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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.
The Wraith is a 2026 American vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Gareth Edwards. It is the first installment in the Wraith franchise. The film stars Sydney Sweeney as former US Government assassin Madison "Maddie" Fischbach, alongside Isabel May, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Jon Bernthal, Terry Crews, Taryn Manning, Michael B. Jordan, and Sylvester Stallone. In the film, a girl and her younger sister go on the run from their abusive father, which causes them to seek help from Maddie. The Wraith was released theatrically on December 5th, 2025 after its premiere at London, England on November 24th; it was a financial success at the worldwide box-office, grossing $716 million against a budget of $191 million and a break-even point of $320 million. The film was welcomed positively by audiences, but reviews from critics were mixed, with praise for the visual style, action sequences, originality, the performances of Sweeney, May and Armstrong, direction, storyline, and Hans Zimmer's musical score, but criticism for its screenplay, graphic violence, lack of politics, and long running time of 180 minutes. Many considered Maddie to be one of Sweeney's signature roles, causing this to give the film a strong cult following. A sequel is in development, with Sweeney, May, Armstrong, and Stallone set to reprise their roles.
