Hans Zimmer Biography
Hans Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer. Zimmer was born (Hans Florian Zimmer) on 12, September 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany. Hans has composed music over 150 films since 1980.
Hans Zimmer Age
Zimmer was born (Hans Florian Zimmer) on 12, September 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany. As per of 2018, Zimmer is 61 years old.
Hans Zimmer Family
Hans is a son of Brigitte Zimmer who was very musical, basically a musician and Hans J. Zimmer who was an engineer and an inventor.
Hans Zimmer Wife
Zimmer married his first wife Vicki Carolin who was a model . He married the second wife Suzanne Zimmer whom they live with in Los Angeles.
Hans Zimmer Children- Kids
Zimmer has a daughter with Carolin: Zoe Zimmer. Zimmer also has three children with Suzanne.
Hans Zimmer PhotoHans Zimmer Career
Zimmer began his career playing keyboards and synthesizers in the 1970s, with the band Krakatoa. He worked with the Buggles, a new wave band formed in London in 1977 with Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley. Zimmer can be seen briefly in the Buggles’ music video for the 1979 song “Video Killed the Radio Star”. After working with the Buggles, he started to work for the Italian group Krisma, a new wave band formed in 1976 with Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser. He was a featured synthesist for Krisma’s third album, Cathode Mamma.
The soundtrack to Ridley Scott’s 1991 film Thelma & Louise by Zimmer featured the trademark slide guitar performance by Pete Haycock on the “Thunderbird” theme in the film. As a teenager, Zimmer was a fan of Haycock, and their collaboration on film scores includes K2 and Drop Zone. Zimmer wrote the theme for Tony Scott’s 1993 film True Romance, which he based on Carl Orff’s Gassenhauer.
In the 2000s, Zimmer composed scores for Hollywood blockbuster films including three Ridley Scott films, Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down and Hannibal (2001), followed by The Last Samurai (2003), Madagascar (2005), The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Simpsons Movie (2007), Angels & Demons (2009), and Sherlock Holmes (2009). Other work in the 2000s included the Spanish language film Casi Divas, and The Burning Plain (2009).
For the 2010 film Inception, Zimmer used electronic manipulation of the song “Non, je ne regrette rien”. The horn sound in the score, described by Zimmer as “like huge foghorns over a city” became a popular feature in film trailers, with Zimmer commenting “It’s funny how that sort of thing becomes part of the zeitgeist.
Zimmer composed the main theme for the 2016 BBC nature documentary Planet Earth II, presented by David Attenborough. Zimmer composed the main theme for the 2016 Netflix production The Crown. Also in 2016 Zimmer released an online course teaching the basics of film scoring.
In 2018, Zimmer composed the score for the television intro of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, called “Living Football”.Also in 2018, Zimmer remixed the UEFA Champions League Anthem with rapper Vince Staples for EA Sports’ FIFA video game FIFA 19, with it also featuring in the game’s reveal trailer.
Hans Zimmer Filmography
Films
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Hans Zimmer Upcoming Movies
Year |
Title |
Director |
2020 |
Wonder Woman 1984 |
Patty Jenkins |
Top Gun: Maverick |
Joseph Kosinski |
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The SpongeBob Movie: It’s a Wonderful Sponge |
Tim Hill |
Television
Year |
Title |
Studio / Publisher |
1985 |
Wild Horses |
CBS |
1987 |
Comeback |
ITV Yorkshire |
1988 |
First Born |
BBC |
1992 |
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World |
BBC |
1993–94 |
Space Rangers |
CBS |
2000–01 |
Die Motorrad-Cops: Hart am Limit |
RTL Group |
2010 |
The Pacific |
HBO |
2011–16 |
Through the Wormhole |
Revelations Entertainment |
2011 |
Curiosity |
N/A |
2013 |
The Bible |
Lightworkers Media |
2015 |
Premier Boxing Champions |
N/A |
Sons of Liberty |
A&E Networks |
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2016 |
Planet Earth II |
BBC |
The Crown |
Sony Pictures Television |
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2017 |
Genius |
National Geographic |
Blue Planet II |
BBC |
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2018 |
Believer |
HBO |
Hans Zimmer Awards
Academy Awards
1995: The Lion King (Best Original Score)
Golden Globe Awards
1995: The Lion King
2001: Gladiator (shared with Lisa Gerrard)
Grammy Awards
1995: The Lion King (Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocals)
1995: The Lion King (Best Musical Album For Children)
1996: Crimson Tide
2009: The Dark Knight (shared with James Newton Howard)
Satellite Award
1998: The Thin Red Line
2001: Gladiator
2003: The Last Samurai
2011: Inception
Saturn Awards
2009: The Dark Knight (shared with James Newton Howard)
2011: Inception
2014: Interstella
Classical BRIT Awards
2008: The Dark Knight (shared with James Newton Howard)
2013: Best Composer of the Year (for The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel)
2013: Outstanding Contribution to Music in association with Raymond Weil
WAFCA Awards
2011: Inception
2013: 12 Years a Slave
BFCA Awards
2000: Gladiator
DFWFCA Awards
2014: Interstellar
World Soundtrack Awards
2011: Inception
Stephen Hawking Medal
2016: Interstellar
Hans Zimmer Net Worth
Zimmer has a net worth of $200 million dollars.
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Hans Zimmer News
The World of Hans Zimmer – A Symphonic Celebration
Adopted From:classicfm.com
Published:28 January 2019
The legendary film composer Hans Zimmer has announced a spectacular tour – ‘The World of Hans Zimmer’. And it’s coming to the UK in March 2019
Hans Zimmer has written some of the film world’s most famous soundtracks, from Pirates of the Caribbean to Gladiator. And this is your chance to hear his epic scores as you’ve never heard them before.
At a series of arena concerts in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Dublin, conductor Gavin Greenaway will lead a massive symphony orchestra in a celebration of Zimmer’s music.
‘The World of Hans Zimmer – A Symphonic Celebration’ will present the composer’s works arranged for a live symphony orchestra for the very first time. Zimmer spent months transforming his soundtracks into lavish concert suites, creating a genre-defying stage show.
The whole show will be conducted by Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack conductor – who Zimmer says he trusts more than himself.
This is a wonderful chance to see Zimmer’s groundbreaking soundtracks presented in a completely new way.
The World of Hans Zimmer – A Symphonic Celebration Tour Dates
Wednesday 20 March – Manchester Arena
Thursday 21 March – Birmingham Arena
Friday 22 March – Glasgow Hydro
Saturday 23 March – Wembley Arena
Monday 25 March – Dublin 3 Arena
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