German-born musician Hans Zimmer is one of the most accomplished film composers of all time, with a collection of awards on his shelf and over 100 movies to his credit - including such acclaimed scores as “The Lion King,” “Gladiator,” and “The Dark Knight.” Zimmer has been nominated for another Academy Award for his score to last summer’s mind-expanding blockbuster, “Inception,” for which the composer went so far as visiting the French National Archives in order to sample one note from Edith Piaf’s song “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” and then using technology to compress and expand that motif to reflect the plot’s multi-leveled action. What is your favorite Hans Zimmer film score? How does a film’s music enhance or hinder what is happening on-screen?

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Hans Zimmer, Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning German film score composer and music producer. Zimmer is nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of Inception. For nearly three decades he has composed music for over 100 films including The Lion King, Gladiator, and The Dark Knight. Some of his recent works are Frost/Nixon (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Megamind (2010). He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Classical BRIT Award, and an Academy Award.