Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements.
For Disney, he composed the music for The Lion King, Muppet Treasure Island, Cool Runnings,the Pirates of the Caribbean films from Dead Man's Chest until On Stranger Tides, The Lone Ranger, X-Men: Dark Phoenix (as part of 20th Century Fox's buyout) for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and the 2019 remake of The Lion King.
Outside of Disney, he composed scores to films, such as The Dark Knight trilogy, The Kung Fu Panda film series, Driving Miss Daisy, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, Renaissance Man, The Preacher's Wife, The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, The Road to El Dorado, The Last Samurai, The Da Vinci Code, Inception, Rango, 12 Years a Slave, Hidden Figures, The Boss Baby, Blade Runner 2049, Wonder Woman 1984, Dune, and No Time to Die.
In 2019, Zimmer was named a Disney Legend alongside fellow Lion King colleagues Jon Favreau and James Earl Jones.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position | Subsidiary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Cool Runnings | Score | Walt Disney Pictures |
| The House of the Spirits | Music | Miramax Films | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Original Score and Arranged | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Score | Hollywood Pictures |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Music Composed | The Jim Henson Company |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Score | Touchstone Pictures |
| 2004 | King Arthur | Music | Touchstone Pictures |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Walt Disney Pictures | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | ||
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | ||
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | ||
| 2019 | The Lion King | ||
| Dark Phoenix | 20th Century Fox | ||
| 2023 | The Creator | 20th Century Studios |
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