Hans Zimmer is a German composer and record producer who has composed music for over 150 films since the 1980s. Some of his most famous scores include The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Inception. Zimmer began his career in the 1970s playing keyboards in bands before moving into film scoring. His career breakthrough came with Rain Man in 1988, for which he received his first Oscar nomination. Zimmer is renowned for his unique and emotive scores that enhance the films they are written for.

1. Hans Zimmer
By James Corbin
●https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSeJckOUZrs

2. Introduction
Hans Florian Zimmer, born 12 September 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.

3. The Beginning For Mr Zimmer
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".
While living in London, Zimmer wrote advertising jingles for Air-Edel
Associates. In the 1980s, Zimmer partnered with Stanley Myers, a prolific
film composer who wrote the scores for over sixty films.

4. The Turning Point
The turning point in Zimmer's career occurred with the 1988 film Rain Man.
Hollywood director Barry Levinson was looking for someone to score Rain Man, and
his wife heard the soundtrack CD of the anti-Apartheid drama A World Apart, for
which Zimmer had composed the music. Levinson was impressed by Zimmer's work,
and hired him to score Rain Man. In the score, Zimmer uses synthesizers (mostly a
Fairlight CMI) mixed with steel drums. Zimmer explained that "It was a road movie,
and road movies usually have jangly guitars or a bunch of strings. I kept thinking don't
be bigger than the characters. Try to keep it contained. The Raymond character doesn't
actually know where he is. The world is so different to him. He might as well be on
Mars. So, why don't we just invent our own world music for a world that doesn't really
exist?". Zimmer’s score for Rain Man was nominated for an Academy Award in 1989,
and the film won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.

5. My Favourite Hans Zimmer Piece
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxabLA7UQ9k
I like ‘Time’ from the film Inception as the piece of music tells so much
without lyrics needing to be added. It perfectly compliments the sound track of
the movie and I consider this being one of Hans Zimmer’s best projects.

6. Why Hans Zimmer is inspiration to me?
• 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.
• He has received four Grammy 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.

7. All Music by Hans Zimmer
Ascending feat. Richard Harvey
Electrees [Vinyl Version] feat. Jean Michel Jarre
Escape feat. Richard Harvey
Finding the Rose feat. Richard Harvey
Georgia
Getting on With it feat. Richard Harvey
Growing up feat. Richard Harvey
He's A Pirate [Tiesto Remix] feat. Klaus Badelt / Tiësto /
Geoff Zanelli
Tiësto
I'm a Dick feat. Jigs
Hans Zimmer
Jack Theme Suite feat. Tiësto
Lonely Bull feat. Herb Alpert / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana
Brass
Sol Lake
Millennium Theme
Hans Zimmer
Now We Are Free feat. Lisa Gerrard
Poor Choice of Words (Batman Theme) feat. James Newton
Howard / Paul van Dyk
James Newton Howard / Hans Zimmer
Recovery feat. Richard Harvey
Repo Man feat. Jigs
Hans Zimmer
Stars feat. Richard Harvey
The Journey Begins
Hans Zimmer
The Stone Drag
Hans Zimmer
Tijuana Taxi feat. Herb Alpert / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Ervan Coleman
Top Floor Please feat. Richard Harvey
Trapped Stars feat. Richard Harvey
Wonders of the New World feat. Elton John
John Power
Zoosters Breakout

8. Bibliography
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hans-zimmer-mn0000961427/songs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Zimmer
http://www.hans-zimmer.com/
https://twitter.com/RealHansZimmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp
%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001877/