Che Valiers de Sangreal

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2006)

I am now convinced that Hans Zimmer has taken over from John Williams as the most interesting composer of film music at this time. His score for "The Da Vinci Code" which at first hearing sounded so very subdued becomes more and more interesting with each repeated listening. I believe the movie has the same quality. It bears re-watching. I think critics are jumping too early on the "let's pan it" band wagon. It's almost impossible to take one's eyes off Audrey Tautou, or off Tom Hanks for that matter. In fact the film is impeccably cast down to the smallest role. It's hard to imagine a better adaptation of a book, and I can't imagine who could have done it better. Would that "Memoirs of a Geisha" had been handed into the skilled hands of Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer. It's hard to remember the last time I left the theatre genuinely thinking and feeling something as I did after seeing "The Da Vinci Code".