ZIMMER, Hans (Hans Zimmer)

Composer Hans Florian Zimmer was born September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt (Germany). As a teenager he moved to London, where she began his musical career - from his job in advertising. As a producer Zimmer helped create the band's albums "The Buggles" - "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "The Age of Plastic". In the future, the composer has collaborated with the British group "Ultravox" and with the Italian avant-garde team "Krisma". For the film Hans Zimmer began working in the first half of 1980, together with composer Stanley Myers, in his work, he made extensive use of a combination of orchestral and electronic music. In 1986 the composer was involved in making music for the film by Bernardo Bertoluchi "The Last Emperor," and in 1989 he was nominated for an Oscar for the music for the film by Barry Levinson's "Rain Man". Then followed films "Driving Miss Daisy," "black rain", "Thelma and Louise," "Days of Thunder," "Backdraft," "Bird on a Wire," "Green Card", "True Romance". Commercially successful feature-length cartoon film "The Lion King" (1995) was truly a triumph of Hans Zimmer - for his work was marked by "Oscar, Golden Globe and two" Grammy ". Very popular sound tracks for the movie "Over Rangoon" and "Crimson Tide". Among other paintings, . musical number to which the composer created, . You can also include such well-known films, . as "Broken Arrow", . "Fans", . "The Rock", . "The wife of a priest", . "Snowy feeling Smillie", . "The best", . The Thin Red Line ", . cartoon "The Prince of Egypt",
. Name of Hans Zimmer is also in the credits published in 2000 blockbuster "Gladiator" and the new animated film studio "DreamWorks" "The Road to El Dorado."