“Climate change deniers... you either want to flatten them, or write a piece of music that might just get under their skin and feel the love we need to feel for our planet”: Hans Zimmer on composing as climate activism

Hans Zimmer Tedx interview.

Legendary film composer Hans Zimmer has been talking about working with David Attenborough, and how he hopes his scores for BBC series like Planet Earth II and Frozen Planet will make people “fall in love with this little blue spot in this universe” and become motivated to act on climate change.

“But we’re not trying to scare you,” he pointed out. “We’re trying to make you fall in love... to make you feel something and hopefully it’s a Trojan horse”