried to be as universal as possible when writing those little jokes.
The Sound
The sound is a bit different compared to the version above as well, it contains less bass and treble and sounds more like a classical music release. Don't worry for one second, it still sounds like Hans Zimmer! But it is less aggressive than the version up above. This is my preferred version, that's why you can download it in HiRes (24/48), even though most of it was derived from mp3. Brickwall limiting is completely absent, the overall sound is very pleasant and emphasizes the colours of an orchestra.
Deutsche Grammophon Tracklist:
CD 1
01 Einleitung
02 Arie, von vorne
03 Das befleckte Kind
04 Mason Verger
05 F�r Clarissa
06 Eine kleine Stipendiumsmusik
07 Inspektor Pazzi
08 Klagelied f�r die Tugend
09 N�chtliches Florenz
CD 2
01 Oh, brennendes Herz
02 Als Galgen soll mein Haus geschaffen sein!
03 Lecter thut winken
04 Obsessionen eines Sperlings
05 Liebesreigen (nicht ganz)
06 Todesmarsch
07 Feinschmeckerwalzer, roh
08 Das Schweigen der Unschuldigen
09 Ode an gepeinigte Seelen
10 Erschaue mein Herz
Before you download it: The Deutsche Grammophon cover can be found in the HiRes archive only! That archive also contains files for tagging, you can retitle all tracks to French or English. The CD version lacks the Deutsche Grammophon cover and the files for tagging. So IMO, you can either download both or you can just download the HiRes archive and have it all.
I really had lots of fun doing this. A big thank you goes to Fink (feel hugged and loved, mate) and to Heidl, who gave me his covers like it was the most natural thing to do. I doubt that many people will download this, after all, Hans Zimmer's fans are more interested in power anthems, horns of doom and countless ostinatos ;) I always thought that he is at his best when he does melancholic music - like this. So have fun and enjoy the wonderful sad and horrific music.
P.S.: there is a hidden track ;)
PLEASE NOTE: Give your reputation to Fink (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=112417) & Heidl (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=428356). I cannot accept any points anymore so give it to them, they�ve earned it more than me.
Links CD Version:
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/QMKJDOIW/Divina_Commedia_Piccolo.part1.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1CDXX7GQ/Divina_Commedia_Piccolo.part2.rar_links
Password:
Awariiiiieeeetsch�!!!!
Link CD Version, graciously provided by Pablo82 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=1003584) (no password):
https://mega.nz/#F!mwkCWJ7J!jaM3Gda1TxaRzyAdPdLZjA
Links HiRes (24/48):
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1EV6SC7E/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part1.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1YREWREU/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part2.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/AG8I4LVX/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part3.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1ZKTSEJQ/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part4.rar_links
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0V689URB/Divina_Commedia_Grande.part5.rar_links
Password:
Awariiiiieeeetsch�!!!!
Links HiRes (24/48), graciously provided by Reclaimedhalo (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=1044436) (no password):
https://mega.nz/#!TY4RHDzS!OUm58R_we9swp_rfkKOwasYUJnJCDGUQcIlR4BrjGeQ
A SUGGESTION: Use JDownloader instead of a browser to download this. That way, you can circumvent ads and potentially dangerous stuff.
A WARNING: Once the links expire, I won�t upload it again, someone else has to do that (maybe by creating mirrors?)
