Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (soundtrack) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (soundtrack) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2011 . Hans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt's score for "" and composed the music for "" and "", returned to score the fourth installment of the "Pirates" franchise. Collaborators included Rodrigo y Gabriela, which are listed as featured artists, and composers Eric Whitacre, and Geoff Zanelli. Zimmer said that his music for the series is "making orchestras play rock 'n' roll" as he felt that "pirates were the rock 'n' rollers of many many years
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides explained Cook was one of the few who accepted his portrayal of Jack Sparrow: "When things went a little sideways on the and others at the studio were less than enthusiastic about my interpretation of the character, Dick was there from the first moment. He trusted me". During production of "" and "At World's End", writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio discovered Tim Powers' 1987 novel "On Stranger Tides", which they considered a good foundation on which to base "a new chapter" in the "Pirates" series. Disney bought the rights to the novel in April 2007. Rossio stated that he