Walt Disney Records:
Biography of Hans Zimmer

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A pianist since age three, Hans Zimmer is a pioneer in the use of digital synthesizers integrated with advanced computer technology and electronic keyboards, along with traditional orchestra.

Zimmer's impressive credits include the Oscar®-nominated score for Barry Levinson's Rain Man. He composed the music for Bruce Beresford's Driving Miss Daisy, as well as A World Apart, a groundbreaking film about South Africa. He also produced the soundtrack for Bernardo Bertolucci's Academy Award®-winning The Last Emperor.

In addition to Days of Thunder, Pacific Heights, Fools for Fortune, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl, Black Rain, Bird on a Wire, Burning Secret, The Paperhouse, Thelma & Louise, and Backdraft, Zimmer's credits include Regarding Henry, Power of One, A League of Their Own, Toys, Calendar Girl, Point of No Return, Younger and Younger, and Disney's Cool Runnings. He also wrote the scores for House of Spirits, Nine Months, and Crimson Tide.

In 1995, Zimmer won an Academy Award® for Best Score for The Lion King.

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