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Saudi Arabia is in talks with Hans Zimmer to have the music maestro recreate the Kingdom’s national anthem (hexbear.net)
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Truly a country of failed redditors:

Saudi Arabia is in talks with Hans Zimmer to have the music maestro recreate the Kingdom’s national anthem using different instruments.

Turki Al al-Sheikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), posted a photo on X with Zimmer and called him “one of the greatest musicians of our time.”

For more news on Saudi Arabia, visit our dedicated page.

Al-Sheikh said the two discussed several musical projects that could come to fruition soon, including a concert and original composition called Arabia - inspired by Saudi Arabia’s culture and heritage - and the soundtrack for upcoming Saudi film, The Battle of Yarmouk.

Additionally, al-Sheikh hinted at plans for a large-scale Hans Zimmer concert to take place at a future edition of Riyadh Season.

The GEA chief said he sensed Zimmer’s “great admiration” for Saudi Arabia and its people, adding that the Oscar-winning composer promised to visit the Kingdom soon with his family and friends.

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nme-linky, cause al arabiya behaves weirdly

i hope he redoes gladiator/pirate theme a third time

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[–] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago

Reminder that the house of saud are some small tribal leaders from bumfuck nowhere in Arabian peninsula that Britian and America propped like (like they did Israel and Jordan with rulers or people who don't belong to the region). Fuck the house of saud

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Saudi Arabia is the Elon musk of neoliberal hellscapes. No amount of money will make like give a fuck about your slave cities, nerds.

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

The Saudis are relentless in their tackiness.

[–] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

Quick reminder that Hans Zimmer is a transphobic sack of shit. meow-knife-trans

[–] newerAccountWhoDis@hexbear.net 4 points 22 hours ago

The despot of SA has no pride and no shame. They destroy entire cities, bulldoze whole landscapes and displace the population so pictures of the mistreated country get more likes on Insta. Fucking disgusting.

[–] Seasonal_Peace@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How do you call it if orientalised arabian music like in Dune gets to replace a real arab anthem? What a doomed country, without any pride.

[–] LupineTroubles@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

It is natural conclusion of orientalization with cultural hegemony of West that the orientalized will adopt the orientalist perspectives. This is especially true for arbitrary and inauthentic attempts at culture like Saudi monarchy does with its pseudo-revivalism.

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are truly the slop brained country of the arab world. Ironic a state build on traditionalism is the most western treatlerite country of them all.

[–] newerAccountWhoDis@hexbear.net 4 points 22 hours ago

The country and population have no say in what the king does.

[–] TheDrink@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

King enters a room

BWAAAAAAAAAA

Saudi Arabia wins an Olympic medal

BWAAAAAAAAAA

New Years fireworks in Riyadh

BWAAAAAAAAAA

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Hans Zimmer sucks so bad

[–] picklemeister@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this is such a stupid timeline

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If they took that guy from andor with synthwave stuff though niko-wonderous just sad we don't have modern instruments in anthems, and saudis are gaudy enough to be first

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Excited for the first guitar riff

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

wait, is there a single anthem which uses electric guitars even? smh

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Thomas Sankara was a guitarist and also wrote the national anthem for Burkina Faso, that might be as close as we've gotten so far

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Zimmer can jump in the barbara-pit too.

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What are the odds he farms it out to an intern like he does with most movies he scores?

[–] mactan@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

didn't even do a lot of pirates of the carribean

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

intern nr. 10, you probably wonder what happened to interns nr.7-9, they apparently applied for a group tour in saudi embassy, and skipped on me. But i know, you, intern nr. 10, will strive for excellence slaps shoulder and locks door

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i wonder why

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The ego on that desert Turkey. The Saudis have poured a lot of money into boxing and other sports. I follow boxing, and everyone has to kiss his ass, they all have to call him "his excellency" ugh

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

they don't have any ego though. In exchange for wasting money in the west, they get to do their semi-slavery and propagate retrograde attitudes. match made in hell tbh