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YING YANGS - HANS ZIMMER

As well as being one of our favorite drawers (and interviewees) ever, Jiro Bevis knows a thing or two about pop songs. So we cajoled him into supplying us with a song every Tuesday from his library of psych-kraut-disco gems that he sometimes shares with the world on his new blog. Thanks, Jiro!

Hello, I'm going to try and post a variety of stuff, from prog, kraut, new age and disco to soundtracks, rock 'n' roll, Beatles-related stuff and pop (or just whatever I'm into at the time) on this column each week.

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First off I've decided to pick a tune from a soundtrack. And not just any soundtrack, but one from a Tom Cruise film. I love Tom Cruise. Every time I see the man he puts a smile on my face and his early films are fucking amazing (that means every film from Taps right through to Far and Away). Anyway, the two stand out songs from Cruise related soundtracks are definitely Tangerine Dream's "Love On A Real Train" from Risky Business and Hans Zimmer's "End Titles" from Rain Man. Both are from incredible films which I've seen numerous times and although the Tangerine Dream song is used in one of the best Tom Cruise scenes ever I've gone for Hans Zimmer's song because I've probably listened to it about 100 times in the past week and I am still not sick of listening to it.

You may not remember the song straight away, but if you've ever seen Rain Man (which I assume everyone has, at least 10 times) then you'll instantly recognise it. It starts off with some sensual Oriental sounds (Han's Zimmer had just finished the soundtrack to Black Rain when he made this so I guess he was still feeling the Oriental vibes) and then the pan pipes and keyboard kick in and instantly you feel like you're riding on the back of some spiritual Native American's horse through the American desert with Tom Cruise flying above keeping a watchful eye over you. Along with Vangelis's "Love Theme", it's definitely a song people should make love to.

Listen:

Hans Zimmer - "End Titles"

JIRO BEVIS