| He's a Pirate | |
| Type: | instrumental |
| Artist: | Klaus Badelt |
| Genre: | Orchestral |
| Length: | 1:30 |
| Label: | Walt Disney |
| Producer: | Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer |
"He's a Pirate" is a 2003 track composed by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer for the 2003 Disney film . It is featured on the soundtrack album of the film and is used at the beginning of the credits for the film.
The track has been subject to a number of remix versions collected in an EP titled Pirates Remixed and separate singles released notably by Tiësto in 2006 and by Rebel in 2014. Renditions of the track were also used for the credits of the four Pirates sequels.
The track, cut and altered for time, has been used as theme music by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for pre-game and time-out sequences at home games at Raymond James Stadium.
Hans Zimmer was initially asked to score the film, but he gave the assignment to his colleague Klaus Badelt since he was working on another project at that time. However, he ended up writing most of the themes, including "He's A Pirate".[1]
| Italic Title: | no |
| Pirates Remixed | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Klaus Badelt / Tiësto |
| Cover: | PiratesRemixed.jpg |
| Released: | 20 June 2006 |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Label: | Walt Disney |
| Producer: | Tiësto, Hans Zimmer |
| Chronology: | Pirates of the Caribbean |
Pirates Remixed is an EP that features remixes by Tiësto and other DJs of the song "He's a Pirate" composed by Klaus Badelt for the Disney movie . It was made available for download exclusively through iTunes, via the official EP website.
Walt Disney Records also has a promotional CD which contains nine tracks total,[2] including two tracks from the original scores, and radio edits. EMI also was licensed to create a CD which contained the Tiësto remixes and the Jack Theme Suite from the second film's score. Along with the digital download and the limited CD releases, it was also released as a promotional copy on vinyl. The vinyl version came under the name Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Remixes and contained a remix not available on either the digital download or the CD versions.
Tiësto also released an alternative "He's a Pirate" remix as a bonus track on his Elements of Life album.
The digital download had 6 tracks that included a radio edit, and remixes, whereas the Walt Disney Records CD had 9 tracks including 7 track versions of "He's a Pirate" in addition to 2 tracks, the original score of "Swords Crossed" and "Jack Theme Suite". Walt Disney Records also released a promotional vinyl version with 6 tracks including five of "He's a Pirate".
| He's a Pirate – Tiësto Remixes | |
| Cover: | Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-Tiesto-Remixes.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tiësto |
| Album: | Elements of Life |
| Released: | 4 July 2006 |
| Recorded: | 2005–2006 |
| Genre: | Uplifting trance |
| Label: | EMI |
| Producer: | Tiësto |
| Prev Title: | dance4life |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | In the Dark |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
"He's a Pirate – Tiësto Remixes" was a separate 2006 single release by Tiësto considered a dance release version of Klaus Badelt's "He's A Pirate" and commercially successful in various European Singles' Charts after release on EMI Records.
The remixes have also been included in a number of compilations including:
| Chart (2006) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 37 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] | 17 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] | 12 |
| Black Pearl (He's a Pirate) | |
| Cover: | Black-Pearl-Hes-a-Pirate-by-Rebel.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rebel featuring Sidney Housen |
| Released: | 20 January 2014 |
| Recorded: | 2013 |
| Genre: | Big room house |
| Length: | 7:16 |
| Label: | BIP Records, Ultra Music |
| Producer: | Kevin Leyers Sidney Van Gool |
| Chronology: | Rebel |
In 2014, the Belgian DJ and music producer Rebel made a remix under the title "Black Pearl (He's a Pirate)" featuring Sidney Housen becoming a hit for Rebel in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
| Chart (2014) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[6] | 66 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] | 38 | |
| France (SNEP)[8] | 19 |