No Time to Die Picks up Hans Zimmer as Composer

Hans Zimmer. In surprising genre movie news, the Oscar winning composer has confirmed No Time to Die will be his first Bond movie.

The news comes out of Tenet.

So his stepping into another major blockbuster with only a few months is a bit of a shock, making it likely he will enlist help, as he had on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Junkie XL.

The loss of Romer is also unfortunate for those who enjoyed his previous eccentric collaborations with writer-director Maniac that Romer’s score was a true standout. Melodic and mischievous, that music made us very curious to see what he’d do with the Bond theme. Fukunaga brought Romer onto Bond 25, but it appears creative differences ended the collaboration, at least on this project.

With that said, Zimmer has offered character-defining musical compositions to Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and he’s also allowed Bond inspired imagery to inspire one of his own career-defining scores in Inception. So, assuming he has the time to give it his full attention, we’d be very curious to see what he does with No Time to Die.

The pic dons its tuxedo in a theater near you on April 10.

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