092 - Geoff Zanelli, Score Composer of Pirates of the Caribbean 5

 

Super excited to bring you Geoff Zanelli today!  Geoff wrote the musical score for Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales.  He's also credited with "additional music" on the first four POTC films.  We talk about what that means (and it means way more than it sounds like).

Plus we'll dig into how he went about capturing some of the POTC1 feel while still bringing his own voice to this new score.  And how he got in with Hans Zimmer after his years growing up in Orange County and going to the Berklee School of Music.

If you're new to the show, here are a few other episodes you might like to check out as a starting point.

For More Pirates of the Caribbean

Ep 25 - Jim Byrkit - Storyboard artist and location scout for early POTC films

Ep 31 - Jason Surrell - Former Disney Imagineer and expert on all things POTC from the rides to the films

Ep 74 - Lee Arenberg - Pintel from first 3 POTC films

 

Other Cool Episodes

Ep 7 - Don Maitz - Painter and creator of Captain Morgan Rum character

Ep 27/28 - John Chatterton - wreck diver and one of the few people to ever find a sunken pirate ship

Ep 55 - Ye Banished Privateers - One of Europe's best pirate bands!

 

Today's show is sponsored by:

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

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Stuff We Talked About In The Show:
You can hear Hans Zimmer's original demo recordings for Pirates of the Caribbean at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6wsGESeNjk

Here's a bit more in depth discussion with Hans Zimmer about POTC's music: http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=205

And if you really want to go down the rabbit hole, check out the comments section of this page on Zimmer and POTC too: http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1128

 

Rodrigo y Gabriela collaborated with Geoff and Hans on POTC 4.  Check out some of their work:

Music from POTC: https://youtu.be/2F4RmDUCo5I

And some other stuff that I think shows them off even better: https://youtu.be/l-qgum7hFXk

In the fun fact about the number 92, I mentioned the world record length name for a place, the hill in New Zealand.  Here's the full name:

Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu

Bet ya can't say that 10 times fast!

Important Websites:

Geoff Zanelli
www.GeoffZanelli.com
@geoffzanelli on Twitter

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