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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.
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Mortal Kombat: Champion of the Gods is a 2028 American urban fantasy action thriller film based on the Mortal Kombat game franchise created by Ed Boon, produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by New Line Cinema. It is the second installment in the Mortal Kombat Tournament Universe and a sequel to Razor in the Dark. Directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Boon, Simon McQuoid, and Jeremy Slater, the film stars an ensemble cast that includes Paris Jackson, Elle Fanning, Milla Jovovich, Isaiah Washington, Kevin Durand, Jensen Ackles, Jai Courtney, Ian Anthony Dale, Daniel Wu, Mark Dacascos, Ben Wang, Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, and Alexander Skarsgård. In the film, Kitana fully aligns herself with Earthrealm's defenders in the Mortal Kombat tournament in order to free Outword and her home Edenia from the cruel Shao Kahn. Razor in the Dark had its world premiere at the 85th Venice International Film Festival on November 6th, 2028, and was released theatrically on November 27th. The film was universally praised by fans, critics and audiences for its storytelling, visuals, Vaughn's direction, action sequences, cinematography, Hans Zimmer's musical score, themes, respect and reimagining of the source material, and Jackson's performance. It was also a box-office success, grossing $1.91 billion worldwide, outgrossing it predecessor as the highest-grossing of the Mortal Kombat films and becoming the first of such to pass the $1 billion dollar mark. It also won numerous award nominations, with Jackson in particular winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Vaughn winning an Academy Award for Best Director. A third film is in development.
