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German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to be aired on MTV (August 1, 1981). Zimmer entered the world of film music in London during a long collaboration with famed composer and mentor Stanley Myers , which included the film Mein wunderbarer Waschsalon (1985). He soon began work on several successful solo projects, including the critically acclaimed A World Apart, and during these years Zimmer pioneered the use of combining old and new musical technologies. Today, this work has earned him the reputation of being the father of integrating the electronic musical world with traditional orchestral arrangements. A turning point in Zimmer's career came in 1988 when he was asked to score Rain Man for director Barry Levinson . The film went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year and earned Zimmer his first Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Score. The next year, Zimmer composed the score for another Best Picture Oscar recipient, Miss Daisy und ihr Chauffeur (1989), starring Jessica Tandy , and Morgan Freeman . Having already scored two Best Picture winners, in the early 1990s, Zimmer cemented his position as a pre-eminent talent with the award-winning score for Der König der Löwen (1994). The soundtrack has sold over 15 million copies to date and earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe, an American Music Award, a Tony, and two Grammy Awards. In total, Zimmer's work has been nominated for 7 Golden Globes, 7 Grammys and seven Oscars for Rain Man (1988), Gladiator (2000), Der König der Löwen (1994), Besser geht's nicht (1997), The Rendezvous mit einem Engel (1996), Der schmale Grat (1998), Der Prinz von Ägypten (1998), and Last Samurai (2003). With his career in full swing, Zimmer was anxious to replicate the mentoring experience he had benefited from under Stanley Myers ' guidance. With state-of-the-art technology and a supportive creative environment, Zimmer was able to offer film-scoring opportunities to young composers at his Santa Monica-based musical "think tank." This approach helped launch the careers of such notable composers as Mark Mancina , John Powell , Harry Gregson-Williams , Nick Glennie-Smith , and Klaus Badelt . In 2000, Zimmer scored the music for Gladiator (2000), for which he received an Oscar nomination, in addition to Golden Globe and Broadcast Film Critics Awards for his epic score. It sold more than three million copies worldwide and spawned a second album Gladiator: More Music From The Motion Picture, released on the Universal Classics/Decca label. Zimmer's other scores that year included Mission: Impossible II (2000), Der Weg nach El Dorado (2000), and Mit oder ohne - Was Männer haben sollten (2000), directed by Barry Levinson . Some of his other impressive scores include Pearl Harbor (2001), Ring (2002), four films directed by Ridley Scott ; Tricks (2003), Hannibal (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), and Thelma & Louise (1991), Penny Marshall 's Unterwegs mit Jungs (2001), and Eine Klasse für sich (1992), Tony Scott 's True Romance (1993), Tränen der Sonne (2003), Ron Howard 's Backdraft - Männer, die durchs Feuer gehen (1991), Tage des Donners (1990), Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (1997), and the animated Spirit - Der wilde Mustang (2002) for which he also co-wrote four of the songs with Bryan Adams , including the Golden Globe nominated Here I Am. At the 27th annual Flanders International Film Festival, Zimmer performed live for the first time in concert with a 100-piece orchestra and a 100-piece choir. Choosing selections from his impressive body of work, Zimmer performed newly orchestrated concert versions of Gladiator, Mission: Impossible II (2000), Rain Man (1988), Der König der Löwen (1994), and Der schmale Grat (1998). The concert was recorded by Decca and released as a concert album entitled "The Wings Of A Film: The Music Of Hans Zimmer." Last year, Zimmer completed his 100th film score for the film The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise , for which he received both a Golden Globe and a Broadcast Film Critics nomination. Recently, Zimmer scored Nancy Meyers ' comedy Was das Herz begehrt (2003), the animated Dreamworks film, Große Haie - Kleine Fische (2004) (featuring voices of Will Smith , Renée Zellweger , Robert De Niro , Jack Black , and Martin Scorsese ), and most recently, Jim Brooks' Spanglish (2004) starring Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni (for which he also received a Golden Globe nomination). His upcoming projects include Paramount's The Weather Man (2005) starring Nicolas Cage , Dreamworks' Madagascar (2005), and highly anticipated Warner Bros. summer release, Batman Begins (2005). Zimmer's additional honors and awards include the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition from the National Board of Review, and the Frederick Loewe Award in 2003 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. He has also received ASCAP's Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement. Hans and his wife live in Los Angeles and he is the father of four children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Last name means 'room' in German. Co-founder (with Jay Rifkin ) of Santa Monica-based music studio Media Ventures (now Remote Control), which has housed composers Mark Mancina , Harry Gregson-Williams , Rupert Gregson-Williams , Nick Glennie-Smith , John Powell , Klaus Badelt , Steve Jablonsky , Geoff Zanelli , Jeff Rona , Jim Dooley , Henning Lohner , James S. Levine , Mel Wesson , and several other composers from all over the world. Hans' longtime business partner, Jay Rifkin , filed a $10 million suit against him for conspiring to take business for himself. Because of this lawsuit, Media Ventures changed its name to Remote Control. [December 2003] Gladiator (2000) became into one of the best selling film score albums of all time. Last Samurai (2003) marked his 100th score. Inspired by Ennio Morricone 's Mission (1986). His iconic theme "Journey to the Line" from Der schmale Grat (1998) is heavily used in trailers and various other media. This theme was born out of trial and error. Terrence Malick , the director of Der schmale Grat (1998) had been dissatisfied with Zimmer's results and had him continuously rework melodies and come up with various approaches. Thus "Journey to the Line" was finally born. Many of his latter scores would go on to bear an uncanny resemblance to this classic Thin Red Line theme. He wrote music for a a 4-minute Maybach commercial. His favorite movie theme of all time is from Assault - Anschlag bei Nacht (1976) by John Carpenter . Fans and industry insiders in the film music world credit Crimson Tide - In tiefster Gefahr (1995) as a turning point in both his career and the scoring business. The Grammy-winning score, often heard in trailers since, was a departure from the norm, making use of digital synthesizers, electronic keyboards, and the latest computer technology to digitally produce a rousing score with traditional orchestral arrangements. The reason why he was chosen for the movie Lauras Stern (2004), was because, in an interview, he said that he feels that German producers forgot him for composing to a German language movie. One of the producers read the interview and he immediately asked him to do the movie. Completely self-taught, he learned everything he knows through collaboration and experimenting. He pushes collaboration between composers because that is how he learned. Every composer that has come out of Media Ventures learned by working with him on various scores by conducting, writing additional music, or even co-composing with him. Harry Gregson-Williams , John Powell , Mark Mancina , Klaus Badelt and Steve Jablonsky are just a few composers who are now doing solo work after expanding from Media Ventures. He told in an interview that he would retire for some years after The Dark Knight (2008), saying he has been exhausted in the past years. He also said that he wants to help young composers and would produce their scores. His future plan is also about touring the world holding concerts with his own music. Was nominated for a Tony Award for Original Musical Score in 1998 alongside Elton John , Tim Rice , Lebo M. , Mark Mancina , Jay Rifkin and Julie Taymor for their work on the musical version of Der König der Löwen (1994). Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2006 by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Was included on the list of "Top 100 Living Geniuses" published by The Daily Telegraph (2007). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6908 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 8, 2010. Hans Zimmer 's score for Der schmale Grat (1998) would inform the direction he would take in style for the rest of his career. Many directors (especially Christopher Nolan ) would employ him based on their love for Der schmale Grat (1998) and the desire for its similar ambiance. More specifically based on the track "Journey to the Line". Ironically, with the exception of "Journey to the Line", most of Zimmer's score did not make the final cut of Der schmale Grat (1998) What was used was often sampled with various other music chosen by Malick to create an intricate work that is often mistakenly credited to Zimmer. As of 2017, he has contributed with the music score of nine films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Rain Man (1988), Miss Daisy und ihr Chauffeur (1989), Besser geht's nicht (1997), Der schmale Grat (1998), Gladiator (2000), Frost/Nixon (2008), Inception (2010), 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Hidden Figures: Unerkannte Heldinnen (2016). Of those, Rain Man (1988), Miss Daisy und ihr Chauffeur (1989), Gladiator (2000), and 12 Years a Slave (2013) are winners in the category. Has 4 children: one daughter, Zoe Zimmer, with his ex-wife Vicki Carolin; a son Jake Zimmer, a daughter Brigitte Zimmer and another unknown child with his current wife Suzanne Zimmer. He is the only composer to do scores for Batman films under two different directors. He is the only composer to have done scores for films about Batman and Superman. He has written and composed scores for all of DC Comics' trinity of heroes: Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
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