Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is an Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer from Germany.

Biography

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"). He was also a member of electro-wave band Krisma. In the 1980s, he worked with film composer Stanley Myers. His breakthrough came in 1988, with the score for Rain Man, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Since then, Zimmer has composed music for many major movies, such as Thelma & Louise, Muppet Treasure Island, 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, Batman Begins (with James Newton Howard), The Weather Man, The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and The Holiday. In 1995, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the animated movie The Lion King. He also composed the theme for the boxing show The Contender.

Other composers like Steve Jablonsky, James Dooley, Heitor Pereira 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.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards 1989: Rain Man 1995: The Lion King (won) 1997: The Preacher's Wife 1998: As Good As It Gets 1999: The Prince of Egypt 1999: The Thin Red Line 2001: Gladiator

Golden Globe Awards 1995: The Lion King (won) 1999: The Prince of Egypt 2001: Gladiator (won) 2002: Pearl Harbor 2003: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (nominated for best song) 2004: The Last Samurai 2005: Spanglish 2007: The Da Vinci Code

Grammy Awards 1991: Driving Miss Daisy 1995: The Lion King 1996: Crimson Tide (won) 2001: Gladiator 2007: The Da Vinci Code 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Satellite Awards 1999: The Thin Red Line (won) 2001: Gladiator (won) 2002: Hannibal 2004: The Last Samurai (won) 2006: The Da Vinci Code

Filmography (as composer)

1982 Moonlighting (with Stanley Myers) 1984 Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2 (with Stanley Myers) Eureka (with Stanley Myers) Success Is The Best Revenge (with Stanley Myers) 1985 Insignificance (with Stanley Myers) 1986 Separate Vacations (with Stanley Myers) The Lightship (with Stanley Myers) Castaway (with Stanley Myers) 1987 Terminal Exposure (with Stanley Myers) Going for Gold (TV) - Opening and Closing title themes 1988 Burning Secret Rain Man Paperhouse (with Stanley Myers) Maniac City (with Stanley Myers) A World Apart First Born (TV Movie) Taffin (with Stanley Myers) The Nature of the Beast (with Stanley Myers) Spies Inc. (with Fiachra Trench) The Fruit Machine 1989 Black Rain Driving Miss Daisy Diamond Skulls 1990 Chicago Joe And The Showgirl (with Shirley Walker) Green Card Pacific Heights Fools of Fortune Twister Days of Thunder Bird on a Wire 1991 Thelma & Louise Regarding Henry Backdraft K2 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 Point of No Return Calendar Girl Cool Runnings (with Nick Glennie-Smith) 1994 Drop Zone Renaissance Man I'll Do Anything The Lion King

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 As Good As It Gets The Peacemaker Smilla's Sense of Snow (with Harry Gregson-Williams) 1998 The Thin Red Line The Prince of Egypt The Last Days 1999 Chill Factor (with John Powell) 2000 An Everlasting Piece Mission: Impossible 2 Gladiator (with Lisa Gerrard) The Road To El Dorado (with John Powell) 2001 Black Hawk Down Riding in Cars with Boys Pearl Harbor Hannibal 2002 The Ring Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 2003 The Last Samurai Something's Gotta Give (Last minute replacement score, composed with several other composers) Matchstick Men Tears of the Sun Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (with, and credited to Klaus Badelt) 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 (with Heitor Pereira, James Dooley) Batman Begins (with James Newton Howard) 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Da Vinci Code The Holiday 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The Simpsons Movie 2008 The Dark Knight (with James Newton Howard)

External links

• Official website
• Template:Myspace
• Hans Zimmer at IMDb