Hans Florian Zimmer
(born 12 September 1957) is a
German
movie
score
composer
and
music producer
. He has written music for over 100 movies.
His works include
The Lion King
(1994),
Crimson Tide
(1995),
Gladiator
(2000),
Batman Begins
(2005),
The Dark Knight
(2008),
Inception
(2010),
Rango
(2011),
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012),
Man of Steel
(2013),
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014),
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016),
Dunkirk
(2017),
Widows
(2018) and
The Lion King
(2019).
His most recent work was
No Time to Die
(2021),
Wonder Woman 1984
(2021) and
Dune
(2021), for which he won another Academy Award.
Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the
United Kingdom
before moving to the
United States
. Before becoming known as a film score composer, he wrote commercial jingles and was even part of the band
The Buggles
, known for their 1979 one-hit "Video Killed the Radio Star".
[1]
He is in charge of the movie music
division
at
DreamWorks
studios
. He also works with other composers through the company he founded, Remote Control Productions.
[2]
Zimmer's works are notable for combining
electronic music
sounds
with
traditional
orchestral arrangements
. He has been given four
Grammy Awards
, two
Golden Globe Awards
, a Classical BRIT Award, and an
Academy Award
. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living
Geniuses
, published by
The Daily Telegraph
.
[3]
In 2000, Zimmer's score for
Gladiator
became one of the best selling movie score albums of all time.
[4]
He also composed video game scores such as
Call of Duty
and
Fortnite
.
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
1999
-
2003
|
Mona the Vampire
|
Additional voices
|
|
2003
-
2004
|
Caillou
|
Additional voices
|
5 episodes
|
Zimmer stated composers like
Ennio Morricone
,
Carter Burwell
,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
,
Gyorgy Ligeti
,
Edward Elgar
,
Richard Wagner
, Stanley Myers, Trevor Horn,
Jerry Goldsmith
,
Lalo Schifrin
,
Alfred Newman
,
Elmer Bernstein
,
Bernard Herrmann
,
John Williams
,
Maurice Jarre
,
Robert Schumann
,
Johannes Brahms
, Joseph Joachim,
Max Steiner
, Charles Munch,
Hector Berlioz
,
Franz Waxman
,
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
,
John Barry
,
Ludwig Von Beethoven
,
James Horner
, Michael Kamen and Michael Nyman as influences.
Media related to
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