Hans Zimmer
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Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German composer, best known for composing film scores.
Born in Frankfurt, Zimmer began his musical career playing keyboards and synthesizers with, among others, the bands Ultravox and The Buggles ("Video Killed the Radio Star"). In the 1980s, he worked with film composer Stanley Myers. His breakthrough came in 1988, with the theme for Rain Man, which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Since then, Zimmer has composed music for many major movies, such as Crimson Tide, The Rock, True Romance, Gladiator, Driving Miss Daisy, The Prince of Egypt, Pearl Harbor, The Thin Red Line, Black Hawk Down, Backdraft, The Last Samurai, The Da Vinci Code and . In 1995, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the animated movie The Lion King.
Other composers like Steve Jablonsky, James Dooley and Geoff Zanelli are working in Zimmer's studio Remote Control Productions (formerly known as Media Ventures). Accomplished composers including Harry Gregson-Williams, Mark Mancina, John Powell and Klaus Badelt are also all former members of the studio.
- 1 Awards and nominations
- 2 Filmography
- 2.1 '''1982'''
- 2.2 '''1984'''
- 2.3 '''1986'''
- 2.4 '''1987'''
- 2.5 '''1988'''
- 2.6 '''1989'''
- 2.7 '''1990'''
- 2.8 '''1991'''
- 2.9 '''1992'''
- 2.10 '''1993'''
- 2.11 '''1994'''
- 2.12 '''1995'''
- 2.13 '''1996'''
- 2.14 '''1997'''
- 2.15 '''1998'''
- 2.16 '''1999'''
- 2.17 '''2000'''
- 2.18 '''2001'''
- 2.19 '''2002'''
- 2.20 '''2003'''
- 2.21 '''2004'''
- 2.22 '''2005'''
- 2.23 '''2006'''
- 2.24 '''2007'''
- 3 External links
Awards and nominations
- 1988: Rain Man
- 1994: The Lion King (won)
- 1996: The Preacher's Wife
- 1997: As Good As It Gets
- 1998: The Prince of Egypt
- 1998: The Thin Red Line
- 2000: Gladiator
- 1994: ''The Lion King (won)
- 1998: The Prince of Egypt
- 2000: Gladiator (won)
- 2001: Pearl Harbor
- 2002: Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron (nominated for best song)
- 2003: The Last Samurai
- 2004: Spanglish
- 1991: Driving Miss Daisy
- 1995: The Lion King
- 1996: '' Crimson Tide (won)
- 2001: Gladiator
Filmography
1982
- Moonlighting (with Stanley Myers)
1984
- (with Stanley Myers)
- Success Is The Best Revenge (with Stanley Myers)
1986
- Separate Vacations (with Stanley Myers)
- The Zero Boys (with Stanley Myers)
1987
- Terminal Exposure (with Stanley Myers)
- A World Apart
1988
- Rain Man
- Burning Secret
- Spies Inc. (with Fiachra Tench)
- Taffin (with Stanley Myers)
- Twister
- The Fruit Machine (1988), a/k/a Wonderland (USA)
1989
- Prisoner Of Rio
- Paperhouse
- Black Rain
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Diamond Skulls
1990
- Pacific Heights
- Nightmare At Noon (with Stanley Myers)
- Chicago Joe And The Showgirl (with Shirley Walker)
- Fools Of Fortune
- Days of Thunder
- Bird on a Wire
- Green Card
1991
1992
- Toys
- Radio Flyer
- Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (with Mark Mancina)
- A League Of Their Own
- The Power of One
1993
- Younger And Younger
- The House of the Spirits
- True Romance (with Mark Mancina)
- Point of No Return
- Calendar Girl
- Cool Runnings (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
1994
1995
- Nine Months
- Beyond Rangoon
- Crimson Tide
- Two Deaths
- Something to Talk About (with Graham Preskett)
1996
- The Preacher's Wife
- The Fan
- Muppet Treasure Island
- The Rock (with Nick Glennie-Smith and Harry Gregson-Williams)
- Broken Arrow
1997
1998
1999
- Chill Factor (with John Powell)
2000
2001
2002
2003
- The Last Samurai
- Something's Gotta Give (Last minute replacement score, composed with several other composers)
- Matchstick Men
- Tears of the Sun
2004
- Spanglish
- Lauras Stern (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
- Shark Tale
- King Arthur
- Thunderbirds (with Ramin Djawadi)
2005
- The Weather Man (with James S. Levine)
- Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
- Madagascar
- Batman Begins (with James Newton Howard)
2006
2007
External links
- [Hans Zimmer] at the SoundtrackINFO project
- [Hans Zimmer Fan Site]
- [Hans Zimmer] at SoundtrackNet
- 1994: ''The Lion King (won)
- 1998: The Prince of Egypt
- 2000: Gladiator (won)
- 2001: Pearl Harbor
- 2002: Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron (nominated for best song)
- 2003: The Last Samurai
- 2004: Spanglish
- 1991: Driving Miss Daisy
- 1995: The Lion King
- 1996: '' Crimson Tide (won)
- 2001: Gladiator
Filmography
1982
- Moonlighting (with Stanley Myers)
1984
- (with Stanley Myers)
- Success Is The Best Revenge (with Stanley Myers)
1986
- Separate Vacations (with Stanley Myers)
- The Zero Boys (with Stanley Myers)
1987
- Terminal Exposure (with Stanley Myers)
- A World Apart
1988
- Rain Man
- Burning Secret
- Spies Inc. (with Fiachra Tench)
- Taffin (with Stanley Myers)
- Twister
- The Fruit Machine (1988), a/k/a Wonderland (USA)
1989
- Prisoner Of Rio
- Paperhouse
- Black Rain
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Diamond Skulls
1990
- Pacific Heights
- Nightmare At Noon (with Stanley Myers)
- Chicago Joe And The Showgirl (with Shirley Walker)
- Fools Of Fortune
- Days of Thunder
- Bird on a Wire
- Green Card
1991
1992
- Toys
- Radio Flyer
- Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (with Mark Mancina)
- A League Of Their Own
- The Power of One
1993
- Younger And Younger
- The House of the Spirits
- True Romance (with Mark Mancina)
- Point of No Return
- Calendar Girl
- Cool Runnings (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
1994
1995
- Nine Months
- Beyond Rangoon
- Crimson Tide
- Two Deaths
- Something to Talk About (with Graham Preskett)
1996
- The Preacher's Wife
- The Fan
- Muppet Treasure Island
- The Rock (with Nick Glennie-Smith and Harry Gregson-Williams)
- Broken Arrow
1997
1998
1999
- Chill Factor (with John Powell)
2000
2001
2002
2003
- The Last Samurai
- Something's Gotta Give (Last minute replacement score, composed with several other composers)
- Matchstick Men
- Tears of the Sun
2004
- Spanglish
- Lauras Stern (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
- Shark Tale
- King Arthur
- Thunderbirds (with Ramin Djawadi)
2005
- The Weather Man (with James S. Levine)
- Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
- Madagascar
- Batman Begins (with James Newton Howard)
2006
2007
External links
- [Hans Zimmer] at the SoundtrackINFO project
- [Hans Zimmer Fan Site]
- [Hans Zimmer] at SoundtrackNet
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