Hans Zimmer discography
This is the discography of Hans Zimmer, an award-winning German composer and music producer.
Zimmer has composed and produced over one hundred soundtracks and film scores. Of them, about 50 soundtracks and songs were nominated for awards. He won one Academy Award (The Lion King), four Satellite Awards (The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception), two Golden Globe Awards (The Lion King, Gladiator), four Grammy Awards (two prizes for The Lion King, Crimson Tide, The Dark Knight), three Saturn Awards (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar), two Annie Awards (Kung Fu Panda, Secrets of the Furious Five), and one WAFCA Award (Inception).
As actor
1990s
Year | Title | Director | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | The Iron Giant | Brad Bird | General Rogard's Army | Uncredited |
2000s
Year | Title | Director | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Lilo & Stitch | Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois |
Male Officer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | Mona the Vampire | Minister | Ep. "Mona's Final Wedding" |
As composer
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | Vardo | Matthew Jacobs | N/A | N/A |
1990 | Arcadia | Paul Bamborough | Channel Four Films Working Title Films |
N/A |
1991 | To the Moon, Alice | Jessie Nelson | Chanticleer Films | N/A |
2008 | Secrets of the Furious Five | Raman Hui | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Henry Jackman & John Powell Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form |
2011 | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Simon J. Smith | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images |
Composed with Lorne Balfe |
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Tony Leondis | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Lorne Balfe & John Powell | |
2012 | The Longest Daycare | David Silverman | Gracie Films Film Roman 20th Century Fox |
The Simpsons animated short Composed with James Dooley |
2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Rodolphe Guenoden | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Lorne Balfe & John Powell |
Television
Video games
Year | Title | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | The Simpsons Game | Electronic Arts | Composed with James Dooley, Christopher Lennertz & Tim Wynn |
2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Activision | Main themes only Score composed by Lorne Balfe & Mark Mancina |
2011 | Crysis 2 | Electronic Arts | Theme music only Score composed by Lorne Balfe, Tilman Sillescu & Borislav Slavov |
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Activision | Themes only Score composed by Lorne Balfe | |
2015 | Arena of Valor | TiMi Studios | Composed with Jeff Broadbent & Matthew Carl Earl |
2018 | FIFA 19[16] | Electronic Arts | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
As score producer
These are for films and other media which Zimmer did not compose the score, but for which he produced the soundtrack.
1980s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
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1987 | The Last Emperor | Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Byrne | Bernardo Bertolucci | N/A |
1990s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Twister | Mark Mancina | Jan de Bont | N/A |
White Squall | Jeff Rona | Ridley Scott | N/A | |
1997 | Face/Off | John Powell | John Woo | N/A |
The Borrowers | Harry Gregson-Williams | Peter Hewitt | N/A | |
1998 | Antz | Harry Gregson-Williams & John Powell | Eric Darnell Tim Johnson |
N/A |
With Friends Like These... | John Powell | Philip Frank Messina | N/A | |
1999 | Endurance | Leslie Woodhead Bud Greenspan |
N/A |
2000s
2010s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Despicable Me | Heitor Pereira & Pharrell Williams | Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud |
N/A |
2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Atli Örvarsson | Tommy Wirkola | N/A |
Beyond: Two Souls | Lorne Balfe | David Cage | Video game | |
Bullet to the Head | Steve Mazzaro | Walter Hill | N/A | |
2014 | Divergent | Junkie XL | Neil Burger | N/A |
2015 | Auschwitz | Benjamin Wallfisch | James Moll | Documentary short |
Terminator Genisys | Lorne Balfe | Alan Taylor | Executive music producer | |
2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | ||
The Edge of Seventeen | Atli Örvarsson | Kelly Fremon Craig | N/A | |
2017 | Rings | Matthew Margeson | F. Javier Gutiérrez | Executive music producer |
2020s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | The Rhythm Section | Steve Mazzarro | Reed Morano | Executive music producer |
As other
These are for films which Zimmer did not serve as main composer, but still contributed original music to the score
1980s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Eureka | Stanley Myers | Nicolas Roeg | Composer: Additional music |
1986 | Castaway | |||
1988 | Prisoner of Rio | Luiz Bonfá & Luciano Perrone | Lech Majewski |
1990s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | White Fang | Basil Poledouris | Randal Kleiser | Composer: Additional music |
1993 | Sniper | Gary Chang | Luis Llosa | |
1996 | White Squall | Jeff Rona | Ridley Scott | |
1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Harry Gregson-Williams | Bille August |
2000s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Johnny English | Edward Shearmur | Peter Howitt | Composer: Theme music |
2005 | The Ring Two | Henning Lohner & Martin Tillman | Hideo Nakata | Composer: Themes |
2007 | August Rush | Mark Mancina | Kirsten Sheridan | Composer: Additional music |
2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | |
2010s
Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | Composer: Additional music |
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Rain Man | Best Original Score | Nominated |
1995 | The Lion King | Won | |
1997 | The Preacher's Wife | Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | Nominated |
1998 | As Good as It Gets | Nominated | |
1999 | The Prince of Egypt (with Stephen Schwartz) | Nominated | |
The Thin Red Line | Best Original Dramatic Score | Nominated | |
2001 | Gladiator | Best Original Score | Nominated |
2010 | Sherlock Holmes | Nominated | |
2011 | Inception | Nominated | |
2015 | Interstellar | Nominated | |
2018 | Dunkirk | Nominated |
AFI Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | As Good as It Gets | AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores | Nominated |
Gladiator | Nominated |
Annies
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production | Nominated |
2006 | Madagascar | Music in an Animated Feature Production | Nominated |
2009 | Kung Fu Panda | Yes | |
Secrets of the Furious Five | Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form | Yes | |
2016 | The Little Prince | Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production | Nominated |
ASCAP Awards
BAFTA Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1992 | Thelma & Louise | Best Film Music | Nominated |
1995 | The Lion King | Nominated | |
2001 | Gladiator (shared with Lisa Gerrard) | Nominated | |
2009 | The Dark Knight (shared with James Newton Howard) | Nominated | |
2011 | Inception | Nominated | |
2014 | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | |
2015 | Interstellar | Nominated | |
2017 | Planet Earth II | Best Original Television Music | Nominated |
2018 | Dunkirk | Best Film Music | Nominated |
Blade Runner 2049 (shared with Benjamin Wallfisch) | Nominated |
Classical BRIT Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | Gladiator | Album of the Year[17] (shared with Lisa Gerrard) | Won |
2009 | The Dark Knight | Album of the Year (shared with James Newton Howard) | Won |
2013 | Hans Zimmer | Composer of the Year (for The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel) | Won |
Golden Globe Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1995 | The Lion King | Best Original Score | Won |
1999 | The Prince of Egypt | Nominated | |
2001 | Gladiator | Won | |
2002 | Pearl Harbor | Nominated | |
2003 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Best Original Song | Nominated |
2004 | The Last Samurai | Best Original Score | Nominated |
2005 | Spanglish | Nominated | |
2007 | The Da Vinci Code | Nominated | |
2009 | Frost/Nixon | Nominated | |
2011 | Inception | Nominated | |
2014 | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | |
2015 | Interstellar | Nominated | |
2017 | Hidden Figures | Nominated | |
2018 | Dunkirk | Nominated |
Emmys
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | The Pacific | Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special[18] | Nominated |
2017 | Genius | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | "Driving Miss Daisy: End Titles" | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Nominated |
1995 | The Lion King | Nominated | |
Best Musical Album for Children | Won | ||
"Circle of Life" | Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals | Won | |
1996 | Crimson Tide | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Won |
2000 | The Prince of Egypt | Best Soundtrack Album | Nominated |
2001 | Gladiator | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Nominated |
2007 | The Da Vinci Code | Nominated | |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Nominated | ||
2009 | The Dark Knight | Won | |
2011 | Inception | Nominated | |
Sherlock Holmes | Nominated | ||
2013 | The Dark Knight Rises | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated |
2016 | Interstellar | Nominated | |
2018 | Dunkirk | Nominated | |
Hidden Figures | Nominated | ||
2019 | Blade Runner 2049 (shared with Benjamin Wallfisch) | Nominated | |
2020 | The Lion King (2019 film) | Nominated |
- He has also either won or been nominated for the following awards (winners shown in bold):
Satellite Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | The Thin Red Line | Best Original Score | Won |
2001 | Gladiator | Won | |
2002 | Hannibal | Nominated | |
2004 | The Last Samurai | Won | |
2007 | The Da Vinci Code | Nominated | |
2011 | Inception | Won | |
2015 | Interstellar | Nominated | |
2017 | Hidden Figures | Nominated | |
2018 | Dunkirk | Nominated |
Saturn Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Toys (shared with Trevor Horn) | Best Music | Nominated |
1996 | Crimson Tide | Nominated | |
1997 | The Rock (shared with Harry Gregson-Williams and Nick Glennie-Smith) | Nominated | |
1999 | The Prince of Egypt | Nominated | |
2001 | The Road to El Dorado (shared with John Powell) | Nominated | |
Gladiator (shared with Lisa Gerrard) | Nominated | ||
2006 | Batman Begins (shared with James Newton Howard) | Nominated | |
2009 | The Dark Knight (shared with James Newton Howard) | Won | |
2010 | Sherlock Holmes | Nominated | |
2011 | Inception | Won | |
2013 | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated | |
2015 | Interstellar | Won |
Tonys
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | The Lion King | Tony Award for Best Original Score | Nominated |
WAFCA Awards
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Inception | Best Score | Won |
References
- Jealous of the Birds at IMDb
- "Hans Zimmer to Score Neill Blomkamp's 'Chappie'". November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- Idelson, Karen (September 29, 2016). "Jeffrey Katzenberg Exits the Stage With 'Trolls' and 'The Boss Baby' Still to Be Released". Variety. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- "Hans Zimmer to Score Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk'". January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- Dayani, Aahil (July 27, 2017). "Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Involved With 'Blade Runner 2049' Score". Heroic Hollywood. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- Hood, Cooper (November 1, 2017). "Hans Zimmer Set to Score Disney's Live-Action The Lion King". Screen Rant. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- Rubin, Rebecca (2020-06-22). "'SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run' Skipping Theaters to Launch On Demand and CBS All Access (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- "Hans Zimmer to Reteam with Ron Howard on Hillbilly Elegy". FilmMusicReporter. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- "Hans Zimmer to Score Patty Jenkins' 'Wonder Woman 1984'".
- "Top Gun 2 To Be Scored By Hans Zimmer". ScreenRant. 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- Chitwood, Adam (January 7, 2020). "Hans Zimmer Taking Over as 'No Time to Die' Composer with an Insane Time Crunch". Collider. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- "Cameras Roll on Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment's Epic Adaptation of Dune". Business Wire. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ‘No Time to Die’: Hans Zimmer Takes Over Composer on Bond Movie (EXCLUSIVE)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7526033.stm
- Sterling, Scott (January 3, 2018). "Imagine Dragons Documentary Coming To HBO". Radio.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- Hopkins, Tom (August 31, 2018). "Full FIFA 19 Soundtrack Revealed; Hans Zimmer Working on The Journey's Score". Twinfinite. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- "Classical Brit Awards 2001 Nominations". BBC News. May 31, 2001. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- "Hans Zimmer – Awards and Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.