Hans Zimmer – Oscar-winning film composer (+ playlist and Musical notes)
Hans Zimmer is a composer, author of music for popular films (“The Dark Knight”, “Angels and Demons”, “The Da Vinci Code”, etc.). Winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Score (The Lion King, 1994), Zimmer received his second Golden Globe for the score for the film Gladiator (2010). The composer was also nominated multiple times for an Oscar for his compositions for the films “Rain Man”, “The Priest’s Wife”, “As Good As It Gets”, “The Thin Red Line”, “The Prince of Egypt”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Inception”. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.