Hans Zimmer - Summer Staff Picks

Published: July 18, 2023, 4 a.m.

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Our staff picks continue at \\u201cHere\\u2019s The Thing,\\u201d where throughout the summer, members of our team select their favorite interviews from the archives. This week, we revisit Alec\\u2019s 2021 interview with Hans Zimmer, one of the most celebrated and successful film composers of all time. The German-born Zimmer has scored more than 150 movies including \\u201cGladiator,\\u201d \\u201cHannibal,\\u201d \\u201cSherlock Holmes,\\u201d \\u201cThe Last Samurai,\\u201d and \\u201cThe Thin Red Line,\\u201d earning him two Academy Awards (\\u201cDune\\u201d and \\u201cThe Lion King\\u201d) and four Grammys. His collaboration with director Christopher Nolan (\\u201cThe Dark Knight\\u201d trilogy, \\u201cInterstellar,\\u201d \\u201cDunkirk,\\u201d and \\u201cInception,\\u201d) has become one of the most celebrated partnerships in movie history. Zimmer shares with Alec how he knew music was his path, how his partnership with Nolan began, and how his scores seek to enrich a film\\u2019s emotional journey.

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