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Composer · Actor · Producer · age 69

Hans Zimmer

Best rated (music): The Dark Knight (8.5)

Music films
165
Music avg
6.74
Peak run
2014’15
7+ run
4 films
CompareBacon number
Music films, by TMDB rating

The career

Hans Zimmer, music career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2014 to 2015, 7.48456789198519901995200020052010201520202025The Dark Knight 8.5Dark Phoenix 6.0Career avg 6.74

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Hans Zimmer's career barcodecoolhot
1984165 films2026
Current formLast 5: 7.10 vs career 6.74 (+0.36)
  1. WMufasa: The Lion King2024 · 7.3+0.5
  2. WHans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert2025 · 8.2+1.5
  3. WF12025 · 7.8+1.1
  4. LEden2025 · 6.7−0.1
  5. LElla McCay2025 · 5.5−1.2
As a composer, films with 25+ votes

Hans by the numbers

Average
6.74
147 rated films
Vote weighted
6.86
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
43y
1984 to 2026
Total votes
783K
across every film
Best
8.5
The Dark Knight
Worst
6.0
Dark Phoenix
Newest first

Filmography

Music filmography
2026Dune: Part Three posterDune: Part Three·0
2025Ella McCay posterElla McCay5.5147
2025The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension·0
2025Eden posterEden6.7765
2025F1 posterF17.84,796
2025Why We Dream·1
2025Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert8.239
2025The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz·6
2024Mufasa: The Lion King posterMufasa: The Lion King7.32,799
2024Blitz posterBlitz6.0278
2024Kung Fu Panda 4 posterKung Fu Panda 47.03,710
2024Dune: Part Two posterDune: Part Two8.18,720
2023The Creator posterThe Creator7.04,226
2023Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. posterAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret.7.1550
2022The Son posterThe Son6.8610
2022Top Gun: Maverick posterTop Gun: Maverick8.211,695
2022The Survivor posterThe Survivor6.8213
2021The Unforgivable posterThe Unforgivable7.42,146
2021Army of Thieves posterArmy of Thieves6.82,373
2021Dune posterDune7.815,700
Better together?

Hans Zimmer's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer movies · Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer movies · Ridley Scott and Hans Zimmer movies · Tom McGrath and Hans Zimmer movies

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12 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2022
    Hans Zimmer
    Won
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2018
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2015
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2011
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2010
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2001
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1999
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1999
    Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1998
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1997
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1995
    Hans Zimmer
    Won
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1989
    Hans Zimmer
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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