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Hans Zimmer
Biography
Born
September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany

Years Active:
80s | 90s | Current

 
Hans Zimmer is a composer and keyboard synthesizer player who made popular music history then became one of the most successful film score composers.

Raised and educated mainly in England, he has no formal musical education; he says the most he ever got was about "two weeks of piano lessons." Nevertheless, he took an early interest in electronic musical synthesizers in the 1970s, when these were large, bulky analog devices programmed usually by means of patch cords and individual oscillator settings.

He found work writing tunes and electronically scoring music for television comm
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Selected Discography:
  Album Title Released Label Price
The Da Vinci Code



2006 Decca $6.99
AMG Top Pick
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