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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.
Poppy Playtime II: Playcare is a 2026 American action horror film directed by Jodie Foster and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and Verbinski. The film is based on the Poppy Playtime video game and the sequel to Poppy Playtime. The second of a three-part film adaptation to the game and primarily covering its third chapter, it stars Piper Rubio, Emma Roberts, Tika Sumpter, Iain Armitage, Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Wright, Bill Nighy, Chris Hemsworth, Neve Campbell, and Matthew Lillard. In the film, Poppy and Lilly must face the evil CatNap during a mission to take down his master, the Prototype. To succeed in defeating CatNap, they are aided by Ollie, a boy who contacts allies using a phone, and Kissy Missy, the wife of Huggy Wuggy. Poppy Playtime II: Playcare was released in Netflix on December 9th, 2026; it grossed $813 million worldwide and received positive reviews, with praise for Foster's direction, visual effects, messages, the action sequences, performances (namely Rubio and Roberts), Hans Zimmer's musical score, characters, and emotional weight. A final sequel is in development.
