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Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German Academy Award-winning composer, best known for composing film scores.
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"). 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 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, The Weather Man, The Da Vinci Code and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. 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
- 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
Golden Globe Awards
- 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
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Grammy Awards
- 1991: Driving Miss Daisy
- 1995: The Lion King
- 1996: Crimson Tide (won)
- 2001: Gladiator
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Filmography (as composer)
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2008
- The Dark Knight (with James Newton Howard)
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
- The Simpsons Movie
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- The Da Vinci Code
- The Holiday
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)
2004
- Spanglish
- Lauras Stern (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
- Shark Tale
- King Arthur
- Thunderbirds (with Ramin Djawadi)
2003
- The Last Samurai
- Something's Gotta Give (Last minute replacement score, composed with several other composers)
- Matchstick Men
- Tears of the Sun
2002
- The Ring
- Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron
2001
- Black Hawk Down
- Riding in Cars with Boys
- Pearl Harbor
- Hannibal
2000
- An Everlasting Piece
- Mission: Impossible 2
- Gladiator (with Lisa Gerrard)
- The Road To El Dorado (with John Powell)
1999
- Chill Factor (with John Powell)
1998
- The Thin Red Line
- The Prince of Egypt
- The Last Days
1997
- As Good As It Gets
- The Peacemaker
- Smilla's Sense of Snow (with Harry Gregson-Williams)
1996
- The Preacher's Wife
- The Fan
- Muppet Treasure Island
- The Rock (with Nick Glennie-Smith and Harry Gregson-Williams)
- Broken Arrow
1995
- Nine Months
- Beyond Rangoon
- Crimson Tide
- Two Deaths
- Something to Talk About (with Graham Preskett)
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1994
- Drop Zone
- Renaissance Man
- I'll Do Anything
- The Lion King
1993
- Younger And Younger
- The House of the Spirits (film)
- True Romance (with Mark Mancina)
- Point of No Return
- Calendar Girl
- Cool Runnings (with Nick Glennie-Smith)
1992
- Toys
- Radio Flyer
- Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (with Mark Mancina)
- A League Of Their Own
- The Power of One
1991
- Thelma & Louise
- Regarding Henry
- Backdraft
- K2
1990
- Chicago Joe And The Showgirl (with Shirley Walker)
- Green Card (film)
- Pacidic Heights
- Fools of Fortune
- Twister (1990 film)
- Days of Thunder
- Bird on a Wire
1989
- Black Rain
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Diamoond Skulls
1988
- Burning Secret
- Rain Man
- Paperhouse (with Stanley Myers)
- Maniac City (with Stanley Myers)
- A World Apart
- Taffin (with Stanley Myers)
- The Nature of the Beast (with Stanley Myers)
- Spies Inc. (with Fiachra Trench)
- The Fruit Machine
1987
- Terminal Exposure (with Stanley Myers)
1986
- Separate Vacations (with Stanley Myers)
- The Lightship (with Stanley Myers)
- Castaway (with Stanley Myers)
1985
- Insignificance (with Stanley Myers)
1984
- Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2 (with Stanley Myers)
- Eureka (with Stanley Myers)
- Success Is The Best Revenge (with Stanley Myers)
1982
- Moonlighting (with Stanley Myers)
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