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Hans Zimmer was born in Frankfurt/Main, Germany on September 12, 1957 and moved to London as a teenager. He went to Hurtwood House School where he graduated. While he lived in London, Zimmer wrote advertising jingles for Air-Edel Associates. Zimmer began his musical career playing keyboards and synthesizers. In 1980, Zimmer worked with The Buggles, a New Wave band formed in 1977 with Trevor Horn, Geoff Downs, and Bruce Woolley. Zimmer can be briefly seen in the Buggles music video for Video Killed the Radio Star (1979).
In the 1980s, Zimmer partnered with film composer Stanley Myers, a prolific film composer who composed scores for over sixty films. Zimmer and Myers co-founded the London-based Lillie Yard recording studio. Together, Myers and Zimmer worked on fusing the traditional orchestral sound with state-of-the-art electronics. Some of their first movies with this new sound include Moonlighting (1982), Success is the Best Revenge (1984), Insignificance (1985), and My Beautiful Launderette (1985). In 1986, Hans Zimmer joined David Byrne, a Scottish-American musician and artist, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, a Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor, on their Oscar-winning score for The Last Emperor (1988).
Soon after The Last Emperor, Hans Zimmer began working on his own solo projects. During his solo career years, Zimmer experimented and combined the use of old and new musical technologies. His first solo work for composing a score was for Chris Menges’s film A World Apart (1988). However, Zimmer’s turning point in his career came later in that year when he was asked to compose a score for Barry Levinson’s film Rain Man (1988).
In the 1980s, Zimmer partnered with film composer Stanley Myers, a prolific film composer who composed scores for over sixty films. Zimmer and Myers co-founded the London-based Lillie Yard recording studio. Together, Myers and Zimmer worked on fusing the traditional orchestral sound with state-of-the-art electronics. Some of their first movies with this new sound include Moonlighting (1982), Success is the Best Revenge (1984), Insignificance (1985), and My Beautiful Launderette (1985). In 1986, Hans Zimmer joined David Byrne, a Scottish-American musician and artist, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, a Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor, on their Oscar-winning score for The Last Emperor (1988).
Soon after The Last Emperor, Hans Zimmer began working on his own solo projects. During his solo career years, Zimmer experimented and combined the use of old and new musical technologies. His first solo work for composing a score was for Chris Menges’s film A World Apart (1988). However, Zimmer’s turning point in his career came later in that year when he was asked to compose a score for Barry Levinson’s film Rain Man (1988).
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Hans Zimmer,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Hans Zimmer,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Hans Zimmer,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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ozieml wrote:
Simply Great ....
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noob_foo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyQ3K0xnYg wonder if the trailer music was composed by Zimmer? Sounds awesome
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memmo999 wrote:
Lo mejor en lo mejor
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MaharetKurosaki wrote:
Sherlock Holmes has such a marvellous soundtrack, ♥ (2)
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Ayries wrote:
Sherlock Holmes has such a marvellous soundtrack, ♥
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--charly-- wrote:
I agree :D but the "the simpsons" soundtrack is also really great....
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kubas782 wrote:
You have right ;) Imo music from part one of POTC is better than music from second and third part of Pirates ;) Similar to soundtrack from part one of POTC is soundtrack from Crimson Tide ;) It`s amazing :) Composed by Zimmer ;P
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--charly-- wrote:
"Thx ;) I thought all tracks from POTC was composed by Zimmer :P " Part one of POTC wwas composed by Klaub Badelt AND Hans Zimmer ;-) but I prefere all soundtracks from Klaus Badelt...
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CENTERFALL wrote:
Last Samurai!!!
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blankepic wrote:
The Sherlock Holmes score is wonderful. (3)
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kubas782 wrote:
"Barbossa is hungry" it`s composed by Klaus Badelt ;>
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Negative_One wrote:
Barbossa I-i-i-i-s Hungry! 8-) my favourite track =)
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Foxlight00 wrote:
The Sherlock Holmes score is wonderful. (2)
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Konrad509 wrote:
Thx ;) I thought all tracks from POTC was composed by Zimmer :P
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kubas782 wrote:
Roll Tide, Mutiny, Tennesse are wonderful songs!:))
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--charly-- wrote:
The original Track is "He's a Pirate" but its composed by Klaus Badelt... Klaus Baldelt was a student of hans Zimmer...
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Konrad509 wrote:
http://v1roos.wrzuta.pl/audio/2eZYir0NCN4/scotty-pirates_of_the_caribbean_dave_darell_remix What is the title of original track?
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The soundtrack album to ANGELS & DEMONS is in stores tomorrow, released on Sony Classical. The album features Hans' original score, with performances by violinist Joshua Bell, and is available at Ama. …
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