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Hans Zimmer — You're So Cool
Album: True Romance Soundtrack
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:36
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I loved this movie and remember this song
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Compare this to the highly impressive Zimmer thunder scores from Man of Steel, King Arthur, Gladiator, Interstellar and Last Samurai. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

Never been to Disneyland...I suppose this is why.

seems kinda X-masy to me. I like it.


Posted 10 years ago by Wizzo_oz    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:

Agreed. It sounds like something you might hear playing in the background while standing in line for a ride at Disney. 

 
Never been to Disneyland...I suppose this is why.
Posted 10 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
A good Song for a very good Movie!
Posted 11 years ago by EbbeSand    [ Reply ]

From Wikipedia, about Badlands (1973) 

The film's score makes repeated use of the short composition Gassenhauer from Carl Orff's Schulwerk, and also uses other pieces from the Schulwerk. The same piece was used for a scene in the filmRatcatcher and used as an influence in the film Monster and Finding Forrester. A cover by Hans Zimmer entitled "You're So Cool" is used throughout the film True Romance.


Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

I like it!

A catchy little piece from perhaps Quentin Tarantino's best movie.




Posted 11 years ago by hallogallo    [ Reply ]
Bill & Becca - You're so cool.{#Cool}
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 paultron wrote:
sounded sooo super cheesy to me... but that gave it some charm at the exact same time {#Think}

 
Agreed. It sounds like something you might hear playing in the background while standing in line for a ride at Disney. 
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]

I forgot to rate this a 10!  It's there now...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
I saw the movie ONCE 20 years ago, and not again since...and hearing this song took me back there immediately.  Tells you something (not sure what, but something....)
Posted 11 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
The whirring noise in the background is Carl Orf, wondering why anyone would do this to his Musicalisches Hausbuch.
Posted 11 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
Love this tune, not so much for the music itself but for a momentary escape back to the movie which had an absolutely great soundtrack from start to finish.  One of Tarentinos best efforts in my opinion.
Posted 11 years ago by Nick_Danger    [ Reply ]
sounded sooo super cheesy to me... but that gave it some charm at the exact same time {#Think}
Posted 11 years ago by paultron    [ Reply ]
Not my taste!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Dangerpussy wrote:
I can't help but smile when I hear this.
 
Yes, it brings back memories, eh?  Where are you these days?

 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Really! With a role like that Hopper really couldn't overact. He could have been merely cartoonish but he completely filled that character with evil. His role as the hopped-up photographer in "Apocalypse Now" was just as good. He must have been drawing from his personal experiences of drug-fueled craziness. 

I first saw "Blue Velvet" in England with a girlfriend. We walked out feeling battered, pissed-on and generally slapped around. Outside the theater was this loud British prick laughing his head off and explaining to his equally shellshocked companions that the film was a brilliant send-up of America. I think we all wanted to beat the guy up but were just feeling too fragile. 

Saw it again after a friend explained the film. Brilliant yes but one of the toughest cinematic experiences I've ever dealt with.  
 



I don't even want to think about how you must have walked (crawled?) away from Bambi.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
 I think you have to see the movie to understand this particular song.  It comes right after an utterly destructive shootout scene where your left wondering who is alive and who is dead.

Blastcat900 wrote:
For the record, I haven't seen this movie. And I'm crazy about Hans... he rocks. But this song is too LION KING... sappy... maybe was great watching the movie, but by itself.. bleh to the ninth degree. I gave it one because.. I like Hans.

This song is not cool at all.
 


Posted 12 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
 cmarcan wrote:
This was in the movie Finding Forrester I believe when Sean Connery is riding the old bicycle.  Can't help but think of that scene, when listening to this.

 
I watched that whole film waiting for some terrible cliche violence to happen. It never did. Brilliant movie. 
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
I don't know who does the music selections for Terrence Mallick's films, but for me it has spawned a whole new avenue of exploration.
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Cool, this song has been running around in my head in bits and pieces and I couldn't remember enough of it to figure any of it out.  Yea RP.
Posted 12 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
This was in the movie Finding Forrester I believe when Sean Connery is riding the old bicycle.  Can't help but think of that scene, when listening to this.

Posted 12 years ago by cmarcan    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:

Frank in Blue Velvet was incredibility creepy. 

 
Really! With a role like that Hopper really couldn't overact. He could have been merely cartoonish but he completely filled that character with evil. His role as the hopped-up photographer in "Apocalypse Now" was just as good. He must have been drawing from his personal experiences of drug-fueled craziness. 

I first saw "Blue Velvet" in England with a girlfriend. We walked out feeling battered, pissed-on and generally slapped around. Outside the theater was this loud British prick laughing his head off and explaining to his equally shellshocked companions that the film was a brilliant send-up of America. I think we all wanted to beat the guy up but were just feeling too fragile. 

Saw it again after a friend explained the film. Brilliant yes but one of the toughest cinematic experiences I've ever dealt with.  
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 michaelgmitchell wrote:


Play this again, and ... I'll shoot you dead. THEN, I'll play you some REAL music.
 
Any chance putting your pants on makes that to-do list, hombre?
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

My two favorite Hopper roles were the crazed photographer in "Apocalypse Now" and Frank in "Blue Velvet" but I've never seen "Easy Rider" or all of "Hoosiers."  
 
He's better as a supporting-role guy to me: "Rebel Without A Cause" or "Cool Hand Luke".  He is great in "Easy Rider", though.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This track makes me smile every single time.
I could only stomach the first 30 minutes of the movie so I don't know if the tune is supposed to ironic, does not matter, this tune is too much fun to dislike.
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
For the record, I haven't seen this movie. And I'm crazy about Hans... he rocks. But this song is too LION KING... sappy... maybe was great watching the movie, but by itself.. bleh to the ninth degree. I gave it one because.. I like Hans.

This song is not cool at all.
Posted 12 years ago by Blastcat900    [ Reply ]
Recently used in the movie The Descendents....wonderful..
Posted 12 years ago by Chinto    [ Reply ]
 dead_flowers wrote:
an amazing movie!
 
2nded.  Funny how innocent and bucolic this theme is juxtaposed on this uber-violent film.

Posted 12 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this tune...  hope you be having a very cool day...

 

 



everybody on RP is having a very cool day..
Posted 12 years ago by srose96    [ Reply ]


Play this again, and ... I'll shoot you dead. THEN, I'll play you some REAL music.
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
You are in a hotel in Vegas.  That explains everything. romeotuma wrote:


excellent tune...  love it...

 
 


Posted 13 years ago by Nate_Flynn    [ Reply ]
an amazing movie!
Posted 13 years ago by dead_flowers    [ Reply ]

like.


Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:

Frank in Blue Velvet was incredibility creepy. 

 
I agree. That movie was awesome. Hans Zimmer is a brilliant composer as well.

Posted 13 years ago by rpfan101    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
My two favorite Hopper roles were the crazed photographer in "Apocalypse Now" and Frank in "Blue Velvet" but I've never seen "Easy Rider" or all of "Hoosiers."  
 
Frank in Blue Velvet was incredibility creepy. 

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Tubular Bells from years ago.  I like it.
Posted 13 years ago by ad4tise    [ Reply ]
Help! I'm trapped in an elevator.
Posted 13 years ago by hobiejoe    [ Reply ]
you are so cool....you are so cool...
Posted 13 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
 johnnyrock70 wrote:
RIP Dennis Hopper — That scene with Walken in True Romance was amazing .

"And you're a cantaloupe!"
 

Can't remember this at all. I think you've inspired me to see the movie again. Hopper and Walken on screen are weirdly captivating, even when the script is bad and they're not acting all that well. 

My two favorite Hopper roles were the crazed photographer in "Apocalypse Now" and Frank in "Blue Velvet" but I've never seen "Easy Rider" or all of "Hoosiers."  
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This feels like a rip-off of a Carl Orff composition from Schulwerk. I much prefer the original.

Posted 13 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
FIVE star movie and tune!
Posted 14 years ago by raewah    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of "Pop Goes The Weasel" and not in a good way.  zzzzzzzz
Posted 14 years ago by Arebe    [ Reply ]
 camworld wrote:
There is a song on the Badlands (1973) soundtrack that is similar to this. I don't know which one it is:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/soundtrack

It plays during the opening and closing credits.
 

Looks like Zimmer "borrowed"/paid homage to Gassenhauer by Orff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassenhauer

You can hear the original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ9_6W6bVoQ

Researching this was a perfect distraction!
Posted 14 years ago by HMS_Beagle    [ Reply ]
RIP Dennis Hopper — That scene with Walken in True Romance was amazing .

"And you're a cantaloupe!"
Posted 14 years ago by johnnyrock70    [ Reply ]
it is like Waltzing Matilda......pleasant

Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Dangerpussy wrote:
I can't help but smile when I hear this.
 

yes {#Bounce}
Posted 14 years ago by Raechel    [ Reply ]
I can't help but smile when I hear this.
Posted 14 years ago by Dangerpussy    [ Reply ]
 camworld wrote:
There is a song on the Badlands (1973) soundtrack that is similar to this. I don't know which one it is:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/soundtrack

It plays during the opening and closing credits.
 

Yes, Tarantino surely liked that movie, it inspired both True Romance and Natural Born Killers. 
Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
7 for the song.  +1 for reminding me of the movie True Romance. {#Smile}
Posted 14 years ago by dggeek    [ Reply ]
This sounds great in the RP mix!  {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
God, heard this come on and immediately started having True Romance flashbacks =)

Such a great movie.

 — Dave
Posted 14 years ago by AcquaCow    [ Reply ]
great film - great tune, nicely, yeah...
Posted 14 years ago by Casa_Blanca    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
If there are elevators in Hell, this is the background music they'll be playing
 

This  comment make me laugh, but I like the song too -> 8 for both {#Mrgreen}
Posted 14 years ago by dlaumor    [ Reply ]
Aahh... memories.
The scene with Walken and Hopper squaring off to the hilt will always be with me.
Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]

This song reminds me of being a kid.


Posted 14 years ago by tprimeau    [ Reply ]

don't they play this on 'Survivor"?


Posted 14 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
Simple, and efficacious.  Not unlike an enema. 
Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
I likes me a good dose of marimba now and then.  "Now and then" being the operable term.  But I likes me a good dose of marimba, just the same, today.
Posted 14 years ago by tpa29970    [ Reply ]
I see there are 22  '10's at this time, one of them mine.    I guess they're all from people, like me, to whom this music speaks intensely and directly about unconditional love for someone.  Lucky us! 
And poor you, who express revulsion: may Venus kiss you soon!
Posted 14 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
If there are elevators in Hell, this is the background music they'll be playing
Posted 14 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]

I love the mellow marimba. It sounds so much better than the harsh piano.


Posted 14 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
There is a song on the Badlands (1973) soundtrack that is similar to this. I don't know which one it is:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/soundtrack

It plays during the opening and closing credits.
Posted 15 years ago by camworld    [ Reply ]
 bronorb wrote:
Never saw the movie, never heard this before.
Sounds like Mall music to me...at Christmas time.
 
. . . Shudders. . . you are right. Nasty, nasty muzac. . . 
Posted 15 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Never saw the movie, never heard this before.
Sounds like Mall music to me...at Christmas time.

Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
My G-d, this is awful! It reminds me of those horrible Baby Einstein videos my son used to watch when he was a baby. Make it stop!!
Posted 15 years ago by isayhoomhom    [ Reply ]
..Mr. Peabody's Coal train has Hauled it Away..
Posted 15 years ago by jimshome    [ Reply ]
romeotuma wrote:



I gotta confess— I really liked True Romance a lot... this song always brings it back...




Same here.


Posted 15 years ago by hallogallo    [ Reply ]
Such a great little piece. So good it actually makes Detroit seem romantic, in what I consider Tarantino's best script.  
Posted 15 years ago by ricmo    [ Reply ]
We are all so cool, dontcha think?{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by Brooky    [ Reply ]

An improved version of Guatemalan popular music.


Posted 15 years ago by ceviche    [ Reply ]
I never saw this movie, but this music made me think of the ending to Finding Forrestor. Wasn't this playing when Sean Connery was riding away on his bike in the end?
Posted 15 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:
I'm in Disneyland all of a sudden. Anyone else gonna ride the Jungle Cruise?
 

Oh! Me, me! I love the Jungle Cruise!
Posted 15 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:

Bahamas? To me it sounds like Christmas music, as played by Yanni.
 

Hahahahaha! For the Win!!! I have to agree.
Posted 15 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
I'm in Disneyland all of a sudden. Anyone else gonna ride the Jungle Cruise?
Posted 15 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
I am so glad this came on! The tune by Carl Orff (Street Song) played over the end credits of Badlands (with Martin Sheen) and it was driving me nuts on where I heard it before!!

Posted 16 years ago by Tteddo    [ Reply ]
 leathepea wrote:
one of the best movies of all time....

 

Something written by Quentin Tarantino as "one of the best movies of all time...."?  Please, whatever you are on, keep it to yourself.
Posted 16 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:

Bahamas? To me it sounds like Christmas music, as played by Yanni.

 

HAHAHAHAHA....!

Yeah, right! Imagine Hans and Yanni in one band!

SUICIDLE!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
fuck of, Hans...
Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
From 7 to 8.
Posted 16 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
ZOMG CARE BEARS!
Posted 16 years ago by jyoull    [ Reply ]
one of the best movies of all time....
Posted 16 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
Brud wrote:
This song is very similar to "Street Song" (Gassenhauer) recorded by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman on a vinyl LP titled Steet Song (Produced by Harmonia Mundi on the BASF label - #HC25122). Oh, yeah, the record dates all the way to 1975. Charles Lacquidara on WBCN Boston used to play this frequently on his morning show "The Big Mattress".
...nevermind... great music, even greater sceene at the end of the movie...
Posted 16 years ago by simon_kogoj    [ Reply ]
The Carl Orff piece that Zimmer paid homage to was popularized in Terrence Malick's stunning first film, Badlands. Anyone who's gone to film school knows this film and the music. True Romance was supposedly some kind of a homage to Badlands, or perhaps that's the explanation that was floated after the similarities were pointed out.
Posted 16 years ago by whitebuffalo    [ Reply ]
...this guy should do soundtracks!..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Did a quick search on iTunes for "Gassenhauer" and found it. I like the original much better. Alvaro Brud wrote:
This song is very similar to "Street Song" (Gassenhauer) recorded by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman on a vinyl LP titled Steet Song (Produced by Harmonia Mundi on the BASF label - #HC25122). Oh, yeah, the record dates all the way to 1975. Charles Lacquidara on WBCN Boston used to play this frequently on his morning show "The Big Mattress".
Posted 16 years ago by alvarorb    [ Reply ]
off to the beach with the bad guy's dough...what a great feeling; and it only cost me an eye.
Posted 16 years ago by gfloyd    [ Reply ]
chilibob wrote:
Great song. I feel like I am in the Bahamas.
Bahamas? To me it sounds like Christmas music, as played by Yanni.
Posted 17 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
I'm clearly in the minority here. This makes me feel like I'm walking down Main Street USA in Disneyland. A solid "4", after all, it is "music-like"
Posted 17 years ago by bschena    [ Reply ]
Ye this is a rip off too. A classical piece by Carl Orff (I think)... Cruithne3753 wrote:
Could never get over how this guy so shamelessly ripped off Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 for the Gladiator soundtrack.
Posted 17 years ago by MisterD    [ Reply ]
Great tune from an amazing movie
Posted 17 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Could never get over how this guy so shamelessly ripped off Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 for the Gladiator soundtrack.
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
This song is very similar to "Street Song" (Gassenhauer) recorded by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman on a vinyl LP titled Steet Song (Produced by Harmonia Mundi on the BASF label - #HC25122). Oh, yeah, the record dates all the way to 1975. Charles Lacquidara on WBCN Boston used to play this frequently on his morning show "The Big Mattress".
Posted 17 years ago by Brud    [ Reply ]
Great song. I feel like I am in the Bahamas.
Posted 17 years ago by chilibob    [ Reply ]
Ah, hearing this makes me feel like I'm living my own movie.
Posted 17 years ago by joyjoy    [ Reply ]
Crikey - I just gave this a 10, 30 seconds in. I hardly ever give 10s! It's just so ... just so .... happy. Wonderful - can't have too much happy!
Posted 17 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
holy cow, great movie- great to hear this. reminds me that i need to get this DVD back from a friend whom i let borrow.
Posted 17 years ago by Skip    [ Reply ]
azdcryan wrote:
One of the greatest films ever made, incredible dialogue, amazingly shot, brilliant acting by a ridiculous cast of superstar cult actors... ...unmistakeable tune.
It's been a long while since I've seen this flick, and I knew the tune instantly. Love it, love this film. One of the best, definitely in my top 50 All-Time Desert Island Flicks.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Best movie ever, nice track!
Posted 17 years ago by skybreakers    [ Reply ]
mrrmt wrote:
just like peaches. i still have a huge girl crush on Miss Alabama!
Damn, she does taste like peaches.
Posted 17 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
I can and will never get tired of this track. The piece is so peaceful and I imagine myself just like Alabama, Elvis and Clarence, living happily ever after walking down an eternal beach.
Posted 17 years ago by prstx    [ Reply ]
just like peaches. i still have a huge girl crush on Miss Alabama!
Posted 17 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
One of the greatest films ever made, incredible dialogue, amazingly shot, brilliant acting by a ridiculous cast of superstar cult actors... ...unmistakeable tune.
Posted 17 years ago by azdcryan    [ Reply ]
man, I have to see this movie again! I saw it once when it first came out - and that's a while ago - but when this song came on I knew right away what it was from. There's some tough neural connections for you. "you want me to ... suck his dik?"
Posted 17 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
Recognized this from the other side of the house. Wonderful track to end a wonderful film.
Posted 17 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
I like this but can't bring myself to give it more than a 7 right now. Waiting for someone to say;"EVERYbody SKATE"
Posted 17 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
Brad Pitt was the shit in tthis movie!
Posted 17 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
TimeWaster wrote:
Hans Zimmer's stuff is always quite nice. I really like the stuff from "Power of One", and doesn't he have stuff on the Lion King as well? Good stuff.
It's getting "stuffy" in here...
Posted 17 years ago by lionirons    [ Reply ]
Beastie wrote:
Just a brief note to remind everyone that QTarantino did not direct the film. I think he co-wrote it or something, same as in "Killing Zoë". I think he only executive produced the latter.
No, but he did write the screenplay for True Romance.
Posted 17 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
Very Nice!
Posted 17 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
Hans Zimmer's stuff is always quite nice. I really like the stuff from "Power of One", and doesn't he have stuff on the Lion King as well? Good stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
flipchurn wrote:
One of my favorite movies.
...think I'll take one of those Chesterfield's now...."
Posted 17 years ago by Sunman    [ Reply ]
erk?
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite movies.
Posted 17 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
The director's cut has a different ending along with some scenes that didnt make the cinematic version. neilpeart wrote:
Perfect tune from a nearly perfect movie. I put this slogan on my cap when I graduated from law school.
Posted 17 years ago by darrell711    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
Zimmer also did "Gladiator"
And "Black Hawk Down" and "Tears of the Sun."
Posted 17 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
Zimmer also did "Gladiator"
Posted 19 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
Perfect tune from a nearly perfect movie. I put this slogan on my cap when I graduated from law school.
Posted 19 years ago by neilpeart    [ Reply ]
Just a brief note to remind everyone that QTarantino did not direct the film. I think he co-wrote it or something, same as in "Killing Zoë". I think he only executive produced the latter.
Posted 19 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]