The First Moon Landing: Bonus - The making of the music

13 Minutes to the Moon

BBC

Technology, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Hans Zimmer in a special episode about creating the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. The Oscar and Grammy-winning composer talks music, space and the importance of knowing how to make a really good cup of coffee. He says, “All we are doing with the music is we’re opening the door a little crack and saying ‘OK, now let your imagination run free’”. With Kevin Fong. Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music. #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

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0:00.0	What is love?
0:03.0	Is it chemistry, fate or a disaster waiting to happen?
0:07.0	Sometimes you mistake other things for love.
0:10.0	Join me, Ryland, on my new podcast as I ask experts and a few familiar faces what love really means.
0:16.3	Because it turns out it's a bit more complicated than happily ever after.
0:20.7	You should think of it as the daily commitment you make to someone that you care about.
0:25.3	Ryland, how to be in love. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:44.8	Here I am a German talking to you in a language that I'm not entirely comfortable with,
0:50.3	when really the language I'm most comfortable with is a wordless language which is music. Music. Hello, I'm Kevin Fong, and I'm back with a little treat for all of you who enjoyed listening to 13 minutes to the moon.
1:24.5	Making the podcast was for us its own journey into the unknown, and we've loved how much you've loved it.
1:31.3	We were extremely lucky to be joined along the way by a very special team member,
1:36.3	the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning composer Hun Zimmer,
1:41.3	whose music was central to the series and which I know you found every bit
1:46.4	as inspirational as we did. Hans is well known for writing soundtracks to blockbuster Hollywood
1:55.3	movies, but he'd never before composed for a podcast. So I wanted to take a little time to find out why he'd made
2:02.2	this leap into the unknown and what drew him to our project. With this aim, I sent podcast
2:08.8	editor John Manel to Hunzimmer's London studio. From the BBC World Service, this is 13 minutes to the moon,
2:21.3	Hans Zimmer, the thank you so much.
2:47.4	Well, let's see how this goes.
2:49.7	You might want to change your mind about that.
2:51.6	No, thank you.
2:53.6	Can you describe where we are, because this room itself is a piece of art?
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