"Roll Tide" is a dramatic, militaristic piece of orchestral music composed by Hans Zimmer for the 1995 Disney film Crimson Tide.
The piece of music is widely regarded as one of Hans Zimmer's finest compositions, and its powerful, epic and Wagnerian style has often been emulated in many subsequent film scores. "Roll Tide" is also notable for its many appearances in movie trailers, including the trailers for The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Independence Day, The Saint, Armageddon, and many others.
Also known for its use by the late Eduardo Martinez.
The name of the song is copied from the rallying cry of the University of Alabama, whose athletics teams are known as the Crimson Tide.
The Symphonic metal band Nightwish has covered this song (fight song).
Also a term (or greeting) used to express excitement for the University of Alabama.
The phrase "Roll Tide" can be used as a greeting, in thanks, in congratulations, and even to answer to a marriage proposal, as featured in the ESPN 2011 National Championship game commercial, which explains the wide acceptability of the phrase.
Famous quotes containing the words roll and/or tide:
“Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
To mourn, and murmur and repine,
To see the wicked placed on high,
In pride and robes of honor shine.
But oh, their end, their dreadful end,
Thy sanctuary taught me so,
On slipp’ry rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
“The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveler hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)