Zack Hemsey - The Man Behind the Inception Theme

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    Agent

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    I'm sure you've heard the infamous BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMM Inception theme by now...

    [video=youtube;lOJqicM6x84]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJqicM6x84[/video]​

    It's composed by 28 year old composer Zack Hemsey. He used to be part of an obscure hip-hop group called Nine Leaves before he went solo.

    Check out his 2010 album Empty Room HERE. It's fucking brilliant! Hip-hop merged with cinematic compositions. Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed.

    Also, check out this interview below to learn more about his music...

    [video=youtube;b9nxOmYjrxk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nxOmYjrxk[/video]​
     
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    Wow, this is pretty awesome. So far I think I like ‘The Arrival’ the most, ‘The Forgotten’ is good but I don’t like the rapping in the first verse, haha. :)
     
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    I'ma troll a bit and say "I love Inception!" Now, onto more serious issues: this guy's fucking legit. I LOVED the epic feel of his contribution to the soundtrack and am now listening to Empty Room.

    EDIT:
    Open Spaces is the shit!
     
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    Ree

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    I'ma troll a bit more and say "BBBBBRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMM".
     
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    Like it, reminds me of Blue Sky Black Death, which I love a lot. Thanks for sharing this.
     
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    My favorites from the album are: The Arrival, Changeling, At War With Me, Why, I'll Find A Way. So good!

    His Bandcamp page also has some of his other compositions, like a reinterpretation of Changeling and multiple versions of Mind Heist. Check them out!
     
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    The infallible Wiki tells me that Hans Zimmer created the score for the main movie and Mr Hemsey had composed music for the trailers.
     
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    Score =/= Theme. Mind Heist was used for trailer # 3 and since then the music went viral! It is now considered to be one of the main themes of Inception :)
     

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