Background
- Hans Zimmer is a creative and talented composer in the film industry;
- Hans Zimmer is a family man married to Suzanne with four children;
- Hans Zimmer was born in Frankfurt in German in 1957;
- Zimmer’s interest in music can be traced to his early age when he was 3 years old and started to play piano;
- He became a music composer at the age of six;
- He later moved to Britain to pursue education;
- He was expelled severally from school for preferring music to school work;
- Hans started his music career immediately after school;
- In collaboration with Downes Geoff and Trevor Horn, Zimmer constituted Buggles band in 1979;
- They recorded their first album “The Age of Plastic”;
- Their first hit song that become the first to be shown on MTV is “Video Killed the Radio Star”;
- Hans latter left the Buggles for the firm of Myers Stanley (composer) who taught him about film scoring;
- Zimmer and Stanly scored several films together;
- In 1986 Hans decided to score “Vardo” by himself;
- During 1980s Zimmer as a composer became a force to reckon with in the industry.
Zimmer’s Works
- Zimmer is one composer who has excelled tremendously in the film industry;
- A turning point in his career was in 1988 when he scored “Rain man”;
- The film earned Hans his first award: Academy Award nomination for being the best original score and Best Picture Oscar recipient;
- In 1989 he composed Driving Daisy, which won him another Oscar for Best Picture;
- During 1990s Zimmer exhibited pre-eminent talent in the industry;
- Zimmer is one composer who has excelled tremendously in the film industry;
- A turning point in his career was in 1988 when he scored “Rain man”;
- The film earned Hans his first award: Academy Award nomination for being the best original score and Best Picture Oscar recipient;
- In 1989 he composed Driving Daisy, which won him another Oscar for Best Picture;
- During 1990s Zimmer exhibited pre-eminent talent in the industry.
Success of Hans Zimmer
Several Zimmer’s films have registered impressive score between 1980 to date.
They include Pearl harbor, Days of thunder, Tears of the sun, True romance, A league of their own, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, The ring, Ridley among others.
Hans was able to score the music for Gladiator in 2000 and obtained Oscar nomination, broadcast Film critics awards and Golden Globe, which sold over 3M copies.
Hans performed live at the 27th Flanders International film festival live where he expressed his talent in music after performing The Thin Red Line, The Lion King, Rain Man, and Mission: Impossible.
Secrets of Zimmer’s Success
- Zimmer draws his fans from far and wide in the industry.
- Hans also employ latest technology in his production and management, which have led to his success.
- Zimmer has peculiar personality.
- He is a reluctant performer who inspire his fans.
- The biggest fans of Zimmer are his closest associates, which has boosted his position in the industry.
- Zimmer is innovative and normally integrate orchestral and digital elements in his productions, which have enable him achieve great success in the industry.
Hans Achievements
Hans Zimmer made several achievements as a composer and producer in the music and Film Industry.
Sherlock Holmes, Gladiator, The thin Red Line, The Prince of Egypt, As Good As It Gets, The preacher, The Lion King and Rain Man were listed for Academy Award nomination where The Lion King won the award in 1994.
Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code, Spanglish, The Last Samurai, Spirit, Pearl Harbor, Gladiator, The Prince of Egypt and The Lion King were nominated for the Golden Globe Awards where The Lion and Gladiator won in 1995 and 2001 respectively.
The Da Vinci Code, The Last Samurai, Hannibal, Gladiator and The Thin Red Line were nominated for Satellite Wards and The Thin Red Line, Galdiator and The Last Samurai won the wards in 1999, 2001 and 2004 respectively.
Awards
The Dark Knight and Crimson Tide won the Grammy Awards in 2009 and 1996.
Other productions like The Lion King, Gladiator and the Da Vinci Code were nominated for the same award but did not win.
Several productions of Zimmer were nominated for Saturn Awards but it is The Dark Knight, which won the award in 2009.
The Kung Fu Panda and Secrets of the Furious Five music both won the Annies awards in 2008.
The Pacific and The Lion King were nominated for Emmys and Tonys awards in 2010 and 1998 respectively but they did not win.
Reasons for Zimmer’s Success
- Hans Zimmer’s success can be traced back to his childhood.
- It is evident from Zimmer’s childhood that he has passion in music when he started paying guitar at the age of three.
- The same is evidenced during his school work when he could face expulsion from school for his love of music.
- Another reason for Hans’ success is his mentorship from Stanley Myers who gave him what it takes to be a good composer.
- Zimmer never feared to venture and his courage to aim higher made him become a leader in the industry.
- In addition, Hans preference of experimentation and sound dissection with an aim to create new ones has contributed to his success.
- Zimmer is a visionary producer and composer.
- Zimmer has fantastic strategies and good organization that enable him to conquer the global market.
- Zimmer is able to identify with his targeted market and always ensure he provide them with their needs.
- The content of Zimmer’s production are of substance.
- Hans is a sound engineer capable of producing quality sound.
- Zimmer also prefer simplicity for complexity.
- Zimmer ensures his themes are simple which make them effectual and easy to remember.
- Zimmer has fabulous production abilities that enables him to produce powerful movies and music.
- Hans has always made right collaborations which have improved is capabilities in production and composition of music and movies.
- The availability of fund is also another reason for Zimmer’s success since he is able to execute his objectives and activities.
How Zimmer Create Emotion within Music
- Zimmer selection of emotional, effective and easy themes contribute to emotion creation within his music.
- Zimmer uses between 2 to 4 tones in building extraordinary emotional themes.
- Zimmer know how to engineer emotions and build them gradually such that by the time his music ends it leaves listeners with buildups of emotional feelings.
- Zimmer performance and visual episodes in his music match perfectly well and helps to impress and build emotions.
- The lyrics of Zimmer’s music present the message that his listeners would like to hear and they can easily be related to one’s or real life situations.
- Zimmer’s performance of his music is relaxed and inspiring.
Conclusion
- Zimmer enter music and film industry when he was still a young boy.
- Zimmer has been successful as a producer and a composer.
- Zimmer has been able to produce creative and entertaining movies and music.
- Some of the Zimmer’s production which have won different awards include The Lion King, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Last Samurai, Crimson Tide, The Dark Knight, Kung Fu Panda and Secrets of the Furious Five.
- The success of Zimmer is attributed to his visionary, courage to explore, organization, production, composition presentation among others.
- Zimmer’s innovation of integrated orchestral and digital elements in his productions have enable him achieve great success in the industry.
- Zimmer has earned a position in the film industry as one of the global players.
