Hans Zimmer is a composer, author of music for popular films (“The Dark Knight”, “Angels and Demons”, “The Da Vinci Code”, etc.). Winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Score (The Lion King, 1994), Zimmer received his second Golden Globe for the score for the film Gladiator (2010). The composer was also nominated multiple times for an Oscar for his compositions for the films “Rain Man”, “The Priest’s Wife”, “As Good As It Gets”, “The Thin Red Line”, “The Prince of Egypt”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Inception”. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hans Florian Zimmer was born on September 12, 1957 in the German city of Frankfurt. Hans lost his father early. As he admits, music helped him cope with grief, which became “his best friend.” While still a teenager, Hans moved to the UK. There, the gifted young man began by playing keyboards and synthesizers in two groups at once – Ultravox and The Buggles, and also, together with a friend, taught the English how to play the guitar. At the age of 24, Hans wrote the single “Video Killed the Radio Star,” which launched the MTV channel.
In 1984, 27-year-old Zimmer made his debut as a film composer in Jerzy Skolimowski’s film Success is the Best Revenge, which was nominated for the Palme d’Or. Already at the beginning of his career, in the 80-90s, Zimmer became in great demand: he attracted directors primarily because he talentedly combined new and old musical technologies (for example, electronic music in combination with traditional orchestral music). When director Barry Levinson asked Hans to compose the score for his drama Rain Man (1988), Zimmer was already a fairly popular film composer.
“When coming up with the music for Rain Man, I kept telling myself: don’t try to drown out the characters. Don’t go to the forefront. Raymond, the main character, doesn’t really understand where he is. He sees the world differently than we do… Why not create “world music” for a world that exists only in his head?” – Hans recalls. This work became a real breakthrough in his career – Zimmer received an Oscar nomination. Hollywood’s top directors lined up to work with him. And Hans devoted himself to his work completely, often coming up with musical themes for two or three paintings at the same time.
While working on the film The Power of Personality (1992), the composer even went to South Africa to use African national choirs in the soundtrack. His music impressed the Disney studio so much that they commissioned Zimmer to compose the composition for the animated film “The Lion King” (1994). But Hans was no longer allowed into South Africa, so he called South African musician Lebo M to America. The musical theme of the cartoon brought the composer three prestigious awards – Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy. Zimmer went on to receive numerous awards, becoming truly the best of the best in Hollywood. It’s rare that an Oscar ceremony is complete without a Zimmer nominee.
He is the author of music for many popular films: “Mission Impossible 2”, “The Rock”, “Gladiator”, “The Prince of Egypt”, “Pearl Harbor”, “The Thin Red Line”, “Black Hawk Down”, “Madagascar”, “ The Da Vinci Code”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”, “Batman Begins”, “The Dark Knight”, “Inception”. In America, Hans founded his own studio, Remote Control Productions, which helps young composers (Steve Jablonski, Jeff Zanelli, etc.).
Hans Zimmer, 55, lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children. “I think I have a good sense of the spirit of the times,” he admits. – Now I want to work with three, four notes, which are laid out in a complex, intricate emotional structure. With emotionality, not sentimentality.”
Angels & Demons, 2009 film
King Arthur, 2004 film
Budget Meeting
Remember My Face
Tell Me Now End Titles
Woad to Ruin
King Arthur Orchestra Suite
Tell Me Now
Batman film series
Fear Will Find You
Imagine the Fire
Mind If I Cut In
Rise
Why Do We Fall
Introduce a Little Anarchy
Like a Dog Chasing Cars
The Watchful Guardian
Vespertilio
Why so Serious
Aggressive Expansion
Soundtracks from the game Call of Duty Modern Warfare
The Da Vinci Code, 2006 film
Chevaliers De Sangreal
End Credits Alternate
Kyrie For the Magdalene
Rest Beneath The Stars
Sophie Remembers Her Childhood
The Citrine Cross
Rain Man, 1988 film
Leaving Wallbrook / On The Road
Las Vegas
Dune 2021 movie
Armada
Arrakeen
Bene Gesserit
Dream of Arrakis
Gom Jabbar
Grains of Sand
Herald of the Change
Holy War
I See You in My Dreams
Leaving Caladan
Mind killer
Moon over Caladan
My Road Leads into the Desert
Pauls Dream
Premonition
Ripples in the Sand
Sanctuary
Shai hulud
Song of the Sisters
Stillsuits
The Fall
The One
The Shortening of the Way
Hannibal, 2001 film
Virtue
Avarice
Dear Clarice
For A Small Stipend
Let My Home Be My Gallows
The Burning Heart
Gladiator, 2000 film
Duduk Of The North
Barbarian Horde
Elysium
Honor Him
The Gladiator Waltz
The Slave Who Became A Gladiator
Now We Are Free
Interstellar, 2014 film
A Place Among the Stars
Afraid of Time
Cornfield Chase
Day One
Day One Interstellar Theme
First Step
First Step Interstellar
Main Theme Extra Extended Soundtrack
No Time
STAY
Kung Fu Panda, 2008 cartoon
01 Oogways Legacy Lang Lang
Hero
The Lion King, 1994 cartoon
Inception, 2010 film
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Dream Within A Dream
Saundtrek Score 2010
Mombasa
Old Souls
Waiting For A Train
Dream Is Collapsing
Time Orchestra_Version
Pearl Harbor, 2001 film
Danny and Evelyn Make Love
Danny Arrives Letters From Rafe
Evelyn Cant Break Up Spy Romp
Battle of Britain
I Will Come Back
International Trailer
Japanese Prepare Battle of Britain
Tennessee
Tip of the Sword
Welcome to the RAF
Pirates of the Caribbean film series
Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho
One Day
At Worlds End
Hes a Pirate
Angelica
Mutiny
Mermaids
The Black Sheep
Up Is Down
Jack Sparrow
I See Dead People in Boats
What Shall We Die For
The Medallion Calls the Black Pearl
The Last Samurai, 2003 film
Fight in the Rain
A Way of Life
I Must Go Away
Journey to the Village
A Sons Death
Main Titles
New Attire
Red Warrior
Taken
Idylls End
The Ninja Attack
The Way of the Sword
The Way of the Warrior
The Rock, 1996 film
MISCELLANEOUS
Driving with the Top Down From Iron Man
Zimmer Earth
Coward
Detach
Dreaming of the Crash
Driving
Dust
Gun Barrel
Mind Heist Evolution
Homeland
Im Going Home
Impulse
Man of Steel Hans
Message from Home
Mountains
Old Souls
Paradox
Radical Notion
Rain
Rango Suite
Run Free
Running Out
Shivering Soldier
Shootout
Show me your Firetruck
Solomon
Stars At Dawn
Superman Rising Pt 2 Immovable
Supermarine
The Amazing Digital Circus / Main Them
The Dark Knight Rises / BaneUnreleased Theme Suite 22
The Long Road Back
The Oil
The World Of Hans Zimmer / A Symphonic Celebration 2019
The Wormhole
Time Phynn Rem
We Built Our Own World
We Need Our Army Back
Where Were Going
X-SS
Youre so Cool
Hummell Gets The Rockets
Intimate
2049
Wallace
Flight to LAPD
Sappers Tree
Someone Lived This
Chevaliers De Sangreal
Main Theme
Orphans
FIFA 19 UEFA Champions League remix
All That Remains
Busy Little Bee
Death Smiles At All Of Us
Earth
Figurines
Marikesh Marketplace
Not Yet
Rome Is The Light
Secrets
The General Who Became A Slave
The Mob
Maximus
Am I Not Merciful
Patricide
Progeny
Reunion
Slaves To Rome
Sorrow
Strength And Honor
The Battle
The Emperor Is Dead
The Might of Rome
The Wheat
To Zuccabar
End Titles Dunkirk
Home
Regimental Brothers
The Mole
The Tide
This Land
Lost but Won
Maestro From The Holiday
New York City Surprise From Madagascar 3
Rango Suite From Rango
Watergate From Frost Nixon
What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World
Youre That Spider Guy From The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Discombobulate From Sherlock Holmes
Homeland From Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron
160 BPM
Injection From Mission Impossible
Shelter Mountain
Mission Impossible 2-20
FAB
No Way
Solo violin / Expanded Score
Solomon
Home From The Lone Ranger
Honor From The Pacific
Look Closely From Winters Tale
Strength And Honor
Honor Him
A Man For All Seasons
Hoist the Colours
Junior Mission
Tracy Island
Beyond: Two Souls (2013 game and film)
Beyond Two Souls
Black Sun
Goodbye Aiden
Jodies theme
Leaving the DPA
My Imaginary Friend
The Infraworld
The Other Side
Treason
Well Done Jodie
Beyond Two Souls
Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049
All the Best Memories Are Hers
End Credits
Furnace
Memory
Mesa
Sea Wall
Tears In The Rain
Wallfisch
Rain
Wallace
