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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.
I Am Vengeance is a 2025 American gothic action thriller film written and directed by Adam Wingard and produced by Zack Snyder and Robert Eggers. It is heavily influenced by Norse Mythology. The film stars Emma Watson and Everleigh McDonell alongside Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Djimon Hounsou, Anya Taylor-Joy, Michael Caine, and Cate Blanchett. Its story follows a widowed hunter who raises her young daughter in the Icelandic snow forests. When she discovers that she is the child of a goddess, and her daughter gets kidnapped by her own half-brother, she goes on a rampage to get her back while also studying who she really was. I Am Vengeance opened in theaters on January 16th, 2025; it was a financial success, grossing $1.45 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing release of 2025. The film received universal and critical acclaim, with praise for Watson and McDonell's performances, screenplay, direction, story, visual effects, emotional weight, action sequences, themes, and Hans Zimmer's musical score. It received numerous awards and nominations with Watson and McDonell each winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress; Hawke won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor as did Neill and Dafoe, while Blanchett was awarded an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. A sequel is currently in development.
