Hans Zimmer discography
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German composer and music producer Hans Zimmer has composed and produced over one hundred soundtracks and film scores. Of them, about 50 soundtracks and songs have been nominated for awards. He has won two Academy Awards (The Lion King, Dune), four Satellite Awards (The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception), three Golden Globe Awards (The Lion King, Gladiator, Dune), five Grammy Awards (two prizes for The Lion King, Crimson Tide, The Dark Knight and Dune: Part Two), three Saturn Awards (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar), two Annie Awards (Kung Fu Panda, Secrets of the Furious Five), and two WAFCA Awards (Inception, Dune).
As composer
Feature films
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Vardo | Matthew Jacobs | N/a | N/a |
| 1990 | Arcadia | Paul Bamborough | Channel Four Films Working Title Films |
N/a |
| 1991 | To the Moon, Alice | Jessie Nelson | Chanticleer Films | N/a |
| 2008 | Secrets of the Furious Five | Raman Hui | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Henry Jackman and John Powell Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form |
| 2011 | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Simon J. Smith | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images |
Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Tony Leondis | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Lorne Balfe and John Powell | |
| 2012 | The Longest Daycare | David Silverman | Gracie Films Film Roman 20th Century Fox |
The Simpsons animated short Composed with James Dooley |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Rodolphe Guenoden | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Lorne Balfe and John Powell |
Television
Video games
| Year | Title | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Simpsons Game | Electronic Arts | Composed with James Dooley, Christopher Lennertz and Tim Wynn |
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Activision | Main themes only Score composed by Lorne Balfe |
| 2011 | Crysis 2 | Electronic Arts | Theme music only Score composed by Lorne Balfe, Tilman Sillescu and Borislav Slavov |
| Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Activision | Main themes only Score composed by Lorne Balfe | |
| 2015 | Arena of Valor | TiMi Studios | Composed with Jeff Broadbent and Matthew Carl Earl |
| 2018 | FIFA 19[25] | Electronic Arts | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard[26] | ||
| TBA | Ashfall[27] | NetEase Games | Composed with Inon Zur and Steve Mazzaro |
As soundtrack producer
1980s
| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Byrne | Bernardo Bertolucci | N/a |
1990s
| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Shirley Walker | John Carpenter | Synthesist |
| 1993 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Bruce Timm Eric Radomski | ||
| 1994 | Speed | Mark Mancina | Jan de Bont | N/a |
| 1996 | Twister | N/a | ||
| White Squall | Jeff Rona | Ridley Scott | N/a | |
| 1997 | Face/Off | John Powell | John Woo | N/a |
| The Borrowers | Harry Gregson-Williams | Peter Hewitt | N/a | |
| 1998 | Antz | Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell |
Eric Darnell Tim Johnson |
N/a |
| Armageddon | Trevor Rabin Harry Gregson-Williams Steve Jablonsky Don L. Harper John Van Tongeren Paul Linford |
Michael Bay | N/a | |
| With Friends Like These... | John Powell | Philip Frank Messina | N/a | |
| 1999 | Endurance | Leslie Woodhead Bud Greenspan |
N/a |
2000s
2010s
| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Heitor Pereira & Pharrell Williams | Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud |
N/a |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Atli Örvarsson | Tommy Wirkola | N/a |
| Beyond: Two Souls | Lorne Balfe | David Cage | Video game | |
| Bullet to the Head | Steve Mazzaro | Walter Hill | N/a | |
| 2014 | Divergent | Junkie XL | Neil Burger | N/a |
| 2015 | Auschwitz | Benjamin Wallfisch | James Moll | Documentary short |
| Terminator Genisys | Lorne Balfe | Alan Taylor | Executive music producer | |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | ||
| The Edge of Seventeen | Atli Örvarsson | Kelly Fremon Craig | N/a | |
| 2017 | Rings | Matthew Margeson | F. Javier Gutiérrez | Executive music producer |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | Heitor Pereira | Karey Kirkpatrick |
2020s
| Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Rhythm Section | Steve Mazzaro | Reed Morano | Executive music producer |
| Scoob! | Tom Holkenborg | Tony Cervone | N/a | |
| 2022 | The Ride To Happiness | Tomorrowland | N/a | This is a roller coaster in Belgium. |
| 2025 | Fixed | Tyler Bates Joanne Higginbottom |
Genndy Tartakovsky | Executive music producer |
As other
1980s
| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Eureka | Stanley Myers | Nicolas Roeg | Composer: Additional music |
| 1986 | Castaway | |||
| 1988 | Prisoner of Rio | Luiz Bonfá & Luciano Perrone | Lech Majewski |
1990s
| Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | White Fang | Basil Poledouris | Randal Kleiser | Composer: Additional music |
| 1993 | Sniper | Gary Chang | Luis Llosa | |
| 1996 | White Squall | Jeff Rona | Ridley Scott | |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Harry Gregson-Williams | Bille August |
2000s
| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Johnny English | Edward Shearmur | Peter Howitt | Composer: 'A Man for All Seasons' |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | Henning Lohner & Martin Tillman | Hideo Nakata | Composer: Themes |
| 2007 | August Rush | Mark Mancina | Kirsten Sheridan | Composer: Additional music |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | |
2010s
| Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | Composer: Additional music |
Live albums
Charted and certified songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [29] |
AUS [30] |
CAN [31] |
FRA [32] |
IRE [33] |
NZ [34] |
SWE [35] |
UK [36] |
US Bub. [37] |
WW [38] | ||||
| "God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi" | 1999 | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Thin Red Line | |
| "CheValiers de Sangreal" | 2006 | — | — | — | 158 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Da Vinci Code | |
| "Hoist the Colors" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | |
| "Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho" | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | |||
| "Spider Pig" | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 53 | 23 | — | — | The Simpsons Movie: The Music | ||
| "Time" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Inception | |
| "Rise" | 2012 | — | — | — | 196 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | The Dark Knight Rises | |
| "Aurora" | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | 19 | — | Non-album single | ||
| "What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | 96 | — | — | Man of Steel | |
| "Cornfield Chase" | 2016 | — | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Interstellar | |
| "S.T.A.Y." | — | — | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "No Time for Caution" | — | — | — | 196 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Time (Alan Walker Remix)" (with Alan Walker) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[A] | —[B] | — | Non-album single | |
| "Main Titles (You've Been Called Back to Top Gun)" (with Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, and Lady Gaga) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | —[C] | — | —[D] | —[E] | — | Top Gun: Maverick | |
| "Top Gun Anthem" (with Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, and Lady Gaga) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[F] | —[G] | — | |||
| "Click Clack Symphony" (Raye featuring Hans Zimmer) |
2026 | 53 | 42 | 63 | 116 | 16 | 40 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 68 | This Music May Contain Hope | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
As contributor
- Albums by other musicians, featuring guest appearances by Zimmer. Sorted chronologically.
- 1980: The Damned, "The History of the World (Part 1)" single, included on The Black Album (additional synthesizers and engineering)
- 1985: Shriekback, Oil and Gold (additional synthesizers and engineering)
- 1985: Who Cares?, "Doctor in Distress" single (synthesizer performance)
- 2024: Andrea Bocelli, "Time to Say Goodbye" single, included on Duets (30th Anniversary) (featured artist and producer)
- 2026: Raye, "Click Clack Symphony" single, included on This Music May Contain Hope (featured artist, composer and producer)
