For The Thin Red Line (1998), Zimmer said that the director Terrence Malick wanted the music before he started filming, so he recorded six and a half hours of music.
Untuk film The Thin Red Line (1998), Zimmer mengatakan bahwa sutradara Terrence Malick menginginkan musiknya selesai sebelum dia mulai menyutradari film, hingga dia merekam enam setengah jam musik.