Hans Zimmer

The German-born Zimmer began his career writing advertising jingles before teaming up with "Trevor Horn" and Geoff Downes as the Buggles to produce the smash single "Video Killed the Radio Star" and the subsequent album The Age of Plastic. Following a meeting with film composer "Stanley Myers", the two set up the Lillie Yard Studio in London and began collaborating on a number of film soundtracks, including "Jerzy Skolimowski"'s "Moonlighting" (1982), "Nicholas Roeg"'s "Insignificance" (1985), and "Stephen Frears"' widely acclaimed "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985).

Zimmer's career hit a turning point when, based on the strength of his score for the... Full Biography