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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Chapters: Hans Zimmer, Hanns Eisler, Harold Faltermeyer, Henning Lohner, Paul Dessau, Stefan Eichinger, Christoph Brüx, Tom Tykwer, Martin Böttcher, Giuseppe Becce, Franz Waxman, Klaus Badelt, Willy Schmidt-Gentner, Burkhard Dallwitz, Max Richter, Michael Jary, Christian Biegai, Claus Bantzer, Herbert Windt, Robin Hoffmann, Hartmut Geerken, Klaus Doldinger, Friedrich Hollaender, Michael Hoenig, Frank Duval, Edmund Meisel, Leonid Soybelman, Ludwig Schmidseder, Theo Mackeben, Irmin Schmidt, Max van der Rose, Marc Streitenfeld, Werner R. Heymann, Hermann Kopp, Reiner Bredemeyer, Peer Raben, Reinhold Heil, Christopher Evans-Ironside, Heinz Kiessling, Siggi Mueller, Werner Eisbrenner, Georg Haentzschel, Hans Carste, Gert Wilden, Enjott Schneider, Wilhelm Dieter Siebert. Excerpt: Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German film composer and music producer. For nearly three decades Zimmer has composed music for over 100 films including some critically acclaimed film scores, such as The Lion King, Gladiator, and The Dark Knight. Some of his recent compositions for motion pictures are Sherlock Holmes (2009), Inception (2010), Megamind (2010), Rango (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), and Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). 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 DreamWorks studios, and works with other composers through the company which he founded, Remote Control Productions. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Classical BRIT Award, and an Academy Award. He is named also on the list of the "Top 100 living geniuses", published by The Daily Telegraph. Zimmer was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and moved to London as a teenager, where he attended Hurtwood House school. In an interview with the German television station ZDF in 2006, he commented: "My father died when I was just a child, and I escaped somehow into the music and music has been my best friend." Zimmer began his career playing keyboards and synthesizers. He worked with The Buggles, a New Wave band formed in 1977 with Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley. Zimmer can be seen briefly in The Buggles' music video for the 1979 song "Video Killed the Radio Star". After working with The Buggles, he started to work for the Italian group Krisma, a New Wave band formed in 1976 with Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser. He was a featured synthesist for Krisma's third album, Cathode Mamma. He has also worked with the band Helden (with Warren Cann from Ultravox). Both Zimmer (on keyboards) and Helden (on drums), were invited to be part
