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Hans Zimmer
Birth
Florian is his middle name. On September 12, 1957, he was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.1)
Growing Up
He grew up in Königstein-Falkenstein, where he played the piano at home but only briefly since he loathed the discipline of regular tuition.As a youngster, he relocated to London and attended Hurtwood House School.2)
Jewish
Zimmer acknowledged his Jewish heritage in a speech at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival, recounting his mother's flight to England in 1939.3)
Krakatoa
Hans Zimmer began his musical career in the 1970s with the band Krakatoa, where he played keyboards and synthesizers.4)
Buggles
He was a member of the Buggles, a new wave band created in 1977 in London by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley. Zimmer appears briefly in the Buggles' 1979 music video for “Video Killed the Radio Star”.5)
Krisma
Following his time with the Buggles, he began working with the Italian band Krisma, a new wave band founded in 1976 by Maurizio Acieri and Christina Moser. Krisma's third album, Cathode Mamma, featured him as a featured synthesist.6)
Mecano
Zimmer (on keyboards) and Cann (on drums) were both invited to perform with the Spanish ensemble Mecano in Segovia (Spain) in 1984. Two songs from this event were included on the “Mecano: En Concierto” CD, which was only sold in Spain.7)
History of the World
In 1980, Zimmer co-produced a single, “History of the World, Part 1,” with and for the Damned, which was also featured on their 1980 LP release, “The Black Album,” and was labeled “Over-Produced by Hans Zimmer”.8)