Hans Zimmer - Final Ascent - 007: No Time To Die

[jackiewilliams]

My Son Loved James Bond and Loved Hans Zimmer he passed away 2022 age 27 this song was played at his funeral

[richardspence]

The death of one of the most iconic characters in movie history. Who better to score such a moment as the absolutely superb Hans Zimmer. Unforgettable.

[GordonWolters]

Breaks me into 1, 000, 007 pieces every single time.

[Kottt]

From the Rock and Gladiator to James Bond. From the Last Samurai to Interstellar. Purely genius 💥👏

[sumchi]

Hans Zimmer will go down in future history as a Beethoven or Mozart.

[executiveblack]

Hans is absolutely the best….honestly no words for just how good he is.

[sebastiansterner]

A fantastic ode to Daniel Craigs James Bond, and at the same time an ode to all men out there willing to make the sacrifice. James' epic finale was in consistence with the best traditions of the British navy. And I'm saying that as a Norwegian. For me the ultimate emotional tour de force out of all the Zimmer tracks. A father sacrificing himself simultaenously for his loved ones, his country and the planet. What could be grander than that?

[ZACHAY]

I am a 32 year old man. Never really been the emotional type. Cried when my mother died. Cried when my grandmother died. But stuff like movies and stuff have never really gotten to me. THAT SAID…I have no shame in admitting that I started sobbing when Q and Bond started talking. And I absolutely, without holding back, from a VERY visceral place in my heart, absolutely broke down and didn’t stop crying for at least an hour after when Léa Seydoux said at the end, with an overpowering crack in her voice:

“WE JUST NEED MORE TIME…
…IF WE ONLY HAD MORE TIME.”

It brought up a lot of feelings and fears of mine concerning my father who has been in declining health in recent months. And part of it was realizing just how powerful a father’s love is. I also have always loved Bond since I was a child. And seeing my childhood movie hero/icon/man who could never die/Double-O/Commander with his License to Kill and who always got the job done no matter what actually die on screen was just…unexpected. But I also immediately appreciated its guttural and unexplainably beautiful microscopic dissection of what “life” truly means and of the human experience as a whole.


More than anything though, that sentence is the struggle we humans face as part of our existence. That is the best summation of the human experience I can think of. Our loved ones pass away. Friendships fade because of distance or tragedy. And we think that the pain we feel in that moment could be treated by more time. But time is the one thing we can never have more of. The only thing, and I do mean THE only, thing that is measurable is the passage of time. Mathematics. Numbers. Everything had to be created as a system by humans so that we could, as finite beings, make some since of an infinite universe. Time never stops. The future is always ahead and the past is always behind us. Time is always the very moment we are in at any given time. Because time is linear. And the universe has revealed to us over and over that this linear design is on purpose. It’s there to remind us that the only time that really matters is not the past we can’t change or the future we can’t predict. It is the present. Once a point in time passes by, it leaves the universe forever. It can only survive via our memories, and the feelings we had felt in that moment can never TRULY be felt again.

What makes life so fragile and also so painful is the fact that we know, as humans, that everything and everyone has an expiration date. If we were able to subvert time and make something truly immortal, it would lose its beauty and its value. Bond, like Safin stated, is a weapon himself. The man who can’t be killed. The Double-O with a License to Kill. He’s a valuable agent. So valuable that MI6 and his past friends and foes won’t let him retire in peace and continue to drag him back into battle. He literally has no time to die because they won’t give him time to die on his own terms. And yet, when he sees Mathilde for the first time, he realizes everything has changed. Now, having no time to die means something entirely different. Now, he does not have the time to die because he must focus on saving and protecting his love and his progeny so that he can finally, actually, FOR ONCE…be happy. But, like the weapon he was destined to be, his happy ending was never something that could happen. And so he did the MOST selfless, MOST FATHERLY thing anyone could do…he sacrificed himself and chose to die on his own terms, rather than get off the island and continue on for years just…existing? Living behind glass or in a bubble? Never able to touch Madeline or his daughter. Not until they find a cure for the virus—which will likely never happen. And now, Madeline and Mathilde HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. Because Bond has given his time to them. Finally, she—who was truly on the reverse of the same coin Bond was on—can live in peace, and though he can’t be there in the flesh per se, he is there with her always because of the little pieces of him that exist within Mathilde. And also through his legacy. Through all the stories Madeline will have to share with her about a man named Bond…

James Bond.

🥺

[anakin-is-panakin]

Those violins just make me cry every time 😭 I cannot explain it but it’s like he’s playing the strings of my heart. I don’t even care about James Bond but I’m crying 😭

[togrul]

I loved this James Bond the most. Never thought Daniel can replace Pierce Brosnan. However, he could. Yes, Pierce was cool, nice looking gentleman. But Daniel was a kind of more grounded, father-like caring person. And at the last movie he proved to be one. More men could associate themselves with Daniel's bond, rather than Pierces. Yet, my hats off for both of these actors for showing the world how men should behave.

[erikawaindecker]

so very sorry to hear of jackiewilliams' son's death in 2022 - how fitting to play Hans' music - your son will live on as does the music he loved... keep him alive in laughter and stories and always in music. my condolences...

[SukhSingh-oyqi]

Hans Zimmer never fails - timeless music written for the Gods :)

[marcokrueger]

When they announced Hans Zimmer to do the score, I knew it was gonna be good. What he delivered was astonishing. He's a true legend and I am glad we got him for this movie. Just love it!

[gztd]

Definitely a fitting tribute to the actor that play Bond the way we all knew how it should have been done. I love to rewatch all the 007 movies with Daniel Craig. He re-energized the series.

[zachstolz]

"she does have your eyes". "I know...I know"...

[justinbarton]

he died in action, his final mission. As soon as he was poisoned i was like, oh no.... and then they started playing the sad music, i knew he wasn't going to make it out alive this time... they really ended James Bond. He had everything he wanted, he could have finally retired in peace with a wife, a daughter leaving his past behind, but alas it was too good to be true, he was devoted to his job as an agent, he died Nobley and honorably, a hero saving the world one last time... tragic, sad ending to a legendary character.

[svenweissbrodt]

Hans Zimmer ist ein Genie, seine Musik wird für immer unvergessen sein.

[markvegar]

Incredible soundtrack, which lifts the film into the stratosphere, making it the best of the series.

[robertmcada]

I know he's a fictional character but Daniel Craig made his character so Real.

[GALEGO_]

I'm not one to cry, but this film's ending combined with this wonderful composition made me cry a lot. Without a shadow of a doubt, this was and will be the best 007 of all. Yeah, I don't think he's dead, but I'm looking forward to the next film and I think we'll see him again.