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.
Academy Awards
Best Original Score
The Lion King and Dune
Golden Globe Awards
Best Original Score
Known For
Kung Fu Panda 4
(2024)
Original Music Composer
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Original Music Composer
Dune
(2021)
Original Music Composer and Music Producer
Damsel
(2024)
Music Producer
Inception
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Interstellar
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Chappie
(2015)
Original Music Composer
The Creator
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Wonder Woman 1984
(2020)
Original Music Composer
The Lion King
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda
(2008)
Original Music Composer
The Rock
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Batman Begins
(2005)
Original Music Composer
True Romance
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Top Gun: Maverick
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Superhero
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Moonlighting
(1982)
Original Music Composer
The Story of O Part 2
(1984)
Original Music Composer
Success Is the Best Revenge
(1984)
Original Music Composer
Insignificance
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Wild Horses
(1985)
Original Music Composer
My Beautiful Laundrette
(1985)
Music
The Zero Boys
(1986)
Original Music Composer
The Wind
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Separate Vacations
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Terminal Exposure
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Rain Man
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Paperhouse
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Prisoner of Rio
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Burning Secret
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Nightmare at Noon
(1988)
Original Music Composer
The Nature of the Beast
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Taffin
(1988)
Original Music Composer
A World Apart
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Driving Miss Daisy
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Black Rain
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Twister
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Bird on a Wire
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Days of Thunder
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Pacific Heights
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Green Card
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Fools of Fortune
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Arcadia
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Dark Obsession
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Thelma & Louise
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Backdraft
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Regarding Henry
(1991)
Original Music Composer
K2
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
(1991)
Original Music Composer
White Fang
(1991)
Original Music Composer
To the Moon, Alice
(1991)
Original Music Composer
A League of Their Own
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Toys
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Radio Flyer
(1992)
Original Music Composer
The Power of One
(1992)
Original Music Composer
True Romance
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Cool Runnings
(1993)
Original Music Composer
The House of the Spirits
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Younger and Younger
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Point of No Return
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Calendar Girl
(1993)
Original Music Composer
The Fruit Machine
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Drop Zone
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Renaissance Man
(1994)
Original Music Composer
The Lion King
(1994)
Original Music Composer
I'll Do Anything
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Beyond Rangoon
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Nine Months
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Crimson Tide
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Something to Talk About
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Muppet Treasure Island
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Broken Arrow
(1996)
Original Music Composer
The Fan
(1996)
Original Music Composer
The Rock
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Two Deaths
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Twister
(1996)
Music Producer
The Preacher's Wife
(1996)
Original Music Composer
The Peacemaker
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Smilla's Sense of Snow
(1997)
Original Music Composer
As Good as It Gets
(1997)
Original Music Composer
The Thin Red Line
(1998)
Original Music Composer
The Prince of Egypt
(1998)
Original Music Composer
The Last Days
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Chill Factor
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Gladiator
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Mission: Impossible II
(2000)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Road to El Dorado
(2000)
Original Music Composer
An Everlasting Piece
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Pearl Harbor
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Black Hawk Down
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Riding in Cars with Boys
(2001)
Original Music Composer
The Pledge
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Hannibal
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Invincible
(2001)
Original Music Composer
The Ring
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
(2002)
Original Music Composer
The Last Samurai
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Tears of the Sun
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Matchstick Men
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Something's Gotta Give
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Shark Tale
(2004)
Original Music Composer
King Arthur
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Laura's Star
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Spanglish
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Batman Begins
(2005)
Original Music Composer
The Weather Man
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Madagascar
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(2005)
Music Score Producer
The Island
(2005)
Music Score Producer
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
(2005)
Original Music Composer
The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Da Vinci Code
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Holiday
(2006)
Original Music Composer
According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Simpsons Movie
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2007)
Original Music Composer
The Dark Knight
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Frost/Nixon
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
(2008)
Music
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
(2008)
Original Music Composer and Musician
The Burning Plain
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Babylon A.D.
(2008)
Music Consultant
It's Complicated
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Angels & Demons
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Sherlock Holmes
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Megamind
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Inception
(2010)
Original Music Composer
How Do You Know
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Despicable Me
(2010)
Music Score Producer
Henri 4
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
(2010)
Music
Inception: The Cobol Job
(2010)
Music
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda 2
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Rango
(2011)
Original Music Composer
The Dilemma
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Megamind: The Button of Doom
(2011)
Music
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
(2011)
Original Music Composer
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Man of Steel
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Lone Ranger
(2013)
Original Music Composer
12 Years a Slave
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Rush
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Interstellar
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Winter's Tale
(2014)
Original Music Composer
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Divergent
(2014)
Music Score Producer
Son of God
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Chappie
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Woman in Gold
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Les Bosquets
(2015)
Original Music Composer
The Little Prince
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Freeheld
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Inferno
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Hidden Figures
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda 3
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
(2016)
Original Music Composer
The Last Face
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Dunkirk
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Blade Runner 2049
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
(2017)
Music
The Boss Baby
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Believer
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Hunting Bigfoot
(2018)
Music
Hans Zimmer: World of Hans Zimmer - Hollywood in Vienna 2018
(2018)
Music
Widows
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Looking Up
(2019)
Music Supervisor
The Lion King
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Wonder Woman 1984
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Hillbilly Elegy
(2020)
Original Music Composer
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
(2020)
Original Music Composer
The Real Right Stuff
(2020)
Music Producer
Rebuilding Paradise
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Planet Earth: A Celebration
(2020)
Music
Dune
(2021)
Original Music Composer and Music Producer
No Time to Die
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Resurrection
(2021)
Original Music Composer
The Boss Baby: Family Business
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Army of Thieves
(2021)
Original Music Composer
The Unforgivable
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Laura's Star
(2021)
Music
Top Gun: Maverick
(2022)
Original Music Composer
The Survivor
(2022)
Original Music Composer
The Son
(2022)
Original Music Composer
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
(2022)
Music Producer
Piano Cinéma
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
(2023)
Original Music Composer
The Calm
(2023)
Original Music Composer
The Creator
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
(2023)
Music
Mufasa: The Lion King
(2024)
Original Music Composer
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda 4
(2024)
Original Music Composer
Damsel
(2024)
Music Producer
FAKE NEWS
(2024)
Music Arranger
Acting
Mann kann ja nie wissen
(1987)
Father
The Making of the Lion King
(1994)
Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
(1999)
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
(2001)
Self
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
(2003)
Self
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
(2003)
Self - Composer
Mecanografía
(2006)
Self
Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene
(2008)
Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
(2011)
Self
James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice
(2011)
Self
Pride of The Lion King
(2011)
Self
Ending the Knight
(2012)
Self
The Distortion of Sound
(2014)
Self
Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary
(2015)
Self
Inside 'Interstellar'
(2015)
Self - Composer
Batkid Begins
(2015)
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary
(2017)
Self
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
(2017)
Self - Piano / Guitar / Banjo
All Access: Hans Zimmer Live
(2017)
Self
Cherry Bomb: The Documentary
(2017)
Self
Hans Zimmer: World of Hans Zimmer - Hollywood in Vienna 2018
(2018)
Self
One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil
(2019)
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(2019)
Self
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
(2020)
Self
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
(2021)
Self
Hudba od Kokavy
(2021)
skladateľ
The World Of Hans Zimmer - Hollywood in Vienna
(2021)
Hans Zimmer
Ennio
(2022)
Self
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
(2022)
Self
Platinum Party at the Palace
(2022)
Self
The Sound of 007
(2022)
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
(2022)
Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
(2022)
Self
True Love: Making 'The Creator'
(2023)
Self
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
(2024)
Self - Interviewee
Crew
Castaway
(1986)
Additional Music
Sniper
(1993)
Additional Music
The Whole Wide World
(1996)
Additional Music
Antz
(1998)
Executive Music Producer
Chicken Run
(2000)
Thanks
Dungeons & Dragons
(2000)
Thanks
Shrek
(2001)
Thanks
Shrek 2
(2004)
Thanks
Over the Hedge
(2006)
Executive Music Producer
Sicko
(2007)
Thanks
Bee Movie
(2007)
Executive Music Producer
Iron Man
(2008)
Executive Music Producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(2009)
Thanks
Monsters vs Aliens
(2009)
Executive Music Producer
Pizza Man
(2011)
Thanks
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
(2013)
Executive Music Producer
The Lion King
(2019)
Executive Music Producer
Black Is King
(2020)
Thanks
Production