Hans Zimmer

Known For: Sound
Born: September 12, 1957
Place of Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Hans Zimmer

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 Dre…

Filmography

Harry Potter

2026 · Original Music Composer

Dune: Part Three

2026 · Original Music Composer

Ramayana

2026 · Original Music Composer

Lord of the Flies

2026 · Original Music Composer

Dragon Ball: 40th Anniversary Special Video

2026 · Music

Black Gold

2025 · Music Score Producer

Ella McCay

2025 · Original Music Composer

The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension

2025 · Self, Original Music Composer

Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night

2025

Chief of War

2025 · Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer

F1

2025 · Original Music Composer

Why We Dream

2025 · Original Music Composer

Eden

2025 · Original Music Composer

Echopraxia

2025 · Music

The Americas

2025 · Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

2025 · Self, Original Music Composer

Virdee

2025 · Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer

The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Music

The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz

2025 · Original Music Composer

Fateh

2025 · Additional Music

Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025

2025 · Music

Mufasa: The Lion King

2024 · Music

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

2024 · Music Producer

The World of Hans Zimmer

2024 · Self, Music

Blitz

2024 · Original Music Composer

Twilight of the Gods

2024 · Original Music Composer

Planet Earth: Hostile Paradise or Perfect Hell?

2024 · Music

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024 · Music Score Producer

The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

2024 · Self

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

2024 · Original Music Composer

Damsel

2024 · Music Producer

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024 · Original Music Composer

Dune: Part Two

2024 · Original Music Composer

Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood

2024 · Self - Interviewee

True Love: Making The Creator

2023 · Self

Planet Earth III

2023 · Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance

Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

2023 · Music

The Creator

2023 · Original Music Composer

100 Years of Warner Bros.

2023 · Self

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

2023 · Original Music Composer

The Night Logan Woke Up

2022 · Original Music Composer

The Son

2022 · Original Music Composer

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

2022 · Music Producer

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022 · Self, Associate Producer

The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall

2022 · Self

The Sound of 007

2022 · Self

Frozen Planet II

2022 · Original Music Composer

Piano Cinéma

2022 · Original Music Composer

The Bear

2022 · Music Score Producer

Platinum Party at the Palace

2022 · Self

Prehistoric Planet

2022 · Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer

Top Gun: Maverick

2022 · Original Music Composer

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

2022 · Self

The Survivor

2022 · Original Music Composer

Ennio

2022 · Self

Around the World in 80 Days

2021 · Main Title Theme Composer

The Unforgivable

2021 · Original Music Composer

Army of Thieves

2021 · Original Music Composer

Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano

2021 · Self

No Time to Die

2021 · Original Music Composer

Dune

2021 · Music Producer, Original Music Composer

The Boss Baby: Family Business

2021 · Original Music Composer

Resurrection

2021 · Original Music Composer

Hudba od Kokavy

Hudba od Kokavy

2021 · skladateľ

Wonder Woman 1984

2020 · Original Music Composer

The Real Right Stuff

2020 · Music Producer

Hillbilly Elegy

2020 · Original Music Composer

The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

2020 · Self

Planet Earth: A Celebration

2020 · Music

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

2020 · Original Music Composer

Black Is King

2020 · Thanks

Rebuilding Paradise

2020 · Original Music Composer

Seven Worlds, One Planet

2019 · Main Title Theme Composer

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019 · Self

Looking Up

2019 · Music Supervisor

The Lion King

2019 · Original Music Composer, Executive Music Producer

Euphoria

2019 · Original Music Composer

Dark Phoenix

2019 · Original Music Composer

One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil

2019 · Self

Widows

2018 · Original Music Composer

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

2018 · Self, Music

Icebox

2018 · Music Producer

Hunting Bigfoot

2018 · Music

Oceans: Our Blue Planet

2018 · Original Music Composer

Blue Planet II

2017 · Original Music Composer

Blade Runner 2049

2017 · Original Music Composer

Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague

2017 · Self - Piano / Guitar / Banjo, Music, Writer

All Access: Hans Zimmer Live

2017 · Self

The Road of Love

2017 · Music

Dunkirk

2017 · Original Music Composer

The Boss Baby

2017 · Original Music Composer

Score: A Film Music Documentary

2017 · Self

Cherry Bomb: The Documentary

2017 · Self

Believer

2017 · Original Music Composer

The Last Face

2017 · Original Music Composer

Hidden Figures

2016 · Original Music Composer

Soundbreaking

2016 · Self

Planet Earth II

2016 · Original Music Composer

The Crown

2016 · Main Title Theme Composer

Inferno

2016 · Original Music Composer

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016 · Original Music Composer

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016 · Original Music Composer

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

2016 · Original Music Composer

Freeheld

2015 · Original Music Composer

The Little Prince

2015 · Original Music Composer, Songs

Batkid Begins

2015 · Self

Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary

2015 · Self

Les Bosquets

2015 · Executive Producer, Original Music Composer

Inside 'Interstellar'

2015 · Self - Composer

Woman in Gold

2015 · Original Music Composer

Chappie

2015 · Original Music Composer

Interstellar

2014 · Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor

The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014 · Self

The Distortion of Sound

2014 · Self

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014 · Original Music Composer, Songs

Divergent

2014 · Music Score Producer

Son of God

2014 · Original Music Composer

Winter's Tale

2014 · Original Music Composer

Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel

2013

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Original Music Composer

I'm in Love with a Church Girl

2013 · Thanks

Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

2013 · Self - Participant

Rush

2013 · Original Music Composer

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

2013 · Original Music Composer

The Lone Ranger

2013 · Original Music Composer

Man of Steel

2013 · Original Music Composer

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013 · Executive Music Producer

Ending the Knight

2012 · Self

The Dark Knight Rises

2012 · Original Music Composer

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

2012 · Original Music Composer

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012 · Original Music Composer

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

2011 · Original Music Composer

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011 · Original Music Composer

Pride of The Lion King

2011 · Self

Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked

2011 · Original Music Composer

Hollywood in Vienna

2011 · Self

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011 · Self

Pizza Man

2011 · Thanks

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011 · Original Music Composer

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011 · Original Music Composer

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

2011 · Self

Rango

2011 · Original Music Composer

Megamind: The Button of Doom

2011 · Music

James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice

2011 · Self

The Dilemma

2011 · Original Music Composer

How Do You Know

2010 · Original Music Composer

Inception: The Cobol Job

2010 · Music

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

2010 · Music

Megamind

2010 · Original Music Composer

Fjenden kommer

2010 · Original Music Composer

Inception

2010 · Original Music Composer

Despicable Me

2010 · Music Score Producer

Through the Wormhole

2010 · Original Music Composer

The Pacific

2010 · Original Music Composer

Henri 4

2010 · Original Music Composer

It's Complicated

2009 · Original Music Composer

Sherlock Holmes

2009 · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009 · Thanks

Angels & Demons

2009 · Original Music Composer

The Boat That Rocked

2009 · Original Music Composer

Monsters vs Aliens

2009 · Executive Music Producer

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

2008 · Music

The Burning Plain

2008 · Original Music Composer

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008 · Original Music Composer, Musician

Frost/Nixon

2008 · Original Music Composer

Casi divas

2008 · Original Music Composer

Babylon A.D.

2008 · Music Consultant

The Dark Knight

2008 · Original Music Composer

Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene

2008 · Self

Kung Fu Panda

2008 · Original Music Composer

Iron Man

2008 · Executive Music Producer

Bee Movie

2007 · Executive Music Producer

The Simpsons Movie

2007 · Original Music Composer

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007 · Original Music Composer

Sicko

2007 · Thanks

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

2006 · Original Music Composer

The Holiday

2006 · Original Music Composer

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006 · Original Music Composer

The Da Vinci Code

2006 · Original Music Composer

Over the Hedge

2006 · Executive Music Producer

Mecanografía

2006 · Self

Planet Earth

2006 · Executive Music Producer

Curious George

2006 · Executive Music Producer

The Weather Man

2005 · Original Music Composer

Blood+

2005 · Music Producer

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island

2005 · Original Music Composer

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005 · Music Score Producer

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005 · Self

The Island

2005 · Music Score Producer

Batman Begins

2005 · Original Music Composer

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

2005 · Original Music Composer

Madagascar

2005 · Original Music Composer

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

2004 · Self

Spanglish

2004 · Original Music Composer

Shark Tale

2004 · Original Music Composer

Laura's Star

2004 · Original Music Composer

Thunderbirds

2004 · Original Music Composer

King Arthur

2004 · Original Music Composer

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

2004 · Self

Shrek 2

2004 · Thanks

Something's Gotta Give

2003 · Original Music Composer

The Last Samurai

2003 · Original Music Composer

Matchstick Men

2003 · Original Music Composer

Tears of the Sun

2003 · Original Music Composer

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

2003 · Self, Original Music Composer

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

2003 · Self - Composer

The Ring

2002 · Original Music Composer

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002 · Original Music Composer

Through the Night with...

2002 · Self

Black Hawk Down

2001 · Original Music Composer

Invincible

2001 · Original Music Composer

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 · Original Music Composer

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

2001 · Self, Original Music Composer

Pearl Harbor

2001 · Original Music Composer

Shrek

2001 · Thanks

Hannibal

2001 · Original Music Composer

The Pledge

2001 · Original Music Composer

An Everlasting Piece

2000 · Original Music Composer

Dungeons & Dragons

2000 · Thanks

V.I.P.

2000 · Self

King of the Jungle

2000 · Executive Producer

Chicken Run

2000 · Thanks

Mission: Impossible II

2000 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Gladiator

2000 · Original Music Composer

The Road to El Dorado

2000 · Original Music Composer

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

1999 · Self

Chill Factor

1999 · 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

Antz

1998 · Executive Music Producer

As Good as It Gets

1997 · Original Music Composer

The Peacemaker

1997 · Original Music Composer

The Swords

1997 · Sound

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997 · Original Music Composer

The Preacher's Wife

1996 · Original Music Composer

The Whole Wide World

1996 · Additional Music

The Fan

1996 · Original Music Composer

Two Deaths

1996 · Original Music Composer

The Rock

1996 · Original Music Composer

Twister

1996 · Music Producer

Muppet Treasure Island

1996 · Original Music Composer

Broken Arrow

1996 · Original Music Composer

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995 · Self

Beyond Rangoon

1995 · Original Music Composer

Something to Talk About

1995 · Original Music Composer

Nine Months

1995 · Original Music Composer

Crimson Tide

1995 · Original Music Composer

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

1995 · Self

Drop Zone

1994 · Original Music Composer

The Making of the Lion King

1994 · Self

The Lion King

1994 · Original Music Composer

Renaissance Man

1994 · Original Music Composer

I'll Do Anything

1994 · Original Music Composer

The Critic

1994 · Main Title Theme Composer

The House of the Spirits

1993 · Original Music Composer

Cool Runnings

1993 · Original Music Composer

Younger and Younger

1993 · Original Music Composer

True Romance

1993 · Original Music Composer

Calendar Girl

1993 · Original Music Composer

Point of No Return

1993 · Original Music Composer

Sniper

1993 · Additional Music

Toys

1992 · Original Music Composer, Music Arranger

Spies, Inc.

1992 · Original Music Composer

Morgenmagazin

1992 · Self

A League of Their Own

1992 · Original Music Composer

ECHO-Verleihung

ECHO-Verleihung

1992 · Self

The Power of One

1992 · Original Music Composer

Radio Flyer

1992 · Original Music Composer

Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

1991 · Original Music Composer

K2

1991 · Original Music Composer

To the Moon, Alice

To the Moon, Alice

1991 · Original Music Composer

Regarding Henry

1991 · Original Music Composer

Thelma & Louise

1991 · Original Music Composer

Backdraft

1991 · Original Music Composer

White Fang

1991 · Original Music Composer

Green Card

1990 · Original Music Composer

Pacific Heights

1990 · Original Music Composer

Days of Thunder

1990 · Original Music Composer

Fools of Fortune

1990 · Original Music Composer

Diamond Skulls

1990 · Original Music Composer

Bird on a Wire

1990 · Original Music Composer

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

1990 · Original Music Composer

Arcadia

1990 · Original Music Composer

Driving Miss Daisy

1989 · Original Music Composer

Black Rain

1989 · Original Music Composer

Twister

1989 · Original Music Composer

Burning Secret

1988 · Original Music Composer

Rain Man

1988 · Original Music Composer

The Fruit Machine

1988 · Original Music Composer

First Born

1988 · Original Music Composer

Paperhouse

1988 · Original Music Composer

Nightmare at Noon

1988 · Original Music Composer

A World Apart

1988 · Original Music Composer

Taffin

1988 · Original Music Composer

The Nature of the Beast

1988 · Original Music Composer

Prisoner of Rio

1988 · Original Music Composer

Terminal Exposure

1987 · Original Music Composer

Mann kann ja nie wissen

1987 · Father

The Wind

1986 · Original Music Composer

The Zero Boys

1986 · Original Music Composer

Separate Vacations

1986 · Original Music Composer

Castaway

1986 · Additional Music

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985 · Original Music Composer

Wild Horses

1985 · Original Music Composer

Insignificance

1985 · Original Music Composer

Especial Mecano en Concierto

1984 · Self

The Story of O Part 2

1984 · Original Music Composer

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984 · Original Music Composer

Goldene Kamera

1984 · Self

Eureka

1983 · Additional Music

Superhero

1982 · Original Music Composer

Wetten, dass..?

1981 · Self

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Musical Guest

Midi Première

1975 · Self - The Buggles

60 Minutes

1968 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve

Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve

— · Self

The Making of Dunkirk

— · Self

The Last Photograph

— · Original Music Composer

Jealous of the Birds

Jealous of the Birds

— · Music

All the Sinners Bleed

All the Sinners Bleed

— · Original Music Composer

Hans Zimmer · Virelixia