Hans Zimmer

69, from Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Biography

Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12th, 1957) is a German composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films. His works include The Lion King, for which he won Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar. Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions. Zimmer's works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received fourGrammy Awards, three Classical BRIT Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph.

Timeline

2026Aged 69

  • Poster for David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

    Self

  • Poster for Dragon Ball: 40th Anniversary Special Video

    Music

  • Poster for The Last Photograph

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Ramayana: Rise of a Legend

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Dune: Part Three

    Original Music Composer

2025Aged 68

  • Poster for The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

    Self

  • Poster for Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension

    Self

  • Poster for Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025

    Music

  • Poster for Fateh

    Additional Music

  • Poster for The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Eden

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Why We Dream

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for F1

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Ella McCay

    Original Music Composer

2024Aged 67

2023Aged 66

  • Poster for True Love: Making The Creator

    Self

  • Poster for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Creator

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

    Music

2022Aged 65

  • Poster for Ennio

    Self

  • Poster for Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

    Self

  • Poster for Platinum Party at the Palace

    Self

  • Poster for The Sound of 007

    Self

  • Poster for The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall

    Self

  • Poster for Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

    Self

  • Poster for The Survivor

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Top Gun: Maverick

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Piano Cinéma

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

    Music Producer

  • Poster for The Son

    Original Music Composer

2021Aged 64

  • Hudba od Kokavy

    skladateľ

  • Poster for Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano

    Self

  • Poster for The Boss Baby: Family Business

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Dune

    Music Producer

  • Poster for No Time to Die

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Army of Thieves

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Unforgivable

    Original Music Composer

2020Aged 63

  • Poster for The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

    Self

  • Poster for Rebuilding Paradise

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Black Is King

    Thanks

  • Poster for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Planet Earth: A Celebration

    Music

  • Poster for Hillbilly Elegy

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Real Right Stuff

    Music Producer

  • Poster for Wonder Woman 1984

    Original Music Composer

2019Aged 62

  • Poster for One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil

    Self

  • Poster for Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Self

  • Poster for Dark Phoenix

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Lion King

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Looking Up

    Music Supervisor

2018Aged 61

  • Poster for Hans Zimmer - The World of Hans Zimmer: A Symphonic Celebration (Live At Hollywood In Vienna)

    Self

  • Poster for Oceans: Our Blue Planet

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Hunting Bigfoot

    Music

  • Poster for Icebox

    Music Producer

  • Poster for Widows

    Original Music Composer

2017Aged 60

  • Poster for Cherry Bomb: The Documentary

    Self

  • Poster for Score: A Film Music Documentary

    Self

  • Poster for All Access: Hans Zimmer Live

    Self

  • Poster for Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague

    Self - Piano / Guitar / Banjo

  • Poster for The Last Face

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Believer

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Boss Baby

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Dunkirk

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Road of Love

    Music

  • Poster for Blade Runner 2049

    Original Music Composer

2016Aged 59

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda 3

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Inferno

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Hidden Figures

    Original Music Composer

2015Aged 58

  • Poster for Inside 'Interstellar'

    Self - Composer

  • Poster for Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary

    Self

  • Poster for Batkid Begins

    Self

  • Poster for Chappie

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Woman in Gold

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Les Bosquets

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Little Prince

    Songs

  • Poster for Freeheld

    Original Music Composer

2014Aged 57

  • Poster for The Distortion of Sound

    Self

  • Poster for The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    Self

  • Poster for Winter's Tale

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Son of God

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Divergent

    Music Score Producer

  • Poster for The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    Songs

  • Poster for Interstellar

    Music Supervisor

2013Aged 56

  • Poster for Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

    Executive Music Producer

  • Poster for Man of Steel

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Lone Ranger

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Mr. Morgan's Last Love

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Rush

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for 12 Years a Slave

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for I'm in Love with a Church Girl

    Thanks

2012Aged 55

  • Poster for Ending the Knight

    Self

  • Poster for Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Maggie Simpson in

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Dark Knight Rises

    Original Music Composer

2011Aged 54

  • Poster for James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice

    Self

  • Poster for Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Pride of The Lion King

    Self

  • Poster for The Dilemma

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Megamind: The Button of Doom

    Music

  • Poster for Rango

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda 2

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Pizza Man

    Thanks

  • Poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

    Original Music Composer

2010Aged 53

  • Poster for Henri 4

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Despicable Me

    Music Score Producer

  • Poster for Inception

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Megamind

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda Holiday

    Music

  • Poster for Inception: The Cobol Job

    Music

  • Poster for How Do You Know

    Original Music Composer

2009Aged 52

  • Poster for Monsters vs Aliens

    Executive Music Producer

  • Poster for The Boat That Rocked

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Angels & Demons

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

    Thanks

  • Poster for Sherlock Holmes

    Music Producer

  • Poster for It's Complicated

    Original Music Composer

2008Aged 51

  • Poster for Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene

    Self

  • Poster for Iron Man

    Executive Music Producer

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Dark Knight

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Babylon A.D.

    Music Consultant

  • Poster for Casi divas

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Frost/Nixon

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

    Musician

  • Poster for The Burning Plain

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

    Music

2007Aged 50

  • Poster for Sicko

    Thanks

  • Poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Simpsons Movie

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Bee Movie

    Executive Music Producer

2006Aged 49

  • Poster for Mecanografía

    Self

  • Poster for Curious George

    Executive Music Producer

  • Poster for Over the Hedge

    Executive Music Producer

  • Poster for The Da Vinci Code

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Holiday

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest

    Original Music Composer

2005Aged 48

  • Poster for Strength and Honor: Production Pods

    Self

  • Poster for Madagascar

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Batman Begins

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Island

    Music Score Producer

  • Poster for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    Music Score Producer

  • Poster for The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Weather Man

    Original Music Composer

2004Aged 47

  • Poster for AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

    Self

  • Poster for Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

    Self

  • Poster for Shrek 2

    Thanks

  • Poster for King Arthur

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Thunderbirds

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Laura's Star

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Shark Tale

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Spanglish

    Original Music Composer

2003Aged 46

  • Poster for Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

    Self

  • Poster for Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

    Self - Composer

  • Poster for The Making Of 'The Lion King'

    Self

  • Poster for Tears of the Sun

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Matchstick Men

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Last Samurai

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Something's Gotta Give

    Original Music Composer

2002Aged 45

  • Poster for The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'

    Self- Composer

  • Poster for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Ring

    Original Music Composer

2001Aged 44

  • Poster for Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

    Self

  • Poster for The Pledge

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Hannibal

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Shrek

    Thanks

  • Poster for Pearl Harbor

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Riding in Cars with Boys

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Invincible

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Black Hawk Down

    Original Music Composer

2000Aged 43

  • Poster for The Road to El Dorado

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Gladiator

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Mission: Impossible II

    Conductor

  • Poster for Chicken Run

    Thanks

  • Poster for King of the Jungle

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Dungeons & Dragons

    Thanks

  • Poster for An Everlasting Piece

    Original Music Composer

1999Aged 42

  • Poster for The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

    Self

  • Poster for Chill Factor

    Original Music Composer

1998Aged 41

  • Poster for Antz

    Executive Music Producer

  • Poster for The Last Days

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Prince of Egypt

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Thin Red Line

    Original Music Composer

1997Aged 40

  • Poster for Smilla's Sense of Snow

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Swords

    Sound

  • Poster for The Peacemaker

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for As Good as It Gets

    Original Music Composer

1996Aged 39

  • Poster for Broken Arrow

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Muppet Treasure Island

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Twister

    Music Producer

  • Poster for The Rock

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Two Deaths

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Fan

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Whole Wide World

    Additional Music

  • Poster for The Preacher's Wife

    Original Music Composer

1995Aged 38

  • Poster for The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

    Self

  • Poster for Crimson Tide

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Nine Months

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Something to Talk About

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Beyond Rangoon

    Original Music Composer

1994Aged 37

  • Poster for The Making of the Lion King

    Self

  • Poster for I'll Do Anything

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Renaissance Man

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Lion King

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Drop Zone

    Original Music Composer

1993Aged 36

  • Poster for Sniper

    Additional Music

  • Poster for Point of No Return

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Calendar Girl

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for True Romance

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Younger and Younger

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Cool Runnings

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The House of the Spirits

    Original Music Composer

1992Aged 35

  • Poster for Radio Flyer

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Power of One

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for A League of Their Own

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Spies, Inc.

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Toys

    Songs

1991Aged 34

  • Poster for White Fang

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Backdraft

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Thelma & Louise

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Regarding Henry

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for To The Moon, Alice

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for K2

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

    Original Music Composer

1990Aged 33

  • Poster for Arcadia

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Bird on a Wire

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Diamond Skulls

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Fools of Fortune

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Days of Thunder

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Pacific Heights

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Green Card

    Original Music Composer

1989Aged 32

  • Poster for Twister

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Black Rain

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Driving Miss Daisy

    Original Music Composer

1988Aged 31

  • Poster for Prisoner of Rio

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Nature of the Beast

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Taffin

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for A World Apart

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Nightmare at Noon

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Paperhouse

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Fruit Machine

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Rain Man

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Burning Secret

    Original Music Composer

1987Aged 30

  • Poster for Mann kann ja nie wissen

    Father

  • Poster for Terminal Exposure

    Original Music Composer

1986Aged 29

  • Poster for Castaway

    Additional Music

  • Poster for Separate Vacations

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Zero Boys

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Wind

    Original Music Composer

1985Aged 28

  • Poster for Insignificance

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for Wild Horses

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for My Beautiful Laundrette

    Original Music Composer

1984Aged 27

  • Poster for Especial Mecano en Concierto

    Self

  • Poster for Success Is the Best Revenge

    Original Music Composer

  • Poster for The Story of O Part 2

    Original Music Composer

1983Aged 26

  • Poster for Eureka

    Additional Music

1982Aged 25

Year unknown

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