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- Hans Zimmer is a German film score composer, he has received several awards and nominations throughout his career including two Academy Awards out of twelve nominations, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, among others. His first Academy Award nomination came in 1988 for his work in Barry Levinson's drama film Rain Man. In 1994, he scored the animated film The Lion King, for which he won his first Academy Award. He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and two Grammy Awards, Best Musical Album for Children for the film's soundtrack and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals for the song "Circle of Life". He also received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Original Score for the musical based on the film. In 2000, he scored Ridley Scott's historical drama Gladiator alongside Lisa Gerrard, for the film, he received nominations for the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Composer and a second Golden Globe Award. In 2008, he collaborated with James Newton Howard for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, their work received several nominations and won a Classical Brit Award and a Grammy Award. He continued collaborating with Christopher Nolan, scoring Inception (2009), Interstellar (2014) and Dunkirk (2017), the films gave Zimmer his ninth, tenth and eleventh Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score, respectively, alongside receiving nominations for each film at the BAFTA Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Zimmer has also collaborated with Steve McQueen, in 12 Years a Slave (2013), composed with Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch, and Widows (2018), receiving Golden Globe nominations for both films. In 2017, he scored Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 alongside Benjamin Wallfisch, receiving a BAFTA Awards nomination for the film. In 2019, Zimmer scored the 2019 remake of The Lion King, receiving two Grammy Award nominations. In 2021, he collaborated again with Villeneuve in Dune, for his work, he won various awards from critics associations, including an Academy Award; he is also nominated for a Grammy. (en)
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