Legendary composer Hans Zimmer channels his mother's WWII experience through the dissonant score for Apple's gritty war drama 'Blitz'.
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Zimmer's score for 'Blitz' was deliberately 'horrendous' to help him understand his mother's harrowing experience during the WWII bombings of London.
Zimmer has explored WWII themes in previous films like 'Dunkirk' and 'Pearl Harbor', but 'Blitz' allowed him a personal connection to the era through his family history.