Hans Zimmer Highlights

  • 2008: Composed the music for "Frost/Nixon," an adaption of the Peter Morgan play; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score
  • 2008: Composed (with James Newton Howard) the music score for "The Dark Knight"
  • 2006: Composed the music for Ron Howard's film adaptation, "The Da Vinci Code"; earned Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Score
  • 2006: Scored the music for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"; earned Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Score
  • 2004: Scored the music for "Spanglish"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score
  • 2003: Joined last minute to score "Somethings Gotta Give"
  • 2003: Composed his 100th film, "The Last Samurai"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score
  • 2002: Composed the music for "Black Hawk Down"
  • 2001: Scored the music for the blockbuster sequel "Hannibal"
  • 2000: Composed the music for DreamWorks' "Gladiator"; earned an Oscar nomination for Original Score
  • 2000: Wrote the underscore for the DreamWorks animated film "The Road to El Dorado"
  • 1998: Scored the DreamWorks animated feature "The Prince of Egypt" and Terrence Malick's WWII drama "The Thin Red Line"
  • 1997: Stage version of "The Lion King" opened on Broadway
  • 1997: Received Oscar nomination for his score for "As Good As It Gets"
  • 1996: Named head of music department at DreamWorks SKG
  • 1996: Nominated for third Academy Award for "The Preacher's Wife"
  • 1995: Contributed music to the features "Crimson Tide" and "Something to Talk About"
  • 1994: Won an Oscar for the African-inspired rhythms included on the soundtrack to Disney's animated "The Lion King"
  • 1993: Scored the music for "True Romance"
  • 1991: Racked up music credits on such varied films as "Backdraft" and "Thelma and Louise"
  • 1989: Provided the underscore to Bruce Beresford's "Driving Miss Daisy"
  • 1988: Earned first Academy Award nomination for Barry Levinson's "Rain Man"
  • 1988: Re-teamed with Myers to write the score for "The Nature of the Beast"
  • 1987: Produced the Oscar-winning score to "The Last Emperor"
  • 1987: First film as solo composer, "Double Exposure"
  • 1982: First feature film as co-composer (with Myers), "Moonlighting"
  • Moved to London as a teenager
  • Co-founded Lillie Yard Studio with Stanley Myers
  • Produced records for Tangerine Dream and The Buggles
  • Worked as a record producer and wrote commercial jingles for Air-Edel Associates

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