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Hans Zimmer on manipulating Edith Piaf for 'Inception': 'It's how you get from one dream level to the next'

Christopher Nolan's dream-within-a-dream-heist comes with a taut, damning score, courtesy of the filmmaker's go-to-composer, Hans Zimmer. Yet the tense, minimal foghorn-like bellows take their inspiration from something far more delicate. Édith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" was one of...

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20:26 on July 27 2010

Hans Zimmer on manipulating Edith Piaf for 'Inception': 'It's how you get from one dream level to the next'

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Pieces of the Piaf song were stretched and manipulated to fit into the score. ... more info

Hans Zimmer

20:12 on July 27 2010

Hans Zimmer on manipulating Edith Piaf for 'Inception': 'It's how you get from one dream level to the next'

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Christopher Nolan's dream-within-a-dream-heist comes with a taut, damning score, courtesy of the filmmaker's go-to-composer, Hans Zimmer. Yet the tense, minimal foghorn-l... more info

Hans Zimmer