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Hans Zimmer

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Hans Florian Zimmer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ] ; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Zimmer is the 78th most popular composer (up from 79th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Germany (up from 224th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Composer.

Hans Zimmer is a German composer and music producer. He has composed scores for over 150 films, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, The Lion King, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hans Zimmer ranks 78 out of 1,451. Before him are François Couperin, George Gershwin, Johann Christian Bach, Alexander Scriabin, Franz Lehár, and Jules Massenet. After him are César Franck, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Josquin des Prez, Alban Berg, Leoš Janáček, and Johann Pachelbel.

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Among people born in 1957, Hans Zimmer ranks 3. Before him are Osama bin Laden, and Bongbong Marcos. After him are Hamid Karzai, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Donald Tusk, Jaggi Vasudev, Luis Antonio Tagle, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Zimmer ranks 207 out of 7,253. Before him are Nico (1938), Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick Trump (1869), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Gottlob Frege (1848), and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808). After him are Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Johannes Stark (1874), Hans Lippershey (1570), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hans Zimmer ranks 15. Before him are Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Carl Orff (1895), and Johann Christian Bach (1735). After him are Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), and Paul Hindemith (1895).

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