It’s been two months and we would like to the mutant ability to wipe “Dark Phoenix” from the public’s collective consciousness. That isn’t to say that “Dark Phoenix” is some sort of dumpster fire of a film (it’s not), but instead to say that Fox and writer-director Simon Kinberg had the chance to wrap up its 20-year franchise with something special. Instead, they turned in one of the most ill-conceived and terribly bland entries in the ‘X-Men’ series. Nevertheless, it’s August, and we are still talking about the film, thanks to Hans Zimmer.
After you wrapped your head around what you just saw when the credits rolled on “Dark Phoenix,” you were probably shocked to see that none other than Oscar-winning composer Zimmer wrote the score to the Fox/’X-Men’ swansong. Sure, the music is fine, but it’s not exactly showstopping, like what the composer has done with his ‘Batman’ films with Christopher Nolan, for example.
However, that hasn’t stopped Zimmer from not only highlighting his “Dark Phoenix” score on social media but to also share some unreleased demos and “random tracks” that were written during the production of the film. In fact, the composer reveals that there were 16 hours worth of material that was written for the film.
“Some movies become a playing field for experimentation, encouraging for the laboratory doors to never quite close,” the composer tweeted. “We ended up with nearly 16 hours worth of music & it just seemed a shame not to let some random tracks & demos see the light of day. Enjoy!”
Hey, maybe you actually really enjoyed his “Dark Phoenix” score, or perhaps, you’re just some sort of Hans Zimmer completionist. Whatever the case, you can listen to the 12 new tracks below. But don’t let it depress you with memories of one of the saddest bombs of 2019.
Some movies become a playing field for experimentation, encouraging for the laboratory doors to never quite close. We ended up with nearly 16 hours worth of music & it just seemed a shame not to let some random tracks & demos see the light of day. Enjoy! https://t.co/8mg3RQXJXA pic.twitter.com/DGjGMJiSrq
— Hans Zimmer (@HansZimmer) August 5, 2019