Hans Zimmer Review – May 4 2017 at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne.
Kokomo thought it quite strange to see a stadium of people paying big dollar to witness music that otherwise plays on repeat on the DVD menu screen. Kokomo was excited that Hans Zimmer, his third favourite Hans behind Gruber and Berlin made it out to Australia to play his greatest hits. A unique experience for certain, but would this translate into a live concert? Within minutes Kokomo decided unreservedly that he hadn’t really lived his life until he had heard a 48-piece orchestra playing background music.
Kokomo leaned back in his chair and propped his feet between the two full drink holders in front. He nodded along to upbeat ditties You’re So Cool from True Romance and the Rain Man theme. The Gladiator and Crimson Tide sections utilised the local choir and as to be expected were otherworldly, while the superhero segments went full thrash metal \m/. Songs from The Dark Knight trilogy and Man of Steel often erupted into solos so tappity and strobe so powerful it could’ve induced a seizure in any unmedicated epileptic.
Introducing Niles Marr on Guitar
Smiths legend Johnny Marr was the one to convince his buddy Hans to leave the darkened studio rooms. He tells Hans to get out and look his audience directly in the eye. It brought a 1980’s shaped tear to Kokomo’s eye to see son Nile Marr on guitar throwing shapes just like his daddy. Everyone under 30 got particularly jazzed during the Lion King sections for some reason. Raising their phones. Staring into their little screens to capture the sounds of the silver screen. Ready for inevitable internet stream on computer screen while they ate cool ice-cream. This is some Inception-type many leveled dream shit going on and it hurt poor Koko’s head.
Final Thoughts
Getting back to dream level one, Kokomo’s highlights were the final three numbers from Inception. Dream Is Collapsing is somewhere in the upper echelons of Kokomo’s Top 3,000 Pieces of Music 2007-17 with its sinister tuba and horizon-bending qualities. Final song of the night Time perfectly evoked the scene it comes from. Suggesting a long life well-lived….but now you’re dead. Roll credits. Kick over popcorn bucket. Four stars.
XoXo – Kokomo
