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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.
In a time before Donkey ever met Shrek or Puss, we meet a younger Donkey who was born in a forest near a small town. One day Donkey wanders off into it and discovers Waffles, and that changed his life. Donkey comes home that night but he knew that if he went out again he would be in trouble but he loved the thrill of adventure, the next day Donkey decides to go out and falls for a Waffle trap and gets transported to Old McDonalds Farm. There are many animals there but Donkey needs to escape and go back to his family. He tried everything but then his family found him and they decided to leave him there. Donkey, now distraught, decides to make new friends at the barn but everyone thinks he’s annoying, especially Mrs. McDonald. One Morning Old McDonald passes away of Old age and it’s up to Mrs. McDonald to deal with the barn animals and Donkey. Until she sees a flyer that Lord Farquaad wants fairy tale creatures and decides to take Donkey as the other talking animals escape and as Donkey looks back they thank him, but later that day he would meet an ogre that would change his life.
