Hans Zimmer

Composer. Born 12 September 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Born

12 September 1957, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Active

2022–present

Frequent collaborators

Greig Fraser, Joe Walker

Biography

Hans Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. Born on 12 September 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, he began his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States.

He has composed scores for numerous films, including The Lion King (1994), for which he won an Academy Award, Gladiator (2000), the Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). Zimmer has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score, five Grammy Awards and other honours.

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Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Hans Zimmer is known for Interstellar (2014), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Batman Begins (2005), Gladiator (2000), The Lion King (1994) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).