Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly.
Zimmer's works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, three Classical BRIT Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph.
Zimmer was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 12th September 1957, and moved to London as a teenager. While he lived in London, Zimmer wrote advertising jingles for Air-Edel Associates. Zimmer began his musical career playing keyboards and synthesisers. In 1980 he worked with The Buggles, a New Wave band formed in 1977 with Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley, appearing briefly in the video for "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979).
In the 1980s, Zimmer worked with film composer Stanley Myers, a prolific film composer who composed scores for over sixty films. Zimmer and Myers co-founded the London-based Lillie Yard recording studio. Together, Myers and Zimmer worked on fusing the traditional orchestral sound with state-of-the-art electronics. Some of their first movies with this new sound include "Moonlighting" (1982), "Success is the Best Revenge" (1984), "Insignificance" (1985), and "My Beautiful Launderette" (1985). In 1986, Zimmer joined David Byrne and Ryuichi Sakamoto on their Oscar-winning score for "The Last Emperor" (1988).
Soon afterwards, Zimmer began working on his own solo projects. During his solo career years, Zimmer experimented and combined the use of old and new musical technologies. His first solo score was for Chris Menges’s film "A World Apart" (1988). However, the turning point in his career came later that year when he was asked to compose a score for Barry Levinson’s film "Rain Man" (1988). In the score, Zimmer uses synthesizers mixed with steel drums. The score was nominated for an Academy Award in 1989. A year later Zimmer was asked to compose a score for Bruce Beresford's "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), which won a Grammy Award 1991.
In 1994, Zimmer won his biggest commercial hit for Disney’s "The Lion King" (1994). He wanted to go to South Africa himself to record the soundtrack, but couldn't because he had a police record there for making subversive films. "The Lion King" soundtrack won numerous awards, including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and two Grammys. It was then adapted for the Broadway musical version, which won the Tony for Best Musical in 1998.
Since the success of "The Lion King", Zimmer has written numerous film scores. His hundredth composition was for "The Last Samurai" (2003), for which he won both a Golden Globe and a Broadcast Film Critics nomination in 2004. After composing over a hundred film scores, Zimmer finally performed live for the first time in concert with a hundred-piece orchestra and a hundred-person choir at the twenty-seventh Annual Flanders International Film Festival.
He has received numerous honours and awards, including: Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition from the National Board of Review, Frederick Loewe Award in 2003 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement, and BMI's prestigious Richard Kirk Award for lifetime achievement in 1996. Today, Zimmer is considered to be the father of integrating the electronic musical world with traditional orchestral arrangements.
Zimmer's first wife was a model, Vicki Carolin, with whom he has a daughter, model Zoe Zimmer. Zimmer lives in Los Angeles with his second wife Suzanne Zimmer with whom he has an additional three children.
Quattro grammy, tre golden globe, due oscar; le sue colonne sonore sono tra le più amate della storia del cinema!
Dune, Spider-Man 2, Il Cavaliere Oscuro, Interstellar, Il Codice Da Vinci, Pearl Harbor, Il Gladiatore, Mission Impossible, Inception, Pirati dei Caraibi, Spirit, Wonder Woman, Madagascar – tutti i più grandi successi di Hans Zimmer – verranno eseguiti dalla famosa orchestra sinfonica di Kiev, Lords Of The Sound, riconosciuta in tutta Europa per la sua professionalità e bravura.
Nella sua carriera Hans Zimmer ha vinto quattro Grammy, due Oscar alla migliore colonna sonora su dodici candidature, tre Golden Globe e un Brit Award: è uno dei compositori contemporanei più influenti che ha trovato la sua fama dopo l’uscita del film cult “Rain Man”.
“Quando ho ideato la musica per Rain Man, ho continuato a pensare: non cercare di soffocare i personaggi. Non venire in primo piano. Raymond, il personaggio principale, non capisce davvero dove si trova. Vede il mondo in modo diverso da noi… Perché non creare “musica del mondo” per un mondo che esiste solo nella sua testa?” ricorda il compositore.
Da quel film e quella prima candidatura all’Oscar i migliori registi di Hollywood si sono messi in fila per lavorare con lui. La sua musica ha impressionato così tanto la Disney che gli ha commissionato la colonna sonora per il cartone animato “Il Re Leone”: il tema musicale del cartone animato ha portato al compositore tre dei premi più prestigiosi: “Oscar”, “Golden Globe” e “Grammy”.
Nella sua carriera Zimmer ha continuato ad essere premiato per i suoi lavori, diventando davvero il numero uno a Hollywood, tanto che ormai una cerimonia degli Oscar è rara senza una sua candidatura: anche nel 2022 ha vinto con il film Dune.
La straordinaria bravura dell’orchestra Lords of the Sound e le migliori composizioni di Hans Zimmer, faranno vivere al pubblico sensazioni indimenticabili, in un’atmosfera fiabesca e piena di bellezza.
Un concerto sinfonico, che riproporrà quelle che sono tra le colonne sonore più amate della storia del cinema, impreziosito dalla presenza di una rock band e una stupefacente produzione visual con luci e effetti speciali, potenti parti vocali di solisti e coristi e soprattutto un’energia inarrestabile che conquisterà il pubblico in sala.
Gortoz A Ran
Hans Zimmer Lyrics
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E skeud teñval tourioù gell
E skeud teñval tourioù gell
E skeud teñval an tourioù glav
see'hwi am gwelo 'see'hortoz atav
see'hwi am gwelo 'see'hortoz atav
Un deiz a vo 'teuio en-dro
Dreist are morioù, dreist are maezioù
D'am laerezh war an treujoù
'Teuio en-dro karget a fru
E skeud teñval an tourioù do
'Teuio en-dro an avel see'hlas
Da analañ va see'halon see'hloaz't
Kaset e vin diouzh e anal
Pell gant are red en you're vro all
Kaset e vin diouzh e alan
Pell gant are red, hervez 'deus see'hoant
Hervez 'deus see'hoant pell eus are bed
Etre are mor hag are stered
The lyrics of Hans Zimmer's song Gortoz a ran, are in the Breton language and are largely about waiting for someone. The singer is waiting patiently and looking out at the dark rocky towers and the rain. They speak of how they will be back someday, after traversing the seas and mountains. They will come back with haste and passion, and the wind will carry their heart and voice as they call out for someone. They yearn to be reunited with this person, to travel to unfamiliar lands together far away from the sea and the stars.
The song Gortoz a ran was inspired by a Breton folk song and was written for Ridley Scott's 2003 movie Black Hawk Down. It was used as the theme song during the end credits of the movie, which tells the story of a disastrous US military operation in Somalia in 1993. Zimmer collaborated with Breton singer Denez Prigent to create the song, which incorporates traditional Breton melodies and lyrics with modern instrumentation.
Line by Line Meaning
Gortozet 'm eus, gortozet pell
I am waiting, waiting a long time
E skeud teñval tourioù gell
In the dark shadows of old ruins
E skeud teñval an tourioù glav
In the dark shadows of the rainy towers
see'hwi am gwelo 'see'hortoz atav
I see him, waiting still
Un deiz a vo 'teuio en-dro
One day he will come back
Dreist are morioù, dreist are maezioù
Beyond the seas, beyond the mountains
D'am laerezh war an treujoù
To my roots in the land
'Teuio en-dro karget a fru
He will come back loaded with haste
E skeud teñval an tourioù do
In the dark shadows of the towers of God
'Teuio en-dro an avel see'hlas
The wind will turn blue
Da analañ va see'halon see'hloaz't
To soothe my tired heart
Kaset e vin diouzh e anal
I am carried away on its breath
Pell gant are red en you're vro all
Far from the roads of my homeland
Kaset e vin diouzh e alan
I am carried away on its wings
Pell gant are red, hervez 'deus see'hoant
Far from the roads, wherever he wants
Hervez 'deus see'hoant pell eus are bed
Wherever he wants, far from the world
Etre are mor hag are stered
Between the sea and the stars
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@cphillps1749
Still the best War movie I’ve ever seen ….
RIP to those who died that day
@Onionbaron
There are no good movies of war!
@ktown4life1337
@Onionbaron there's lots actually.
@Onionbaron
@@ktown4life1337 I know no good wars!
@Wempler
Sure, but that was not what was written.
@ktown4life1337
@@Onionbaron 10-4 civilian
@JM-tj3np
Gortoz a ran was composed and written by Breton singer Denez Prigent and is part of his 2000 studio album Irvi. Hans Zimmer used Prigent's song for Black Hawk Down in 2001.
@JoseRodrigues-rw6bz
Melhor música que ouvi na minha vida.
@bloodCount8895
Quite possibly one of the best war movies ever produced
@shootertrns
This song was appropriately used at the end of Black Hawk down because we had a pilot that was captured by Somali rebels, and they played this over the scene where we were announcing over the radio waves, and in the air that he has not forgotten, and that we will come and get him at the end of the film