Hans Florian Zimmer is a successful German film composer and music producer, who has composed music for over 150 films, including award-winning film scores for The Lion King (1994), Crimson Tide (1995), The Thin Red Line (1998), Gladiator (2000), The Last Samurai (2003), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), and 12 Years a Slave (2013). [Read more…] about How many hours of formal music education did Hans Zimmer have?