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

Biography

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Zimmer began his musical career playing keyboards and synthesizers with, among others, the bands Helden (with Warren Cann from Ultravox) and The Buggles ("Video Killed the Radio Star"). He was also a member of the electro-wave band Krisma. In the 1980s, he worked with Stanley Myers, a film composer. 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 blockbusters. In 1995, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the animated movie The Lion King. He composed the theme for the boxing series The Contender and also produced the soundtracks for the 2005 anime series Blood+. Other composers like Steve Jablonsky, James Dooley, Heitor Pereira and Geoff Zanelli work in Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions (formerly known as Media Ventures). Accomplished composers including Harry Gregson-Williams, Mark Mancina, ((John Van Tongeren)),Steve Jablonsky, Geoff Zanelli, John Powell and Klaus Badelt are also all former members of the studio.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

  • 1995: The Lion King (won)
  • 1999: The Prince of Egypt
  • 2000: Gladiator (won)
  • 2002: Pearl Harbor
  • 2003: (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)
  • 2007:
  • 2007: The Da Vinci Code
  • Satellite Awards

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

    Composer

    1982
  • Moonlighting (with Stanley Myers) 1984
  • (with Stanley Myers)
  • Eureka (with Stanley Myers)
  • Success Is The Best Revenge (with Stanley Myers) 1985
  • My Beautiful Laundrette (with Stanley Myers)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
  • The Last Samurai
  • Something's Gotta Give (Last minute replacement score, composed with several other composers)
  • Matchstick Men
  • Tears of the Sun
  • (with, and credited to Klaus Badelt) 2004
  • Spanglish
  • Laura's Star (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
  • Shark Tale
  • King Arthur 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
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • The Holiday 2007
  • The Simpsons Movie 2008
  • Casi Divas
  • The Dark Knight (with James Newton Howard)
  • Kung Fu Panda (with John Powell)
  • Frost/Nixon 2009
  • Obitaemyy ostrov
  • Compilation Appearances

  • New Age Music & New Sounds Vol. 67 - "Liberty"

    Executive Score Producer

    1987
  • The Last Emperor (Music by Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne) 1996
  • Twister (Music by Mark Mancina)
  • White Squall (Music by Jeff Rona) 1997
  • Face Off (Music by John Powell)
  • The Borrowers (Music by Harry Gregson-Williams) 1998
  • Antz (Music by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)
  • Endurance (Music by John Powell)
  • With Friends Like These (Music by John Powell) 2002
  • Live from Baghdad (Music by Steve Jablonsky) 2001
  • I Am Sam (Music by John Powell) 2003
  • (Music by Klaus Badelt)
  • 2004
  • Ella Enchanted (Music by Nick Glennie-Smith)
  • House of D (Music by Geoff Zanelli) 2005
  • All the Invisible Children (Music by Ramin Djawadi)
  • Blood+ (Music by Mark Mancina)
  • The Island (Music by Steve Jablonsky)
  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Music by Julian Nott) 2006
  • Ask The Dust (Music by Heitor Pereira and Ramin Djawadi)
  • Curious George (Music by Heitor Pereira)
  • Over the Hedge (Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams)
  • The Prestige (Music by David Julyan)
  • Urmel Aus Dem Eis (Music by James Michael Dooley) 2007
  • August Rush (Music by Mark Mancina)
  • Bee Movie (Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams)
  • Transformers (Music by Steve Jablonsky) 2008
  • Babylon A.D. (Music by Atli Örvarsson)
  • Running the Sahara (Music by Heitor Pereira)
  • Iron Man (Music by Ramin Djawadi)
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