Hans Zimmer

A titan of the movie industry, Hans Zimmer has scored films including Gladiator, The Lion King, Dunkirk and Inception. Originally from Germany, Zimmer is self-taught and has said that Ennio Morricone’s score for Once Upon a Time in the West was the work that inspired him to become a film composer. His big break came when he wrote the score for Rain Man in 1988.