Hans Zimmer
Born: 1957-09-12 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Known For: Sound
Biography
Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars, four Grammys, and has been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph in 2007. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Lion King (1994) and for Dune (2021). His works include Gladiator, The Last Samurai, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, No Time to Die, and the Dune series. 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 Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California, has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly. Zimmer has collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay, Guy Ritchie, Denis Villeneuve, and Tony Scott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hans Zimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Lord of the Flies ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dune: Part Three ... (Original Music Composer)
- Harry Potter ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ramayana ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dragon Ball: 40th Anniversary Special Video ... (Music)
2025
- F1 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Chief of War ... (Original Music Composer)
- Black Gold ... (Music Score Producer)
- Eden ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ella McCay ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Americas ... (Original Music Composer)
- Virdee ... (Original Music Composer)
- Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night
- The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert as Self
- Fateh ... (Additional Music)
- Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025 ... (Music)
- Why We Dream ... (Original Music Composer)
- Echopraxia ... (Music)
- The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz ... (Original Music Composer)
- The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension as Self
2024
- Dune: Part Two ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kung Fu Panda 4 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mufasa: The Lion King ... (Music)
- Damsel ... (Music Producer)
- Twilight of the Gods ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful ... (Music Producer)
- Blitz ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jim Henson Idea Man ... (Music Score Producer)
- The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Self
- The World of Hans Zimmer as Self
- Planet Earth: Hostile Paradise or Perfect Hell? ... (Music)
- Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood as Self - Interviewee
2023
- The Creator ... (Original Music Composer)
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- Planet Earth III ... (Original Music Composer)
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. ... (Original Music Composer)
- True Love: Making The Creator as Self
- Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023 ... (Music)
2022
- The Bear ... (Music Score Producer)
- Top Gun: Maverick ... (Original Music Composer)
- Prehistoric Planet ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ennio as Self
- The Survivor ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Night Logan Woke Up ... (Original Music Composer)
- Frozen Planet II ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Son ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Sound of 007 as Self
- The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari ... (Music Producer)
- Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
- Piano Cinéma ... (Original Music Composer)
- Platinum Party at the Palace as Self
- The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall as Self
- Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens as Self
2021
- Dune ... (Music Producer)
- No Time to Die ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Boss Baby: Family Business ... (Original Music Composer)
- Around the World in 80 Days ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- Army of Thieves ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Unforgivable ... (Original Music Composer)
- Resurrection ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hudba od Kokavy as skladateľ
- Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano as Self
2020
- Wonder Woman 1984 ... (Original Music Composer)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hillbilly Elegy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Black Is King ... (Thanks)
- The Real Right Stuff ... (Music Producer)
- The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder as Self
- Rebuilding Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)
- Planet Earth: A Celebration ... (Music)
2019
- Euphoria ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Lion King ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dark Phoenix ... (Original Music Composer)
- Seven Worlds, One Planet ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- Looking Up ... (Music Supervisor)
- One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil as Self
2018
- Widows ... (Original Music Composer)
- Oceans: Our Blue Planet ... (Original Music Composer)
- Icebox ... (Music Producer)
- Hunting Bigfoot ... (Music)
- Hans Zimmer - The World of Hans Zimmer: A Symphonic Celebration (Live At Hollywood In Vienna) as Self
2017
- Blade Runner 2049 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dunkirk ... (Original Music Composer)
- Blue Planet II ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Boss Baby ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague as Self - Piano / Guitar / Banjo
- The Last Face ... (Original Music Composer)
- Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
- Believer ... (Original Music Composer)
- All Access: Hans Zimmer Live as Self
- The Road of Love ... (Music)
- Cherry Bomb: The Documentary as Self
2016
- The Crown ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- Soundbreaking as Self
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kung Fu Panda 3 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hidden Figures ... (Original Music Composer)
- Planet Earth II ... (Original Music Composer)
- Inferno ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll ... (Original Music Composer)
2015
- Chappie ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Little Prince ... (Original Music Composer)
- Woman in Gold ... (Original Music Composer)
- Inside 'Interstellar' as Self - Composer
- Freeheld ... (Original Music Composer)
- Batkid Begins as Self
- Les Bosquets ... (Executive Producer)
- Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary as Self
2014
- Interstellar ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Divergent ... (Music Score Producer)
- Winter's Tale ... (Original Music Composer)
- Son of God ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Self
- The Distortion of Sound as Self
2013
- Man of Steel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters ... (Executive Music Producer)
- The Lone Ranger ... (Original Music Composer)
- Rush ... (Original Music Composer)
- 12 Years a Slave ... (Original Music Composer)
- I'm in Love with a Church Girl ... (Thanks)
- Mr. Morgan's Last Love ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies as Self - Participant
- Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2012
- The Dark Knight Rises ... (Original Music Composer)
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ending the Knight as Self
- Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" ... (Original Music Composer)
2011
- Rango ... (Original Music Composer)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Kung Fu Panda 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters ... (Original Music Composer)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Dilemma ... (Original Music Composer)
- Megamind: The Button of Doom ... (Music)
- Pizza Man ... (Thanks)
- Hollywood in Vienna as Self
- Pride of The Lion King as Self
- James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice as Self
- Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood as Self
2010
- Inception ... (Original Music Composer)
- Despicable Me ... (Music Score Producer)
- The Pacific ... (Original Music Composer)
- Megamind ... (Original Music Composer)
- Through the Wormhole ... (Original Music Composer)
- How Do You Know ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kung Fu Panda Holiday ... (Music)
- Fjenden kommer ... (Original Music Composer)
- Henri 4 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Inception: The Cobol Job ... (Music)
2009
- Angels & Demons ... (Original Music Composer)
- Monsters vs Aliens ... (Executive Music Producer)
- Sherlock Holmes ... (Original Music Composer)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ... (Thanks)
- It's Complicated ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Boat That Rocked ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- The Dark Knight ... (Original Music Composer)
- Iron Man ... (Executive Music Producer)
- Kung Fu Panda ... (Original Music Composer)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ... (Original Music Composer)
- Frost/Nixon ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five ... (Music)
- Babylon A.D. ... (Music Consultant)
- The Burning Plain ... (Original Music Composer)
- Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene as Self
- Casi divas ... (Original Music Composer)
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Simpsons Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bee Movie ... (Executive Music Producer)
- Sicko ... (Thanks)
2006
- Planet Earth ... (Executive Music Producer)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Da Vinci Code ... (Original Music Composer)
- Over the Hedge ... (Executive Music Producer)
- The Holiday ... (Original Music Composer)
- Curious George ... (Executive Music Producer)
- According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mecanografía as Self
2005
- Batman Begins ... (Original Music Composer)
- Madagascar ... (Original Music Composer)
- Blood+ ... (Music Producer)
- The Weather Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ... (Music Score Producer)
- The Island ... (Music Score Producer)
- The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island ... (Original Music Composer)
- Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' ... (Original Music Composer)
- Strength and Honor: Production Pods as Self
2004
- Shrek 2 ... (Thanks)
- King Arthur ... (Original Music Composer)
- Shark Tale ... (Original Music Composer)
- Spanglish ... (Original Music Composer)
- Thunderbirds ... (Original Music Composer)
- Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
- Laura's Star ... (Original Music Composer)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
2003
- The Last Samurai ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tears of the Sun ... (Original Music Composer)
- Something's Gotta Give ... (Original Music Composer)
- Matchstick Men ... (Original Music Composer)
- Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen as Self - Composer
2002
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Ring ... (Original Music Composer)
- Through the Night with... as Self
2001
- Shrek ... (Thanks)
- Black Hawk Down ... (Original Music Composer)
- Pearl Harbor ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Pledge ... (Original Music Composer)
- Riding in Cars with Boys ... (Original Music Composer)
- Invincible ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hannibal ... (Original Music Composer)
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
2000
- Gladiator ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Road to El Dorado ... (Original Music Composer)
- Chicken Run ... (Thanks)
- Mission: Impossible II ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dungeons & Dragons ... (Thanks)
- V.I.P. as Self
- An Everlasting Piece ... (Original Music Composer)
- King of the Jungle ... (Executive Producer)
1999
- Chill Factor ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self
1998
- The Prince of Egypt ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Thin Red Line ... (Original Music Composer)
- Antz ... (Executive Music Producer)
- The Last Days ... (Original Music Composer)
1997
- The Peacemaker ... (Original Music Composer)
- As Good as It Gets ... (Original Music Composer)
- Smilla's Sense of Snow ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Swords ... (Sound)
1996
- The Rock ... (Original Music Composer)
- Twister ... (Music Producer)
- Broken Arrow ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Fan ... (Original Music Composer)
- Muppet Treasure Island ... (Original Music Composer)
- Two Deaths ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Preacher's Wife ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Whole Wide World ... (Additional Music)
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Crimson Tide ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nine Months ... (Original Music Composer)
- Something to Talk About ... (Original Music Composer)
- Beyond Rangoon ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
1994
- The Lion King ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Critic ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- Drop Zone ... (Original Music Composer)
- Renaissance Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- I'll Do Anything ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Making of the Lion King as Self
1993
- True Romance ... (Original Music Composer)
- Point of No Return ... (Original Music Composer)
- Cool Runnings ... (Original Music Composer)
- The House of the Spirits ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sniper ... (Additional Music)
- Calendar Girl ... (Original Music Composer)
- Younger and Younger ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- ECHO-Verleihung as Self
- A League of Their Own ... (Original Music Composer)
- Toys ... (Original Music Composer)
- Radio Flyer ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Power of One ... (Original Music Composer)
- Spies, Inc. ... (Original Music Composer)
1991
- Thelma & Louise ... (Original Music Composer)
- Backdraft ... (Original Music Composer)
- White Fang ... (Original Music Composer)
- K2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Regarding Henry ... (Original Music Composer)
- To the Moon, Alice ... (Original Music Composer)
- Where Sleeping Dogs Lie ... (Original Music Composer)
1990
- Days of Thunder ... (Original Music Composer)
- Pacific Heights ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bird on a Wire ... (Original Music Composer)
- Green Card ... (Original Music Composer)
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl ... (Original Music Composer)
- Diamond Skulls ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fools of Fortune ... (Original Music Composer)
- Arcadia ... (Original Music Composer)
1989
- Driving Miss Daisy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Black Rain ... (Original Music Composer)
- Twister ... (Original Music Composer)
1988
- Rain Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- First Born ... (Original Music Composer)
- A World Apart ... (Original Music Composer)
- Burning Secret ... (Original Music Composer)
- Paperhouse ... (Original Music Composer)
- Taffin ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nightmare at Noon ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Fruit Machine ... (Original Music Composer)
- Prisoner of Rio ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Nature of the Beast ... (Original Music Composer)
1987
- Terminal Exposure ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mann kann ja nie wissen as Father
1986
- Castaway ... (Additional Music)
- The Zero Boys ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Wind ... (Original Music Composer)
- Separate Vacations ... (Original Music Composer)
1985
- My Beautiful Laundrette ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wild Horses ... (Original Music Composer)
- Insignificance ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- The Story of O Part 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Success Is the Best Revenge ... (Original Music Composer)
- Especial Mecano en Concierto as Self
1983
- Eureka ... (Additional Music)
1982
- Superhero ... (Original Music Composer)
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- Midi Première as Self - The Buggles
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee