Lost But Won - Hans Zimmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPpp3e-PpAE
This has to be one of greatest tracks from a film ever. The sombre strings at the start are suitably depressing, evoking some bitter memories of Grand Prix racing around that time. The music then takes off and becomes a very stirring piece, perfect for thinking of the cars of the time travelling at speed piloted by their brave and skilful pilots.
To my mind the real genius of this track is the constant throb in the background - Zimmer has produced a kind of metallic sound that puts one in mind of pistons going ten to the dozen. These cars were fast - they were out-growing many of the tracks, they were wonderfully noisy - a total assault on the eardrums, they were crude - no carbon fibre, much less Kevlar in those days, smelly - ah that delicious smell of a Grand Prix weekend, hotdogs and burgers meets petrol, oil and grease! and provided a driver with all the protection of a wet paper bag - that was liable to ignite if it so much as looked at a crash barrier....
To get in one you had to be some kind of special person.....
