{"id":7231,"date":"2021-12-03T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T11:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmsymphony.es\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:18:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:18:51","slug":"grandes-exitos-hans-zimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmsymphony.es\/en\/grandes-exitos-hans-zimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans Zimmer and his contribution to music in cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

German film and video game music composer Hans Zimmer has created some of the best-known and most influential soundtracks of our time. Their more<\/strong>s of 200 musical projects<\/strong> have grossed $28 billion at the global box office, with scores like those of '<\/em>Gladiator<\/em>\u00b8 'The thin l<\/em>Yo<\/em>red line<\/em>, '<\/em>Rain Man <\/em>or the trilogy of '<\/em>The dark knight'. <\/em>For all these reasons, Zimmer's work is a fundamental part of music in film.<\/p>\n

Who is Hans Zimmer?<\/h2>\n

Born in Frankfurt on September 12, 1957, this composer is characterized by integrating electronic music with symphonic-orchestral arrangements. During his childhood he received piano lessons and later moved to London to enter the world of music during an extensive collaboration with his mentor Stanley Myers.<\/p>\n

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Although his greatest recognition comes from his work as a soundtrack composer, during the eighties he immersed himself in the world of synthpop and new wave and was part of several groups such as The Camera Club, The Buggles<\/strong>, Helden, alongside Ultravox drummer Warren Cann and Zaine Griff.<\/p>\n

A fairly unknown fact is that in Spain it was keyboardist of me<\/strong>tico Mecano group<\/strong>, at least in one concert held in Segovia, on November 8, 1984, and collaborated with Nacho Cano in the production of the instrumental song that opens the album of the same name. 'D<\/em>where is it <\/em>the country<\/em>'s of fairies?'<\/em>. Furthermore, in our country he also arranged songs for Miguel Bos\u00e9 and Amaya Uranga.<\/p>\n

In 1986 he did his first freelance work in Vardo, although he continued collaborating with Myers until 1988. As a curiosity, it is worth noting that when he was twenty-two years old he appeared in the music video of the famous song '<\/em><\/strong>Video Killed the Radio Star'<\/em><\/strong>, playing the electric piano.<\/p>\n

As an instrumentalist, he stands out playing the piano, banjo, keyboard, synthesizer, guitar and bass guitar, but it is his work as an author that has led him to be considered an outstanding composer in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Most important awards and nominations that have been given to Zimmer<\/h3>\n

Zimmer has been awarded an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, three Grammys, an American Music Award and a Tony Award. He has been nominated 68 times in different competitions and categories, of which he has won 19 awards in total.<\/p>\n

'<\/strong>The Lion King' <\/strong>in 1995 and '<\/strong>Gladiator' in 2001<\/strong>, gave him his two Golden Globes, apart from being nominated for these awards for ten other films, in 2003, nominated for best song for 'Spirit: Indomable' and in recent years for 'Interstellar', '12 Years a Slave' ', 'Inception' and 'The Da Vinci Code'. For the Bafta awards<\/strong> He has been nominated for best soundtrack 7 times, the first with 'Thelma and Louis' in 1992 and the last with 'Interstellar' in 2015.<\/p>\n