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Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars, four Grammys, and has been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph in 2007. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Lion King (1994) and for Dune (2021). His works include Gladiator, The Last Samurai, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, No Time to Die, and the Dune series. 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 Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California, has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly. Zimmer has collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay, Guy Ritchie, Denis Villeneuve, and Tony Scott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hans Zimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Assassin's Creed Begins is a 2026 science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by David S. Goyer and Verbinski based on the Assassin's Creed video game franchise. A co-production between Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and set in the same universe as the games, it is the first installment in the Assassin's Creed film series and a soft reboot of the 2016 film Assassin's Creed, which was also set in the same universe. The film stars Sasha Calle and Dove Cameron along with Hugh Jackman, Michael Shannon, Jon Bernthal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani, Nicholas Hoult, Christian Bale, Amanda Seyfried, and Forest Whitaker. It follows two romantically involved members of the titular Assassin Brotherhood who come into conflict with their creed's oldest enemies, the Templar Order, along with the order's most powerful warrior and hunter, Nighthawk. Assassin's Creed Begins was released on December 10th, 2026; it was a financial success, grossing $1.13 billion worldwide against a budget of $351 million, overtaking the previous film, which had failed to break-even. It also received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised its action sequences, cinematography, direction, story, Hans Zimmer's musical score, visual effects, and acting performances–particularly Calle, Cameron, Jackman, Shannon, along with Cotillard's return as Sofia Rikkin, but criticized the violent content and long runtime of 170 minutes. A sequel was announced and is set for release on December 8th, 2027.
