What is the significance of Nimrod to Dunkirk's original score?
I couldn't help but notice in some of the score for Dunkirk (2017) that it sounded very familiar. Specifically the song "Variation 15" sounds like the classical piece "Nimrod" by Edward Elgar.
What is the significance Hans Zimmer is trying to convey by alluding so heavily to Nimrod?
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Best Answer
Elgar's Enigma variations - and Nimrod, in particular - have long been a part of the British consciousness.
Interestingly, Elgar ended up writing 14 variations (Nimrod being number 9).
Zimmer is trying to instil the patriotism that the variations have done for the British over the past century. Calling his own composition Variation 15 implies a continuation of Elgar's original works.
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Why did Elgar call it Nimrod?
The best known of the variations is the serene Variation No. 9, identified by the composer as \u201cNimrod.\u201d The name is a play on words, as the biblical Nimrod was a great hunter, and the German word meaning \u201chunter\u201d is Jaeger.Why is Nimrod played at the Cenotaph?
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) \u2013 Edward Elgar Jaeger, who helped the composer through his darkest periods of self-doubt and depression. Nimrod is a favourite piece for funeral music and is always played at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.Is there a Nimrod in Dunkirk?
In Dunkirk's score, the Nimrod fragments appear in three distinct keys over six tracks, encoding a deft reference to that opus number.What film is Nimrod from?
The 2017 film Dunkirk features adapted versions of Elgar's Variation IX (Nimrod), the primary adaptation given the name "Variation 15" on the soundtrack in honor of its inspiration.Dunkirk \u0026 Vocal Version Of Elgar’s Nimrod
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Answer 2
Horuskol, has already given a good answer but specifically Nimrod is played at the Rememberance Day Ceremony that takes place each November in London to honour British and other nations war dead.
Nimrod played at the Cenotaph The Cenotaph in London was built after WW1 on Whitehall and the ceremony has taken place there ever since, with an order of service that was set in the 1930s.
Zimmer has a close relationship with the British Director Nolan and the importance of this piece in British cultural life would probably have come up in their discussions.
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