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I’m 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.
This is such a fun talk and Geoff’s enthusiasm for the Pirates of the Caribbean films is infectious!
If you’re new to the show, here are a few other episodes you might like to check out as a starting point.
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
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 Pirates of the Caribbean 4
And some other stuff that I think shows them off even better
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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Lee Arenberg has a great career as a character actor in many things. But you’ll most know him as Pintel from the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films. Along with Mackenize Crook’s Ragetti, they had some of the best comedic moments of the films and could also play creepy when needed. (‘Ello poppet…)
