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Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German composer, best known for composing film scores.

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 theme for Rain Man
, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Since then, Zimmer has composed music for many major movies, such as Crimson Tide, The Rock
, True Romance
, Gladiator, Driving Miss Daisy
, The Prince of Egypt
, Pearl Harbor, The Thin Red Line, and Black Hawk Down
. In 1995, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the animated movie The Lion King
.

Other composers like Klaus Badelt, Steve Jablonsky, James Dooley and Geoff Zanelli are working in his studio Remote Control Productions (formerly known as Media Ventures). Harry Gregson-Williams, Mark Mancina, John Powell are the most established former members of Remote Control Productions.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Filmography

1982
  • Moonlighting
1984
  • Histoire d'O: Chaptre 2
  • Success Is The Best Revenge
1986
  • Separate Vacations
  • The Zero Boys
1987
  • Terminal Exposure
1988
  • Rain Man
  • Burning Secret
  • Spies Inc.
  • Taffin
  • Twister
  • A World Apart
1989 1990 1991

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