Hans Zimmer Talks About Collaboration With Johnny Marr In No Time To Die

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JAKARTA - Hans Zimmer discussed collaborating with Johnny Marr on scoring for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. In an interview with Variety, the iconic German composer said he was shocked when he received a call from James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.

He added that he did not know if he wanted to be involved in the film at first.

"So I called Johnny Marr, and I said," I have two questions to ask you. The first question is, what is the only guitar part worth playing in this film? "

"And he said, 'Bond part' (James Bond theme). And I said, 'That's right. Second question: Do you think I should make a film and will you play the guitar part? "So that's how the project was completed."

Zimmer continued: “Johnny is right. He wanted to bring guitar sound back into the scoring. We then embraced John Barry (a British composer who founded the Bond music tradition in the 1960s). "

The pair have previously collaborated on scoring for several films, including Inception and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Speaking about the start of No Time To Die's promotions before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zimmer told Variety: “Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas came up with this great song, and we just brushed it up a bit.

“It's great, because we were performing at the BRIT Awards, Johnny was playing guitar, and we were moving forward. Suddenly it became a No. 1, and the movie will come out, and then it all stops (because of the pandemic). "

In an interview with NME at BRITs 2019, former The Smiths guitarist Marr said he was delighted to have added a guitar sound to Eilish's theme song, explaining: “When I heard the song, I thought 'this is fantastic'. Very bold, very minimalist. His vocal character is natural, and then the trick is to make him very James Bond. "

No Time To Die, recently gave their newest release date in UK. Namely 12 November 2020.