THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER & OTHERS

No other composer has influenced the film world over the last two decades as much as Oscar, Globe and Emmy award-winner Hans Zimmer with his breathtaking compositions for films such as “James Bond”, “The Lion King”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Gladiator”, “The Dark Knight”, “Man of Steel”, “Inception” and “Interstellar”.

The press is enthusiastic:

“…What a successful event and what an enthusiastic audience…”

“…Fascinating how the spark was ignited at this concert…”

“…The titles with a large film orchestra were very impressive …”

THE HOLLYWOOD FILM ORCHESTRA

The Hollywood Film Orchestra was founded for this concert series and usually works together with state orchestras from Europe. It has performed in the world’s leading music centers, from the Koncerthuset in Copenhagen to the Konzerthaus in Vienna, from the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg to the Salle Pleyel in Paris, from the Laeiszhalle Hamburg to the Tonhalle Zurich.

– COMPOSERS –

– HANS ZIMMER –

Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German film composer, arranger and music producer. The Oscar-winning artist works in Hollywood. He has been nominated eleven times for the Oscar, fourteen times for the Golden Globe and ten times for the Grammy Award. He received his first Oscar nomination in 1989 for the film “Rain Man”. In 1995, he received his first Oscar for “The Lion King” and a second for “Dune” in 2022. In 2010, a star was unveiled for him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Zimmer’s soundtrack albums have sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.

– ENNIO MORRICONE –

Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928, died July 6, 2020 in Rome) was an Italian composer and conductor. He composed the film music for more than 500 films.
His name is primarily associated with the genre of western films, as he wrote the music for 30 such films, but he mainly composed film music for other genres.
He achieved particular fame with the film music for the western classics “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (Italian: “Il buono, il gross, il cattivo”), the western epic “Once Upon a Time in the West”, Roland Joffé’s drama “The Mission” and Giuseppe Tornatore’s film “Cinema Paradiso”.

Morricone received an Academy Honorary Award in 2007 and an Oscar in 2016 for the music to the film “The Hateful Eight”.

– KLAUS BADELT –

Klaus Badelt (born 12 June 1967 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer who specializes in television and film music. In 1997, he began an internship at Hans Zimmer’s Mediaventures studio in California and worked with him on several films in the following years, including “Gladiator”, “Hannibal” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Klaus Badelt has composed for big names from Steven Spielberg to Ridley Scott and created music for films such as “X-Men” and “Asterix & Obelix” as well as for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
He is the owner of Wunderhorn Music Studio.

All presented by a pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean!