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Hans Zimmer 

Biography


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 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 D

Discography

The Holiday


Music from the Da Vinci Code


Backdraft


K2: Music Inspired By The Film


The British Years


The Holiday


Millennium: Tribal Wisdom And The Modern World (1992 Television Documentary Series)


Tears Of The Sun


King Arthur


The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


Point Of No Return: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


The Da Vinci Code



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