Hans Zimmer
Sound
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
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tvHarry Potter
2026
Original Music Composer
movieDune: Part Three
2026
Original Music Composer
movieRamayana
2026
Original Music Composer
tvLord of the Flies
2026
Original Music Composer
tvBlack Gold
2025
Music Score Producer
movieElla McCay
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThe World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension
2025
Original Music Composer
tvChief of War
2025
Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer
movieF1
2025
Original Music Composer
movieWhy We Dream
2025
Original Music Composer
movieEden
2025
Original Music Composer
movieEchopraxia
2025
Music
tvThe Americas
2025
Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer
movieHans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025
Original Music Composer
tvVirdee
2025
Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer
movieThe Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThe Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024
Music Producer
movieBlitz
2024
Original Music Composer
tvTwilight of the Gods
2024
Original Music Composer
movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
Music Score Producer
tvThe Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
Original Music Composer
movieDamsel
2024
Music Producer
movieKung Fu Panda 4
2024
Original Music Composer
movieDune: Part Two
2024
Original Music Composer
tvPlanet Earth III
2023
Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance, Main Title Theme Composer
movieThe Creator
2023
Original Music Composer
movieAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023
Original Music Composer
tvThe Night Logan Woke Up
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Son
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
2022
Music Producer
tvFrozen Planet II
2022
Original Music Composer
moviePiano Cinéma
2022
Original Music Composer
tvThe Bear
2022
Music Score Producer
tvPrehistoric Planet
2022
Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer
movieTop Gun: Maverick
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Survivor
2022
Original Music Composer
tvAround the World in 80 Days
2021
Main Title Theme Composer
movieThe Unforgivable
2021
Original Music Composer
movieArmy of Thieves
2021
Original Music Composer
movieNo Time to Die
2021
Original Music Composer
movieDune
2021
Music Producer, Original Music Composer
movieThe Boss Baby: Family Business
2021
Original Music Composer
movieResurrection
2021
Original Music Composer
movieWonder Woman 1984
2020
Original Music Composer
movieThe Real Right Stuff
2020
Music Producer
movieHillbilly Elegy
2020
Original Music Composer
movieThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020
Original Music Composer
movieRebuilding Paradise
2020
Original Music Composer
tvSeven Worlds, One Planet
2019
Main Title Theme Composer
movieLooking Up
2019
Music Supervisor
movieThe Lion King
2019
Original Music Composer
tvEuphoria
2019
Original Music Composer
movieDark Phoenix
2019
Original Music Composer
movieWidows
2018
Original Music Composer
movieIcebox
2018
Music Producer
movieOceans: Our Blue Planet
2018
Original Music Composer
tvBlue Planet II
2017
Original Music Composer
movieBlade Runner 2049
2017
Original Music Composer
movieDunkirk
2017
Original Music Composer
movieThe Boss Baby
2017
Original Music Composer
movieBeliever
2017
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Face
2017
Original Music Composer
movieHidden Figures
2016
Original Music Composer
tvPlanet Earth II
2016
Original Music Composer
tvThe Crown
2016
Main Title Theme Composer
movieInferno
2016
Original Music Composer
movieBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Original Music Composer
movieKung Fu Panda 3
2016
Original Music Composer
movieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016
Original Music Composer
movieFreeheld
2015
Original Music Composer
movieThe Little Prince
2015
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieLes Bosquets
2015
Original Music Composer
movieWoman in Gold
2015
Original Music Composer
movieChappie
2015
Original Music Composer
movieInterstellar
2014
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieThe Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieDivergent
2014
Music Score Producer
movieSon of God
2014
Original Music Composer
movieWinter's Tale
2014
Original Music Composer
movie12 Years a Slave
2013
Original Music Composer
movieRush
2013
Original Music Composer
movieMr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lone Ranger
2013
Original Music Composer
movieMan of Steel
2013
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dark Knight Rises
2012
Original Music Composer
movieMaggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
2012
Original Music Composer
movieMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Original Music Composer
movieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
Original Music Composer
movieSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
Original Music Composer
moviePirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011
Original Music Composer
movieKung Fu Panda 2
2011
Original Music Composer
moviePirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
Original Music Composer
movieRango
2011
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dilemma
2011
Original Music Composer
movieHow Do You Know
2010
Original Music Composer
movieMegamind
2010
Original Music Composer
tvFjenden kommer
2010
Original Music Composer
movieInception
2010
Original Music Composer
movieDespicable Me
2010
Music Score Producer
tvThrough the Wormhole
2010
Original Music Composer
tvThe Pacific
2010
Original Music Composer
movieHenri 4
2010
Original Music Composer
movieIt's Complicated
2009
Original Music Composer
movieSherlock Holmes
2009
Original Music Composer, Music Producer
movieAngels & Demons
2009
Original Music Composer
movieThe Boat That Rocked
2009
Original Music Composer
movieThe Burning Plain
2008
Original Music Composer
movieMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Original Music Composer, Musician
movieFrost/Nixon
2008
Original Music Composer
movieCasi divas
2008
Original Music Composer
movieBabylon A.D.
2008
Music Consultant
movieThe Dark Knight
2008
Original Music Composer
movieKung Fu Panda
2008
Original Music Composer
movieThe Simpsons Movie
2007
Original Music Composer
moviePirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
Original Music Composer
movieAccording to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Holiday
2006
Original Music Composer
moviePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Da Vinci Code
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Weather Man
2005
Original Music Composer
tvBlood+
2005
Music Producer
movieThe Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island
2005
Original Music Composer
movieWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Music Score Producer
movieThe Island
2005
Music Score Producer
movieBatman Begins
2005
Original Music Composer
movieStrength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
Original Music Composer
movieMadagascar
2005
Original Music Composer
movieSpanglish
2004
Original Music Composer
movieShark Tale
2004
Original Music Composer
movieLaura's Star
2004
Original Music Composer
movieThunderbirds
2004
Original Music Composer
movieKing Arthur
2004
Original Music Composer
movieSomething's Gotta Give
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Samurai
2003
Original Music Composer
movieMatchstick Men
2003
Original Music Composer
movieTears of the Sun
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ring
2002
Original Music Composer
movieSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
Original Music Composer
movieBlack Hawk Down
2001
Original Music Composer
movieInvincible
2001
Original Music Composer
movieRiding in Cars with Boys
2001
Original Music Composer
movieBreaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
Original Music Composer
moviePearl Harbor
2001
Original Music Composer
movieHannibal
2001
Original Music Composer
movieThe Pledge
2001
Original Music Composer
movieAn Everlasting Piece
2000
Original Music Composer
movieMission: Impossible II
2000
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieGladiator
2000
Original Music Composer
movieThe Road to El Dorado
2000
Original Music Composer
movieChill Factor
1999
Original Music Composer
movieThe Thin Red Line
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Prince of Egypt
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Days
1998
Original Music Composer
movieAs Good as It Gets
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Peacemaker
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Swords
1997
Sound
movieSmilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Preacher's Wife
1996
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fan
1996
Original Music Composer
movieTwo Deaths
1996
Original Music Composer
movieThe Rock
1996
Original Music Composer
movieTwister
1996
Music Producer
movieMuppet Treasure Island
1996
Original Music Composer
movieBroken Arrow
1996
Original Music Composer
movieBeyond Rangoon
1995
Original Music Composer
movieSomething to Talk About
1995
Original Music Composer
movieNine Months
1995
Original Music Composer
movieCrimson Tide
1995
Original Music Composer
movieDrop Zone
1994
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lion King
1994
Original Music Composer
movieRenaissance Man
1994
Original Music Composer
movieI'll Do Anything
1994
Original Music Composer
tvThe Critic
1994
Main Title Theme Composer
movieThe House of the Spirits
1993
Original Music Composer
movieCool Runnings
1993
Original Music Composer
movieYounger and Younger
1993
Original Music Composer
movieTrue Romance
1993
Original Music Composer
movieCalendar Girl
1993
Original Music Composer
moviePoint of No Return
1993
Original Music Composer
movieToys
1992
Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
movieSpies, Inc.
1992
Original Music Composer
movieA League of Their Own
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Power of One
1992
Original Music Composer
movieRadio Flyer
1992
Original Music Composer
movieWhere Sleeping Dogs Lie
1991
Original Music Composer
movieK2
1991
Original Music Composer
To the Moon, Alice
1991
Original Music Composer
movieRegarding Henry
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThelma & Louise
1991
Original Music Composer
movieBackdraft
1991
Original Music Composer
movieWhite Fang
1991
Original Music Composer
movieGreen Card
1990
Original Music Composer
moviePacific Heights
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDays of Thunder
1990
Original Music Composer
movieFools of Fortune
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDiamond Skulls
1990
Original Music Composer
movieBird on a Wire
1990
Original Music Composer
movieChicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990
Original Music Composer
movieArcadia
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDriving Miss Daisy
1989
Original Music Composer
movieBlack Rain
1989
Original Music Composer
movieTwister
1989
Original Music Composer
movieBurning Secret
1988
Original Music Composer
movieRain Man
1988
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fruit Machine
1988
Original Music Composer
tvFirst Born
1988
Original Music Composer
moviePaperhouse
1988
Original Music Composer
movieNightmare at Noon
1988
Original Music Composer
movieA World Apart
1988
Original Music Composer
movieTaffin
1988
Original Music Composer
movieThe Nature of the Beast
1988
Original Music Composer
moviePrisoner of Rio
1988
Original Music Composer
movieTerminal Exposure
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Wind
1986
Original Music Composer
movieThe Zero Boys
1986
Original Music Composer
movieSeparate Vacations
1986
Original Music Composer
movieMy Beautiful Laundrette
1985
Original Music Composer
movieWild Horses
1985
Original Music Composer
movieInsignificance
1985
Original Music Composer
movieThe Story of O Part 2
1984
Original Music Composer
movieSuccess Is the Best Revenge
1984
Original Music Composer
Superhero
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Photograph
Original Music Composer
All the Sinners Bleed
Original Music Composer
Acting65
movieThe Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
moviePioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
2024
Self - Interviewee
movieEnnio
2022
Self
movieHans Zimmer: Live in Prague
2017
Self - Piano / Guitar / Banjo
movieInside 'Interstellar'
2015
Self - Composer
tvSound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
2013
Self - Participant
movieMiss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003
Self - Composer
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Musical Guest
tvMidi Première
1975
Self - The Buggles
tv60 Minutes
1968
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Crew24
movieFateh
2025
Additional Music
movieFinding Jesus 2
2021
Compositor
movieBlack Is King
2020
Thanks
movieThe Lion King
2019
Executive Music Producer
movieHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
Executive Music Producer
moviePizza Man
2011
Thanks
movieMonsters vs Aliens
2009
Executive Music Producer
movieIron Man
2008
Executive Music Producer
movieBee Movie
2007
Executive Music Producer
movieSicko
2007
Thanks
movieOver the Hedge
2006
Executive Music Producer
tvPlanet Earth
2006
Executive Music Producer
movieCurious George
2006
Executive Music Producer
movieShrek 2
2004
Thanks
movieShrek
2001
Thanks
movieChicken Run
2000
Thanks
movieAntz
1998
Executive Music Producer
movieThe Whole Wide World
1996
Additional Music
movieSniper
1993
Additional Music
movieCastaway
1986
Additional Music
movieEureka
1983
Additional Music
Production3
movieHans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
Associate Producer
movieLes Bosquets
2015
Executive Producer
movieKing of the Jungle
2000
Executive Producer