![]() ![]() The soundtrack led to an Oscar nomination and Zimmer becoming the go-to guy for scoring high-profile prestige films including “Driving Miss Daisy”, “Days of Thunder”, and “Backdraft”. The success of these soundtracks introduced Zimmer to Hollywood, and was subsequently invited to assist Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne score Bertolucci’s epic “The Last Emperor”.Īfter a handful of other film scores including “Wonderland”, “Paperhouse”, “Burning Secret”, and “A World Apart” in 1986, Zimmer was enlisted to compose the soundtrack for “Rain Man” featuring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. After founding Lillie Yard Studios in London alongside Stanley Meyers, the pair scored the soundtracks to the films, “Moonlighting”, “Success is The Best Revenge”, “Insignificance” and the hit “My Beautiful Launderette”. The band subsequently released the worldwide smash hit “Video Killed the Radio Star”, which became the first ever video broadcasted on MTV in 1979.Ĭiting the influences of composers Ennio Morricone, Elmer Bernstein, John Barry, and more notably Stanley Meyers, Zimmer directed his efforts to writing film scores, using both classical and electronic techniques of sound production. After this time Zimmer began experimenting with the piano, making modifications to its design by adding the likes of chainsaws, which marked the beginning of Hans Zimmer’s excursions into electronic synthesisers.Īfter moving to England, Zimmer began writing the music for television commercials during which time he met the musicians Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes and formed the rock group entitled The Buggles. Born to a musical mother and an inventive, engineering father, Zimmer took piano lessons at an early age however stopped after a few weeks not liking the discipline of formal lessons. ![]()
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