Hans Zimmer Biography (1957-)

Full name, Hans Florian Zimmer; born September 12, 1957, in Frankfurt, Germany; married; wife's name, Suzanne; children: Zoe, Jake. Addresses: Agent: Air Edel Associates Ltd., 18 Rodmarton St., London W1H 3FW, England; The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, 13245 Riverside Dr., Suite 450, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.; Contact: Media Ventures, 1547 14th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404; 29-33 Berners St., London W1P 4AA, England.

Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupation: Pianist, composer, musician, producer, arranger
Birth Details: September 12, 1957; Frankfurt, Germany

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Electronic effects work, Moonlighting, Universal, 1982
Electronic music, Insignificance, Island Alive, 1985
Music producer and performer, My Beautiful Laundrette, Orion, 1985
Electronic music performer, The Lightship, Castle Hill, 1985
Additional music, Castaway, 1986
Score producer, The Last Emperor (also known as Le dernier empereur and L'ultimo imperatore), Columbia, 1987
Musician: keys, Regarding Henry, Paramount, 1991
Synthesizer programmer, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Warner Bros.,1992
Music arranger and musician, Toys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Synthesist, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (animated; also known asBatman: The Animated Movie and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; The Animated Movie), Warner Bros., 1993
Music arranger, The House of the Spirits (also known as A casados espiritos, Das Geisterhaus, and Aandernes hus), Miramax, 1993
Song arranger, music supervisor, and song producer ("Circle of Life" and"Be Prepared"), The Lion King (also known as King of the Jungle), Buena Vista, 1994
Music producer, Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995
Score arranger, Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Song arranger, Muppet Treasure Island, Buena Vista, 1996
Score arranger and music producer, The Rock, Buena Vista, 1996
Music producer, White Squall, Buena Vista, 1996
Music arranger, Smilla's Sense of Snow (also known as Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
Score producer, Face/Off (also known as Face Off), Paramount, 1997
Score producer, The Borrowers, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1997
(Uncredited) Music arranger, music producer, and song producer, As Good As It Gets, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Song producer, The Prince of Egypt (animated), DreamWorks, 1998
Music producer, With Friends Like These ... , Miramax, 1998
Music executive producer, Antz (animated), DreamWorks, 1998
Music producer, Endurance, Buena Vista, 1998
Song producer, The Road to El Dorado (animated), DreamWorks, 2000
Executive producer, King of the Jungle, Urbanworld Films, 2000
Song producer, Hannibal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
Score producer, I Am Sam, New Line Cinema, 2002
Film Appearances
Man kann ja nie wissen, 1987
German Hollywood Dreams, 2000
Television Work
Series
Music producer, Fame L.A., syndicated, 1997
Television Appearances
Specials
The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John, ABC, 1994
Der Klang der Bilder, 1995
The German Americans, PBS, 2000
Episodic
Himself, Die Harald Schmidt Show, 2002
RECORDINGS
Albums
Rain Man, Capitol, 1989
Driving Miss Daisy, Varese Records, 1990
Thelma & Louise, MCA, 1991
K2--Music Inspired by the Film, UNI/Varese Saraband, 1992
A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
True Romance, Morgan Creek, 1993
Cool Runnings, Sony, 1993
Drop Zone (original soundtrack), Varese Records, 1994
Beyond Rangoon, Milan Records, 1995
Crimson Tide, Hollywood Records, 1995
The Fan, TVT Records, 1996
The Preacher's Wife, BMG/Arista, 1996
As Good As It Gets, Sony, 1998
Prince of Egypt, UNI/DreamWorks, 1998
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, NARADA, 1999
The Thin Red Line, RCA Victor, 1999
Gladiator--Music from the Motion Picture, Decca, 2000
Mission: Impossible 2, Hollywood Records, 2000
The Wings of a Film: The Music of Hans Zimmer, PolyGram, 2001
The Wings of a Film, Decca, 2001
Hannibal, Decca, 2001
Pearl Harbor, Warner Bros., 2001
Performed with The Buggles on The Age of Plastic.
WRITINGS
Film Scores
(With Stanley Myers) Moonlighting (also known as Schwarzarbeit), Universal, 1982
(With Myers) Success Is the Best Revenge (also known as Le succes a tout prix), Gaumont, 1984
Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2 (also known as Histoire d'O: Numero 2, Historia de O, II parte, and Story of O, Part II), 1984
Insignificance, 1985
Separate Vacations, 1986
Terminal Exposure (also known as Double Exposure), Omega, 1987
(With Myers) The Zero Boys, 1987
(With Myers) The Wind, Omega, 1987
(With Myers) Taffin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Wonderland (also known as The Fruit Machine), Vestron, 1988

(With Myers) The Nature of the Beast, Film Four International, 1988
(With Luis Bonfa) Prisoner of Rio (also known as Wiezien Rio), Multi Media/Samba, 1988
Burning Secret (also known as Brennendes Geheimnis), Vestron, 1988
(With Myers) Paperhouse, Vestron, 1988
Rain Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
A World Apart, Atlantic, 1988
Arcadia, 1988
Spies Inc. (also known as Code Name: Chaos, S.P.O.O.K.S., and Spies, Lies and Alibis), 1988
Black Rain, Paramount, 1989
Diamond Skulls (also known as Dark Obsession), Film Four/British Screen, 1989
Driving Miss Daisy, Warner Bros., 1989
Twister, Greycat Films, 1989
Bird on a Wire, Universal, 1990
(With Shirley Walker) Chicago Joe and the Showgirl, New Line Cinema, 1990
Days of Thunder, Paramount, 1990
Fools of Fortune, New Line Cinema, 1990
Green Card, Buena Vista, 1990
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter, Warner Bros., 1990
Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Nightmare at Noon, 1990
Backdraft, Universal, 1991
Regarding Henry, Paramount, 1991
Thelma & Louise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
(European version) K2 (also known as K2: The Ultimate High), 1991
Radio Flyer, 1992
The Power of One (also known as La puissance de l'ange), Warner Bros., 1992
Code Name: Chaos, 1992
A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
(With Mark Mancina) Where Sleeping Dogs Lie, 1992
Toys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
(With Bob Telson) Younger and Younger (also known as Father andSon), Academy Entertainment, 1993
Point of No Return (also known as The Assassin, La femmeNikita, Nikita, and The Specialist), Warner Bros., 1993
True Romance, Warner Bros., 1993
Calendar Girl, 1993
Cool Runnings (also known as Cooling Running and Blue Maaga), Buena Vista, 1993
The House of the Spirits (also known as A casa dos espirtos, Das Geisterhaus, and Aandernes hus), Miramax, 1993
I'll Do Anything (also known as Make Believe It's Only a Movie), Columbia, 1994
Renaissance Man (also known as By the Book and Army Intelligence), Buena Vista, 1994
The Lion King (animated; also known as King of the Jungle),Buena Vista, 1994
Drop Zone, 1994
Africa: The Serengeti, 1994
Crimson Tide, Buena Vista, 1995
Nine Months, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Something to Talk About (also known as The Game of Love, the Kings of Carolina, Sisters, and Grace under Pressure),Warner Bros., 1995
Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995
Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Muppet Treasure Island, Buena Vista, 1996
The Fan, TriStar, 1996
The Preacher's Wife (also known as The Bishop's Wife), Buena Vista, 1996
The Rock, Buena Vista, 1996
(With Harry Gregson-Williams) The Whole Wide World, Sony PicturesClassics, 1996
White Squall, Buena Vista, 1996
Smilla's Sense of Snow (also known as Miss Smilla's Feeling forSnow, Fraeulein Smillas Gespuer fuer Schnee, Froeken Smillas kaensla foer snoe, Froeken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, and Smilla's Feeling for Snow), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
The Peacemaker, DreamWorks, 1997
Old Friends, TriStar, 1997
(From Broken Arrow) Scream 2, Miramax, 1997
As Good As It Gets, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
The Last Days, October Films, 1998
The Thin Red Line, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
The Prince of Egypt (animated), DreamWorks, 1998.Chill Factor, Warner Bros., 1999
The Road to El Dorado (animated), DreamWorks, 2000
Gladiator, DreamWorks, 2000
Mission: Impossible II (also known as M:I-2), Paramount, 2000
An Everlasting Piece, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
The Pledge, Warner Bros., 2001
Hannibal, MCA/Universal, 2001
Pearl Harbor (also known as Pearl Harbour), Buena Vista, 2001
Invincible (also known as Unbesiegbar), Fine Line, 2001
Riding in Cars with Boys, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
Black Hawk Down, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (animated; also known as Spirit), DreamWorks, 2002
Film Additional Music
Eureka, 1983
Castaway, 1987
White Fang, 1991
Sniper, 1993
Monkey Trouble (also known as Pet), 1994
Jack Frost, 1998
Film Songs
"I'll Be Holding On," Black Rain, Paramount, 1989
"The Last Note of Freedom," Days of Thunder, Paramount, 1990
"Rainmaker," Mother Africa," "Beethoven's 9th Symphony," and "The Penny Whistle Song," The Power of One, Warner Bros., 1992
"The Driver (Part II)," Aspen Extreme (also known as Aspenand Steeplechase), Buena Vista, 1993
"Out of My Dreams," Calendar Girl, 1993
Scream 2, 1997
Film Lyrics
The Prince of Egypt (animated), 1998
Television Music
Series
Space Rangers (also known as Space Marines and Planet Busters), CBS, 1993
(From Backdraft) Ryori no tetsujin (also known as Iron Chef), 1993
High Incident, ABC, 1995
El Candidato, 1999
Television Themes
Series
The Critic (animated), 1994
High Incident, ABC, 1995
Die Motorrad--Cops: Hart am Limit, 1999
What about Joan, ABC, 2001
Television Scores
Movies
Wild Horses, CBS, 1985
Comeback, 1987
Theme music, Lifepod, Fox, 1993
Two Deaths, BBC, 1995
Das Dritte Reich--in Farbe, 1998
Television Themes
Pilots
Die Motorrad--Cops: Hart am Limit, 1999
Television Music
Miniseries
First Born, Arts and Entertainment, 1989
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, PBS, 1992
Specials
(As Hans Florian Zimmer) To the Moon, Alice, Showtime, 1990
The Making of the Lion King, The Disney Channel, 1994
When You Believe: Music from "The Prince of Egypt," NBC, 1998
Gladiator Games: The Roman Blood Sport, The Learning Channel, 2000
Stage Additional Music
The Lion King, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 1997-

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Musicians, Volume 34, Gale Group, 2002

Periodicals

Current Biography, March, 2002, pp. 83-89
Premiere, May, 1991, p. 46

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