Hans Zimmer

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Hans Zimmer recalls insulting Her Majesty as a child: 'You're not the ... (OK! Magazine)

Legendary composer Hans Zimmer has admitted to insulting the Queen when he was a young boy and joked that if she remembered the encounter he may be axed ...

Speaking backstage at the event, he told the PA news agency: "I’ve met her a couple of times. He continued: "Because I was introduced to her and I looked at her and I stared at her and I said: ‘You’re not the Queen,’ and she goes: ‘Why not?’ And I say: ‘You’re not wearing a crown,’ which to a three year old makes perfect sense. I remember when I was tiny, when I was three or four years old, and I sort of insulted her."

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How Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood left Hans Zimmer starstruck (Far Out Magazine)

In 2017, Greenwood and his band joined legendary composer Hans Zimmer to work on the BBC's Blue Planet II soundtrack. They joined forces to rework Radiohead's ' ...

“That whole thing for me, the idea of discovering life that humanity doesn’t know about, is to me one of the most profound kind of things, profound concepts. Yorke also explained that the original Blue Planet documentary, which first aired in 2001, was a “profound, spiritual” experience for him. In 2017, Greenwood and his band joined legendary composer Hans Zimmer to work on the BBC’s Blue Planet II soundtrack.

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Why Hans Zimmer Has Never Composed An MCU Movie (Screen Rant)

Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer has never composed a Marvel Cinematic Universe film for stylistic, personal, and production reasons.

He is clearly aligned with DC, so it makes sense that he hasn't collaborated with Kevin Feige, Disney, and Marvel Studios. As Marvel's direct competitor, it makes sense that composing themes for the likes of Captain America, Doctor Strange, or Spider-Man soundtracks might be seen as a conflict of interest to the owners of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Zimmer has composed three DCEU movies, most recently leading on Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984. As one of Hollywood's most prolific movie composers, it is surprising that Hans Zimmer has not composed a movie in the MCU, but there are a few reasons why.

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