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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.
Krakatoa is a 2025 American semi-biographical disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and based on the final twenty-four hours of the ancient Indonesian volcano Krakatoa before its famous eruption. The film stars Anne Hathaway as the fictional protagonist Gracie Boswell, Michiel Huisman as real-life Dutch geologist Rogier Verbeek, and John C. Reilly as the 21st President of the United States Chester A. Arthur. It is the first installment in the Chronicles of Gracie Boswell trilogy. The film follows Boswell, a biologist and adventurer, as she volunteers to investigate why Krakatoa is heavily active and seeks the advice of Verbeek while staying in Sertung Island to take notes. It also stars Alexandra Daddario, Joe Taslim, Jim Caviezel, Matt Nable, and Djimon Hounsou. Distributed entirely by Lionsgate and Angel Studios, Krakatoa premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on November 18th, 2025, and was released the following month. It was a massive blockbuster, grossing $981 million against its $250 million break-even point; the film received universal acclaim, mainly for its visually-appealing action sequences and Hathaway, Huisman and Reilly's performances, but criticized by some for its historical inaccuracies and portrayal of Krakatoa's first stage. Among its accolades, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Film Score for Hans Zimmer. A sequel is in development.
