Hans Zimmer, the creative force behind some of Hollywood’s best loved film music, including the Oscar-winning Lion King score, adjusts his chair in front of a sleek black instrument that looks ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer about his latest work for the film "Blitz." A renowned composer came to talk to us the other day about his score for a big new ...

Music in the background of a movie is often crucial to how we experience the film. In some cases, it can become as memorable as the movie itself. Think of the screaming violins in "Psycho" or the ...

Hans Zimmer paused a concert at London’s O2 Arena this week to honor a Ukrainian pianist who stood defiant in the face of an impending Russian air raid by playing the main theme of Zimmer’s “Inception ...

For generations, German composer Hans Zimmer's film scores have soundtracked magic movie moments in "The Lion King," "Gladiator," the "Dark Knight" trilogy, and most recently, "Dune" and "Dune: Part ...

I performed Inception by Hans Zimmer on a public piano — just letting the music speak. The soundtrack’s intensity felt ...

The last time Hans Zimmer was a touring musician, it was around the time Margaret Thatcher took office. Having moved from Germany to England for school as a teenager, opting out of college and having ...

A renowned composer came to talk to us the other day about his score for a big new movie. HANS ZIMMER: I think I probably - all together, we've just probably ruined my career forever. RASCOE: No, no, ...