Hans Zimmer: Hollywood composer (Arte): How did he become the king of soundtracks?

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood composer (Arte): How did he become the king of soundtracks?

This 65-year-old autodidak, born in Germany, is considered one of Hollywood’s greatest composers. A glimpse (right?) into the beginning of a child is genius!

Hans Zimmer has become one of the most famous composers of film music in his forty-year career. Portrait of a sound-loving musician…

young rebel

You may have been expelled from eight schools for indiscipline, taken a total of two weeks of piano lessons, and received two Oscars for Best Film Score at home. for one Lion King, in 1995, for another dunesin 2022. This is the case for Hans.

Ultravox to Mecano

This collector of computers and electronics has made a name for himself by collaborating with members of the British new wave band Ultravox, then curiously with Spanish pop trio Mecano (Hijo de la luna, Une femme avec une femme…). It was a tremendous commercial success in France and Europe in the mid-1980s.

Revealed by Rain Man’s soundtrack!

Director Barry Levinson, liking one of Zimmer’s albums, knocks on the door of Zimmer’s recording studio unannounced. She persuades him to fly to Hollywood and compose the soundtrack for Rain Man (1988). ” The music was selected for the Oscar. I left the candidates’ lunch overflowing with offers. »

Hans Zimmer: The Hollywood Composer on Sunday 21 May at 11:05 Arte

FREDERICK RAPILLY

Source: Programme Television

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