# Hans Zimmer discography

German composer and music producer Hans Zimmer has composed and produced over one hundred soundtracks and film scores. Of them, about 50 soundtracks and songs were nominated for awards. He has won two Academy Awards (The Lion King, Dune), four Satellite Awards (The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception), three Golden Globe Awards (The Lion King, Gladiator, Dune), four Grammy Awards (two prizes for The Lion King, Crimson Tide, The Dark Knight), three Saturn Awards (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar), two Annie Awards (Kung Fu Panda, Secrets of the Furious Five), and two WAFCA Awards (Inception, Dune).

## As composer
### Feature films
#### 1980s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio / Distributor | Notes |
| 1982 | Moonlighting | Jerzy Skolimowski | Miracle Films | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1984 | Success Is the Best Revenge | Jerzy Skolimowski | Gaumont Film Company | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1984 | Story of O – Chapter 2 | Éric Rochat | Cannon Film Distributors | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Stephen Frears | Working Title Films Channel Four Films | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1985 | Insignificance | Nicolas Roeg | Recorded Picture Company Zenith Productions | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1986 | The Zero Boys | Nico Mastorakis | Omega Entertainment | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1986 | Separate Vacations | Michael Anderson | Alliance Communications Playboy Productions | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1987 | Terminal Exposure | Nico Mastorakis | Omega Entertainment | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1987 | Nightmare at Noon | Nico Mastorakis | Omega Entertainment | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1987 | The Wind | Nico Mastorakis | Omega Entertainment | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1987 | The Nature of the Beast | Franco Rosso | Channel Four Films Cannon Film Distributors | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1988 | The Fruit Machine | Philip Saville | Film4 Productions Cannon Films | — |
| 1988 | A World Apart | Chris Menges | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | — |
| 1988 | Taffin | Francis Megahy | Vestron Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1988 | Paperhouse | Bernard Rose | Working Title Films Vestron Pictures | Composed with Stanley Myers |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Barry Levinson | Barris Industries Guber-Peters Company United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score 1st of the 4 collaborations with Barry Levinson |
| 1988 | Burning Secret | Andrew Birkin | Vestron Pictures | — |
| 1989 | Twister | Michael Almereyda | Vestron Pictures | — |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Ridley Scott | Paramount Pictures | 1st of the 6 collaborations with Ridley Scott |
| 1989 | Diamond Skulls | Nick Broomfield | Film4 Productions Working Title Films | — |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Bruce Beresford | The Zanuck Company Warner Bros. Pictures | Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media |

#### 1990s

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
| 1990 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | Bernard Rose | LIVE Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films New Line Cinema | — |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | John Badham | Interscope Communications Universal Pictures | — |
| 1990 | Fools of Fortune | Pat O'Connor | Channel Four Films | — |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Tony Scott | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Paramount Pictures | 1st of the 4 collaborations with Tony Scott |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger | Morgan Creek Productions 20th Century Fox (Theatrical) Sony Pictures (Home media) | — |
| 1990 | Green Card | Peter Weir | Umbrella Entertainment Touchstone Pictures | — |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures | 1st of the 9 collaborations with Ron Howard |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott | Pathé Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music |
| 1991 | Regarding Henry | Mike Nichols | Paramount Pictures | — |
| 1991 | Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | Charles Finch | August Entertainment Columbia TriStar | Composed with Mark Mancina |
| 1991 | K2 | Franc Roddam | Paramount Pictures | Composed with Chaz Jankel |
| 1992 | Radio Flyer | Richard Donner | Columbia Pictures | — |
| 1992 | The Power of One | John G. Avildsen | Regency Enterprises Le Studio Canal+ Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | — |
| 1992 | A League of Their Own | Penny Marshall | Columbia Pictures | — |
| 1992 | Toys | Barry Levinson | Baltimore Pictures 20th Century Fox | Composed with Trevor Horn Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | John Badham | Warner Bros. Pictures | — |
| 1993 | Younger and Younger | Percy Adlon | Transmundo Films | — |
| 1993 | Calendar Girl | John Whitesell | Columbia Pictures | — |
| 1993 | True Romance | Tony Scott | Morgan Creek Productions Davis Films Warner Bros. Pictures | — |
| 1993 | Cool Runnings | Jon Turteltaub | Walt Disney Pictures | — |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Bille August | Constantin Film Miramax Films | — |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | James L. Brooks | Gracie Films Columbia Pictures | — |
| 1994 | Renaissance Man | Penny Marshall | Cinergi Pictures Touchstone Pictures | — |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Roger Allers Rob Minkoff | Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Pictures | Original songs by Elton John & Tim Rice Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media First score for an animated film |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | John Badham | Paramount Pictures | — |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Tony Scott | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Hollywood Pictures | Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 1995 | Beyond Rangoon | John Boorman | Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia Pictures | — |
| 1995 | Nine Months | Chris Columbus | 1492 Pictures 20th Century Fox | — |
| 1995 | Something to Talk About | Lasse Hallström | Warner Bros. Pictures | Composed with Graham Preskett |
| 1995 | Two Deaths | Nicolas Roeg | Castle Hill | — |
| 1996 | The Whole Wide World | Dan Ireland | Sony Pictures Classics The Kushner-Locke Company Cineville | with Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | John Woo | 20th Century Fox | — |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Brian Henson | Jim Henson Productions Walt Disney Pictures | Original songs by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
| 1996 | The Rock | Michael Bay | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Hollywood Pictures | Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 1996 | The Fan | Tony Scott | Mandalay Entertainment Scott Free Productions TriStar Pictures | — |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife | Penny Marshall | The Samuel Goldwyn Company Touchstone Pictures | Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | Bavaria Film Constantin Film Det Danske Filminstitut Greenland Film Production Nordisk Film | Composed with Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 1997 | The Peacemaker | Mimi Leder | DreamWorks Pictures | — |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | James L. Brooks | Gracie Films TriStar Pictures | Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score |
| 1998 | The Last Days | James Moll | October Films | Documentary film |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Simon Wells Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner | DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures | Original songs by Stephen Schwartz Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | Phoenix Pictures 20th Century Fox | Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score |
| 1999 | Chill Factor | Hugh Johnson | Morgan Creek Productions Warner Bros. Pictures | Composed with John Powell |

#### 2000s

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio / Distributor | Notes |
| 2000 | An Everlasting Piece | Barry Levinson | DreamWorks Pictures (US) Columbia Pictures (International) | — |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | John Woo | Cruise/Wagner Productions Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Ridley Scott | Scott Free Productions Red Wagon Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures (US) Universal Pictures (International) | Composed with Lisa Gerrard Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Eric "Bibo" Bergeron Don Paul | DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures | Original songs by Elton John & Tim Rice Composed with John Powell Nominated–Annie Award Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott | Revolution Studios Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Penny Marshall | Gracie Films Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Michael Bay | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures | Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott | Dino De Laurentiis Company Scott Free Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Universal Pictures | — |
| 2001 | Invincible | Werner Herzog | Channel Four Films (UK) Fine Line Features (US) | Composed with Klaus Badelt |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Sean Penn | Franchise Pictures Morgan Creek Productions Warner Bros. | Composed with Klaus Badelt |
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Kelly Asbury Lorna Cook | DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures | Features lyrics and vocals by Bryan Adams Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| 2002 | The Ring | Gore Verbinski | DreamWorks Pictures | Nominated–Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Score 1st of the 6 collaborations with Gore Verbinski |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | Radar Pictures The Bedford Falls Company Cruise/Wagner Productions Warner Bros. | Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures | Composed with Klaus Badelt |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Nancy Meyers | Columbia Pictures (US) Warner Bros. (International) | — |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Ridley Scott | ImageMovers Scott Free Productions Saturn Films Warner Bros. | — |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Antoine Fuqua | Revolution Studios Cheyenne Enterprises Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2004 | Spanglish | James L. Brooks | Gracie Films Columbia Pictures | Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| 2004 | Laura's Star | Piet De Rycker [fr] | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment | Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith & Henning Lohner |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson Bibo Bergeron Rob Letterman | DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures | — |
| 2004 | King Arthur | Antoine Fuqua | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures | — |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | Jonathan Frakes | StudioCanal Working Title Films Universal Pictures | |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | Gore Verbinski | Escape Artists Paramount Pictures | Composed with James S. Levine |
| 2005 | Der kleine Eisbär 2 – Die geheimnisvolle Insel | Piet De Rycker [fr] | Rothkirch Cartoon Film Warner Bros. Family Entertainment | Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith |
| 2005 | Madagascar | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation PDI/DreamWorks DreamWorks Pictures | Nominated–Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Replaced Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan | DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. | 1st superhero film Composed with James Newton Howard Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music 1st of the 6 collaborations with Christopher Nolan |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures | Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Rainmaker Digital Effects Columbia Pictures | Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Nancy Meyers | Relativity Media Waverly Films Columbia Pictures (US) Universal Pictures (International) | — |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures | — |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | Gracie Films Matt Groening Productions 20th Century Fox Animation 20th Century Fox | Themes composed by Danny Elfman Replaced Alf Clausen |
| 2008 | Road to Fame | Issa López | Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson Mark Osborne | DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures | Composed with John Powell Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. | Composed with James Newton Howard Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation PDI/DreamWorks Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2008 | The Burning Plain | Guillermo Arriaga | Wild Bunch 2929 Entertainment Paramount Pictures | Composed with Omar Rodríguez-López |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Working Title Films StudioCanal Universal Pictures | Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Richard Curtis | Universal Pictures (UK & Germany) StudioCanal (France) Focus Features (US) | Uncredited |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Hasbro Pictures | Uncredited |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures | Features solo violinist Joshua Bell |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music 1st collaboration with Guy Ritchie |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Nancy Meyers | Relativity Media Waverly Films Dentsu Universal Pictures | Composed with Heitor Pereira |

#### 2010s

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio / Distributor | Notes |
| 2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan | Syncopy Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. | Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2010 | Megamind | Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation PDI/DreamWorks Paramount Pictures | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| 2010 | How Do You Know | James L. Brooks | Gracie Films Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | Nickelodeon Movies GK Films Industrial Light & Magic Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures | Featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures | Composed with John Powell |
| 2011 | A Monster in Paris | Bibo Bergeron | EuropaCorp Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | — |
| 2011 | The Dilemma | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment Universal Pictures | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| 2011 | Jealous of the Birds | Jordan Bahat | Orlean Films | Documentary film |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Guy Ritchie | Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | 2nd collaboration with Ritchie |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath Conrad Vernon | DreamWorks Animation PDI/DreamWorks Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | DC Comics Syncopy Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. | Brit Award for Composer of the Year Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 2013 | Rush | Ron Howard | Cross Creek Pictures Exclusive Films Working Title Films Imagine Entertainment Revolution Films Universal Pictures (US) StudioCanal (UK) Universum Film (Germany) | — |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Zack Snyder | DC Comics Syncopy Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. | — |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures | Replaced Jack White |
| 2013 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Sandra Nettelbeck | Sidney Kimmel Entertainment RLJE Films | — |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Regency Enterprises River Road Entertainment Plan B Entertainment Film4 Fox Searchlight Pictures (US) Entertainment One (Canada) Summit Entertainment (UK) | Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| 2013 | Brave Miss World | Cecilia Peck | Netflix Rocket Girl Productions Artemis Rising Foundation Foundation for Jewish Culture Kroll Documentary Fund The Fledgling Fund Reif Entertainment Channel 2 | — |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale | Akiva Goldsman | Village Roadshow Pictures Weed Road Pictures Warner Bros. | Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2014 | Son of God | Christopher Spencer | Lightworkers Media 20th Century Fox | Composed with Lorne Balfe & Lisa Gerrard Feature film version of television series The Bible |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Marc Webb | Marvel Entertainment Matt Tolmach Productions Arad Productions, Inc. Columbia Pictures | Composed with The Magnificent Six (consisting of Pharrell Williams, Michael Einziger, Junkie XL, Johnny Marr, Andrew Kawczynski & Steve Mazzaro) |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Christopher Nolan | Legendary Pictures Syncopy Lynda Obst Productions Paramount Pictures (US) Warner Bros. (International) | Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2015 | Chappie | Neill Blomkamp | Media Rights Capital Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2015 | The Little Prince | Mark Osborne | Orange Studio Paramount Pictures | Composed with Richard Harvey & Camille Nominated–Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production |
| 2015 | Freeheld | Peter Sollett | Endgame Entertainment Lionsgate | Composed with Johnny Marr |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Simon Curtis | BBC Films Origin Pictures | Composed with Martin Phipps |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson Alessandro Carloni | DreamWorks Animation China Film Group Corporation Oriental DreamWorks Zhong Ming You Ying Film 20th Century Fox | — |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zack Snyder | DC Comics Atlas Entertainment RatPac Entertainment Cruel and Unusual Films Warner Bros. | Composed with Junkie XL |
| 2016 | The Last Face | Sean Penn | FilmHaven Productions Saban Films | — |
| 2016 | Inferno | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2016 | Hidden Figures | Theodore Melfi | 20th Century Fox Chernin Entertainment TSG Entertainment | Composed with Pharrell Williams & Benjamin Wallfisch Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation 20th Century Fox | Composed with Steve Mazzaro |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan | RatPac Entertainment Syncopy Warner Bros. | Nominated–Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | Scott Free Productions Thunderbird Entertainment Torridon Films 16:14 Entertainment Alcon Entertainment Warner Bros. (US) Columbia Pictures (International) | Themes by Vangelis Replaced Jóhann Jóhannsson Composed with Benjamin Wallfisch Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated–Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 1st collaboration with Denis Villeneuve |
| 2018 | Widows | Steve McQueen | 20th Century Fox Regency Enterprises | — |
| 2019 | Dark Phoenix | Simon Kinberg | Marvel Entertainment 20th Century Fox | — |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Jon Favreau | Fairview Entertainment Walt Disney Pictures | Returning to score from the 1994 animated film Original songs by Elton John & Tim Rice Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |

#### 2020s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio / Distributor | Notes |
| 2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | Ron Howard | National Geographic Documentary Films Imagine Entertainment | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Tim Hill | Paramount+ Paramount Pictures Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures MRC | Composed with Steve Mazzaro |
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | Ron Howard | Netflix Imagine Entertainment | Composed with David Fleming |
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | Patty Jenkins | DC Comics Atlas Entertainment The Stone Quarry Warner Bros. | Replaced Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2021 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures | Composed with Steve Mazzaro |
| 2021 | Dune | Denis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Legendary Entertainment Villeneuve Films | Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated–Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 2nd collaboration with Villeneuve |
| 2021 | The Survivor | Barry Levinson | HBO Films Bron Studios New Mandate Films Endeavor Content Creative Wealth Media | |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Cary Joji Fukunaga | United Artists Releasing (North America) Universal Pictures (International) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Eon Productions | Replaced Dan Romer |
| 2021 | Army of Thieves | Matthias Schweighöfer | Netflix The Stone Quarry Pantaleon Films | Composed with Steve Mazzaro |
| 2021 | The Unforgivable | Nora Fingscheidt | Netflix GK Films Fortis Films Construction Film GmbH | Composed with David Fleming |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Joseph Kosinski | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Skydance Media TC Productions Paramount Pictures | Composed with Harold Faltermeyer and Lady Gaga |
| 2022 | The Son | Florian Zeller | Film4 See-Saw Films Ingenious Media Embankment Films Orange Studio | |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Kelly Fremon Craig | Lionsgate Gracie Films | |
| 2023 | The Creator | Gareth Edwards | 20th Century Studios Regency Enterprises eOne Films New Regency | |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Legendary Entertainment Villeneuve Films 3rd collaboration with Villeneuve | |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Mike Mitchell | DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures | Composed with Steve Mazzaro |
| 2024 | Blitz | Steve McQueen | Apple Studios Regency Enterprises New Regency Working Title Films Lammas Park | |
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Barry Jenkins | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Provided the track "And So It Begins" |
| 2025 | Fateh | Sonu Sood | Shakti Sagar Productions Zee Studios | Provided the track "To the Moon" |
| 2025 | F1 | Joseph Kosinski | Warner Bros. Pictures Apple Studios Jerry Bruckheimer Films Plan B Entertainment Dawn Apollo Films | Post-production |
| 2026 | Ramayana: Part 1 | Nitesh Tiwari | DNEG | Filming, composed with A. R. Rahman |
| TBA | Eden | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment AGC Studios | Completed |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
| 1986 | Vardo | Matthew Jacobs | — | — |
| 1990 | Arcadia | Paul Bamborough | Channel Four Films Working Title Films | — |
| 1991 | To the Moon, Alice | Jessie Nelson | Chanticleer Films | — |
| 2008 | Secrets of the Furious Five | Raman Hui | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Henry Jackman & John Powell Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form |
| 2011 | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Simon J. Smith | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Tony Leondis | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Lorne Balfe & John Powell |
| 2012 | The Longest Daycare | David Silverman | Gracie Films Film Roman 20th Century Fox | The Simpsons animated short Composed with James Dooley |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Rodolphe Guenoden | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Lorne Balfe & John Powell |

### Television

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1985 | Wild Horses | Television film |
| 1987 | Comeback | |
| 1987 | Going for Gold | With Sandy McClelland |
| 1988 | First Born | Miniseries |
| 1992 | Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World | Miniseries |
| 1993 | Lifepod | Television film Theme music only Score composed by Mark Mancina |
| 1993–1994 | Space Rangers | Theme music only Score composed by Mark Mancina and John Van Tongeren |
| 1994–1995 | The Critic | Theme music only Score composed by Alf Clausen |
| 2000–2001 | Die Motorrad-Cops – Hart am Limit [de] | Theme music only Score composed by Matthias Weber, Justin Burnett, James S. Levine & Geoff Zanelli |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Miniseries Theme music only Score composed by Geoff Zanelli & Blake Neely Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
| 2011–2016 | Through the Wormhole | Docuseries Theme music only with Jacob Shea |
| 2011 | Curiosity | Documentary series; 1 episode |
| 2013 | The Bible | Miniseries Composed with Lisa Gerrard & Lorne Balfe |
| 2015 | Premier Boxing Champions | Boxing program |
| 2015 | Sons of Liberty | Miniseries Theme music only Score composed by Lorne Balfe |
| 2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues | Music director only Score composed by Lorne Balfe |
| 2016 | Planet Earth II | Docuseries; 6 episodes Composed with Jasha Klebe & Jacob Shea Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Original Music |
| 2016 | The Crown | Theme music only |
| 2017 | Genius | Theme music only Score composed by Lorne Balfe Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music |
| 2017 | Blue Planet II | Documentary series; 7 episodes Composed with David Fleming & Jacob Shea |
| 2018 | Believer | Documentary film Composed with Dan Reynolds |
| 2019 | Seven Worlds, One Planet | Documentary series; 7 episodes Composed with Jacob Shea |
| 2022–2023 | Prehistoric Planet | Docuseries; 10 episodes Composed with Anže Rozman & Kara Talve |
| 2022 | Frozen Planet II | Documentary series; 6 episodes Composed with Adam Lukas & James Everingham |
| 2022 | The Calling | Composed with Steve Mazzaro |
| 2022 | The Night Logan Woke Up | Composed with David Fleming |
| 2023 | Planet Earth III | Docuseries; 8 episodes Composed with Jacob Shea & Sara Barone |
| 2024 | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Composed with Kara Talve |
| 2024 | Virdee | Theme music composed with James Everingham |
| 2024 | Twilight of the Gods | Adult animated series |
| TBA | Lord of the Flies | Composed with Kara Talve |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Game | Electronic Arts | Composed with James Dooley, Christopher Lennertz & Tim Wynn |
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Activision | Main themes only Score composed by Lorne Balfe |
| 2011 | Crysis 2 | Electronic Arts | Theme music only Score composed by Lorne Balfe, Tilman Sillescu & Borislav Slavov |
| 2011 | Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Activision | Themes only Score composed by Lorne Balfe |
| 2015 | Arena of Valor | TiMi Studios | Composed with Jeff Broadbent & Matthew Carl Earl |
| 2018 | FIFA 19 | Electronic Arts | Composed with Lorne Balfe |
| 2024 | Ashfall | NetEase Games | Composed with Inon Zur and Steve Mazzaro |
| 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Electronic Arts | Composed with Lorne Balfe |

## As soundtrack producer
### 1980s

| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director | Notes |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Byrne | Bernardo Bertolucci | — |

### 1990s

| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1993 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Shirley Walker | Bruce Timm Eric Radomski | Synthesist |
| 1994 | Speed | Mark Mancina | Jan de Bont | — |
| 1996 | Twister | Mark Mancina | Jan de Bont | — |
| 1996 | White Squall | Jeff Rona | Ridley Scott | — |
| 1997 | Face/Off | John Powell | John Woo | — |
| 1997 | The Borrowers | Harry Gregson-Williams | Peter Hewitt | — |
| 1998 | Antz | Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell | Eric Darnell Tim Johnson | — |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Trevor Rabin Harry Gregson-Williams Steve Jablonsky Don L. Harper John Van Tongeren Paul Linford | Michael Bay | — |
| 1998 | With Friends Like These... | John Powell | Philip Frank Messina | — |
| 1999 | Endurance | John Powell | Leslie Woodhead Bud Greenspan | — |

### 2000s

| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director(s) | Notes |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | John Powell | Jessie Nelson | — |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | Steve Jablonsky | Mick Jackson | Executive score producer |
| 2004 | House of D | Geoff Zanelli | David Duchovny | Executive score producer |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Nick Glennie-Smith | Tommy O'Haver | Executive score producer |
| 2005 | All the Invisible Children | Ramin Djawadi | Jordan Scott Ridley Scott | Segment: "Jonathan" |
| 2005 | The Island | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | — |
| 2005 | Blood+ | Mark Mancina | Junichi Fujisaku | Volumes 1 and 2 |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Julian Nott | Nick Park Steve Box | — |
| 2006 | Ask the Dust | Heitor Pereira & Ramin Djawadi | Robert Towne | — |
| 2006 | Curious George | Heitor Pereira | Matthew O'Callaghan | Executive score producer |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Rupert Gregson-Williams | Tim Johnson Karey Kirkpatrick | Executive score producer |
| 2006 | The Prestige | David Julyan | Christopher Nolan | Executive score producer |
| 2006 | Urmel Aus Dem Eis | James Dooley | Reinhard Klooss Holger Tappe | — |
| 2007 | August Rush | Mark Mancina | Kirsten Sheridan | — |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Rupert Gregson-Williams | Simon J. Smith | — |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Atli Örvarsson | Pete Travis | — |
| 2008 | Babylon A.D. | Atli Örvarsson | Mathieu Kassovitz | Executive score producer |
| 2008 | Running the Sahara | Heitor Pereira | James Moll | Documentary |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Ramin Djawadi | Jon Favreau | Executive music producer |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Henry Jackman | Conrad Vernon Rob Letterman | Executive music producer |
| 2009 | Henri 4 | Henry Jackman | Jo Baier | Executive music producer |

### 2010s

| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director(s) | Notes |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Heitor Pereira & Pharrell Williams | Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud | — |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Atli Örvarsson | Tommy Wirkola | — |
| 2013 | Beyond: Two Souls | Lorne Balfe | David Cage | Video game |
| 2013 | Bullet to the Head | Steve Mazzaro | Walter Hill | — |
| 2014 | Divergent | Junkie XL | Neil Burger | — |
| 2015 | Auschwitz | Benjamin Wallfisch | James Moll | Documentary short |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | Lorne Balfe | Alan Taylor | Executive music producer |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Lorne Balfe | Michael Bay | Executive music producer |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Atli Örvarsson | Kelly Fremon Craig | — |
| 2017 | Rings | Matthew Margeson | F. Javier Gutiérrez | Executive music producer |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | Heitor Pereira | Karey Kirkpatrick | Executive music producer |

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
| 2020 | The Rhythm Section | Steve Mazzaro | Reed Morano | Executive music producer |
| 2020 | Scoob! | Tom Holkenborg | Tony Cervone | — |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Christian Lundberg | Ashley Pharoah | — |
| 2022 | The Ride To Happiness | Tomorrowland | — | This is a roller coaster in Belgium. |
| TBA | Fixed | Tyler Bates Joanne Higginbottom | Genndy Tartakovsky | Executive music producer |

## As other
### 1980s

| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | Eureka | Stanley Myers | Nicolas Roeg | Composer: Additional music |
| 1986 | Castaway | Stanley Myers | Nicolas Roeg | Composer: Additional music |
| 1988 | Prisoner of Rio | Luiz Bonfá & Luciano Perrone | Lech Majewski | Composer: Additional music |

### 1990s

| Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
| 1991 | White Fang | Basil Poledouris | Randal Kleiser | Composer: Additional music |
| 1993 | Sniper | Gary Chang | Luis Llosa | Composer: Additional music |
| 1996 | White Squall | Jeff Rona | Ridley Scott | Composer: Additional music |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Harry Gregson-Williams | Bille August | Composer: Additional music |

### 2000s

| Year | Title | Composer(s) | Director | Notes |
| 2003 | Johnny English | Edward Shearmur | Peter Howitt | Composer: 'A Man for All Seasons' |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | Henning Lohner & Martin Tillman | Hideo Nakata | Composer: Themes |
| 2007 | August Rush | Mark Mancina | Kirsten Sheridan | Composer: Additional music |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | Composer: Additional music |

### 2010s

| Year | Title | Composer | Director | Notes |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Steve Jablonsky | Michael Bay | Composer: Additional music |

## Live albums

| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 2001 | The Wings of a Film | Decca | Recorded at the Flanders International Film Festival, October 2000. |
| 2017 | Live in Prague | Eagle Records | Recorded May 2016. |
| 2023 | Hans Zimmer Live | Sony Music | Recorded during his 2022 European concert tour of the same name. |

## Certified songs

| Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
| "Time" | 2010 | BPI: Platinum | Inception |
| "Cornfield Chase" | 2016 | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver | Interstellar |

## As contributor

    Albums by other musicians, featuring guest appearances by Zimmer. Sorted chronologically.
* 1980: The Damned, "The History of the World (Part 1)" single, included on The Black Album (additional synthesizers and engineering)
* 1985: Shriekback, Oil and Gold (additional synthesizers and engineering)
* 1985: Who Cares?, "Doctor in Distress" single (synthesizer performance)