Sound
Hans Zimmer
1957-09-12 · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars, four Grammys, and has been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph in 2007. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Lion King (1994) and for Dune (2021). His works include Gladiator, The Last Samurai, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, No Time to Die, and the Dune series. Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California, has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly. Zimmer has collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay, Guy Ritchie, Denis Villeneuve, and Tony Scott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hans Zimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Interstellar
Inception
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Begins
Gladiator
The Lion King
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Shrek
Dunkirk
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Man of Steel
Despicable Me
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Blade Runner 2049
Movie credits · 279
Dune: Part Three
Ramayana
The Last Photograph
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Dragon Ball: 40th Anniversary Special Video
Ella McCay
The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension
Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night
F1
Why We Dream
Eden
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz
Fateh
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
The World of Hans Zimmer
Blitz
Planet Earth: Hostile Paradise or Perfect Hell?
Jim Henson Idea Man
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Damsel
Kung Fu Panda 4
Dune: Part Two
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
True Love: Making The Creator
Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
The Creator
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
The Son
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
The Sound of 007
Piano Cinéma
Platinum Party at the Palace
Top Gun: Maverick
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
TV credits · 45
Harry Potter
Lion
Lord of the Flies
Black Gold
Chief of War
The Americas
Virdee
Twilight of the Gods
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Planet Earth III
100 Years of Warner Bros.
The Night Logan Woke Up
Frozen Planet II
The Bear
Prehistoric Planet
Around the World in 80 Days
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Euphoria
Blue Planet II
Soundbreaking
Planet Earth II
The Crown
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
Hollywood in Vienna
The Jonathan Ross Show
Fjenden kommer
Through the Wormhole
The Pacific
Planet Earth
Blood+
Through the Night with...
V.I.P.
Die Harald Schmidt Show
The Critic
Morgenmagazin
ECHO-Verleihung
First Born
Goldene Kamera
Wetten, dass..?
Saturday Night Live
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