Hans Zimmer Breaks Down His Career, from 'Gladiator' to 'Interstellar' | Vanity Fair

Film composer Hans Zimmer reflects on his legendary career. Zimmer composed music for over 100 movies, including "My Beautiful Launderette," "Rain Man," "Gladiator," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight," "The Dark Knight Rises," "Inception," "Interstellar," and "Blue Planet II." Tune in for BBC America's Planet Earth: Blue Planet II."



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Hans Zimmer Breaks Down His Career, from 'Gladiator' to 'Interstellar' | Vanity Fair

[Amcor]

"Pirates movie, really, seriously? This is the worst idea I've ever heard"
*Writes a masterpiece*

[Yallboots]

"Man reluctantly creates the best scores of all time"

[lotfiabdel]

Hans is the proof that sometimes the soundtrack is better than the movie itself!

[MHTutorialsD]

Interstellar will always be timeless for me

[erginushi]

Having Hans Zimmer as soundtrack creator, instantly makes the movie 50% better.

[aidenjarrell]

I like how honest he is
Director: lets write a pirate movie
Hans: this is stupid

[eren]

"I wrote a requiem for my dad" such a frickkin powerfull sentence !

[Zebedeyo]

I wish for Hans Zimmer to keep having more accidents and unplanned events like these for more decades!

[shamush]

The Interstellar soundtrack gives you the legitimate feeling of freedom, fear, and emptiness that come with the exploration of space. It's amazing.

[thekleptodeer]

Hans Zimmer: *Falls asleep at keyboard*
Hans Zimmer *Wakes up* Oh look, a masterpiece

[tylergraham]

Dune might be in my Top 3 of his now. Was absolutely incredible, and added so much to the movie. Simply incredible

[racheldeschaine]

I love how almost every story about a movie began with, "Well, at first I didn't want to do it" He's so funny😂

[JoseLopez-dshv]

“ I loved how wrong I was and how right he was” ppl as big as him will never say thing like this. He’s so humble

[stabgan]

His last line is the reason he is a legend .
"I'm still learning"

[TheComedyHistorian]

Hans Zimmer has literally changed the world with his musical vision, and the craziest thing is that even after acknowledging that fact he still maintains this beguiling humility. What a legend. I have nothing but the utmost respect for this musical genius.

[williamgregory]

This man’s only formal music training was two weeks of piano lessons. He was thrown out of eight schools. He is a self-taught musician and film score composer.

That should tell you how talented he is.

[drcraby]

Hans Zimmer looks exactly like how I imagine someone named Hans Zimmer would look

[caleblim]

Hans: that’s got to be the worst idea I’ve ever heard.
Director: so it would seem...

Hans: *writes iconic soundtrack*

[Esandeech]

Saw his live shows twice. He’s so down to earth and humble. He never once spoke of his accolades. He constantly praised his crew. Saying how amazing they were and how he couldn’t have done it without them.

[admn]

I know it's not a movie, but his soundtrack is a big reason why Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (2009) campaign, and the game overall is so legendary.