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I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film.

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Hans Zimmer
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 12
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Film Composer
Film Score Composer
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Pianist
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Frankfurt/Main
Hans Florian Zimmer
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The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I don't see a lot of daylight. I hang out with musicians, I hang out with directors and I just try to spend as much of my life as possible playing music.
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The rules are: The more playful we get, the more we can get rid of the rules.
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Why get up in the morning unless you’re going to have an adventure?
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What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are ticking away you have to be aware that it needs to be an adventure
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You always hear these stories of how Hollywood is so merciless on composers and how they all get beaten up. Nobody beats me up as much as I beat myself up. This is what I love doing and I have one life to do it in, and I better do it right. I better do it well.
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I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music was all I wanted to do.
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