Hans Zimmer discography

This is the discography of Hans Zimmer, an award-winning German composer and music producer.

Zimmer has composed and produced over one hundred soundtracks and film scores. Of them, about 50 soundtracks and songs were nominated for awards. He won one Academy Award (The Lion King), four Satellite Awards (The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception), two Golden Globe Awards (The Lion King, Gladiator), 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 one WAFCA Award (Inception).

As composer

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Studio / Publisher	Notes
1984	Success Is the Best Revenge	Jerzy Skolimowski	—	Composed with Stanley Myers
	Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2	—	—	Composed with Stanley Myers
1985	Insignificance	Nicolas Roeg	Recorded Picture Company Zenith Productions Island Pictures (US) Palace Pictures (UK)	Composed with Stanley Myers
	My Beautiful Laundrette	Stephen Frears	Working Title Films Channel Four Films Orion Classics	Composed with Stanley Myers
	Wild Horses	—	—	Television film
1986	Vardo	—	—	Short film
	Separate Vacations	—	—	Composed with Stanley Myers
	The Zero Boys	Nico Mastorakis	—	Composed with Stanley Myers
1987	Comeback	Television film
	Terminal Exposure	Nico Mastorakis	Omega Pictures	—
	The Wind	Nico Mastorakis	Omega Pictures	Direct-to-video
1988	The Nature of the Beast	Composed with Stanley Myers
	Taffin	Francis Megahy	Vestron Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists	Composed with Stanley Myers
	Prisoner of Rio	Lech Majewski	Palace Pictures	Composed with Luiz Bonfá and Luciano Perrone
	The Fruit Machine	Philip Saville	Cannon Films	—
	A World Apart	Chris Menges	Atlantic Releasing Corporation	—
	Death Street USA	—	—	Composed with Stanley Myers
	Paperhouse	Bernard Rose	Working Title Films Vestron Pictures	Composed with Stanley Myers
	First Born	—	—	TV miniseries
	Rain Man	Barry Levinson	Barris Industries Guber-Peters Company United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Nominated for an Oscar
	Burning Secret	Andrew Birkin	Vestron Pictures	—
1989	Twister	Michael Almereyda	Vestron Pictures	—
	Black Rain	Ridley Scott	Paramount Pictures	—
	Diamond Skulls	Nick Broomfield	—	—
	Driving Miss Daisy	Bruce Beresford	The Zanuck Company Warner Bros. Pictures	—

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Studio / Publisher	Notes
1990	Arcadia	—	—	Short film
	Chicago Joe and the Showgirl	Bernard Rose	LIVE Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films New Line Cinema	—
	Bird on a Wire	John Badham	Interscope Communications Universal Pictures	—
	Fools of Fortune	Pat O'Connor	Channel Four Films	—
	Days of Thunder	Tony Scott	Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Paramount Pictures	—
	Pacific Heights	John Schlesinger	Morgan Creek Productions 20th Century Fox (Theatrical) Warner Bros. Pictures (Home media)	—
	Green Card	Peter Weir	Umbrella Entertainment Touchstone Pictures	—
1991	Backdraft	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	—
	Thelma & Louise	Ridley Scott	Pathé Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	—
	Regarding Henry	Mike Nichols	Paramount Pictures	—
	To the Moon, Alice	—	—	Television short film
	Where Sleeping Dogs Lie	Charles Finch	August Entertainment	Composed with Mark Mancina
	K2	Franc Roddam	Paramount Pictures	European version only
1992	Radio Flyer	Richard Donner David M. Evans (Uncredited)	Columbia Pictures	—
	The Power of One	John G. Avildsen	Regency Enterprises Le Studio Canal+ Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	—
	A League of Their Own	Penny Marshall	Columbia Pictures	—
	Spies Inc.	—	—	—
	Toys	Barry Levinson	Baltimore Pictures 20th Century Fox	—
1993	Point of No Return	John Badham	Warner Bros. Pictures	Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith
	Younger and Younger	Percy Adlon	Transmundo Films	—
	Calendar Girl	John Whitesell	Columbia Pictures	—
	True Romance	Tony Scott	Morgan Creek Productions Davis Films Warner Bros. Pictures	—
	Cool Runnings	Jon Turteltaub	Walt Disney Pictures	—
	The House of the Spirits	Bille August	Constantin Film Miramax Films	—
	Space Rangers	—	—	Television series
1994	I'll Do Anything	James L. Brooks	Gracie Films Columbia Pictures	—
	Renaissance Man	Penny Marshall	Cinergi Pictures Touchstone Pictures	—
	The Lion King	Roger Allers Rob Minkoff	Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures	First animated film scored by Zimmer. Composed with Elton John and Tim Rice.
	Drop Zone	John Badham	Paramount Pictures	—
1995	Crimson Tide	Tony Scott	Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Hollywood Pictures	—
	Beyond Rangoon	John Boorman	Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia Pictures	—
	Nine Months	Chris Columbus	1492 Pictures 20th Century Fox	—
	Something to Talk About	Lasse Hallström	Warner Bros. Pictures	Composed with Graham Preskett
	Two Deaths	Nicolas Roeg	Castle Hill	—
1996	Broken Arrow	John Woo	20th Century Fox	—
	Muppet Treasure Island	Brian Henson	Jim Henson Productions Walt Disney Pictures	—
	The Rock	Michael Bay	Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Hollywood Pictures	Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith
	The Fan	Tony Scott	Mandalay Entertainment Scott Free Productions TriStar Pictures	—
	The Preacher's Wife	Penny Marshall	The Samuel Goldwyn Company Touchstone Pictures	—
1997	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Bille August	Constantin Film Fox Searchlight Pictures	with Harry Gregson-Williams
	The Peacemaker	Mimi Leder	DreamWorks Pictures	—
	As Good as It Gets	James L. Brooks	Gracie Films TriStar Pictures	—
1998	The Third Reich in Colour	—	Spiegel TV	Television series documentary
	The Last Days	James Moll	—	Documentary
	The Prince of Egypt	Simon Wells Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	—
	The Thin Red Line	Terrence Malick	Phoenix Pictures 20th Century Fox	—
1999	El candidato	Humberto Zurita	Azteca Digital	TV series
	Chill Factor	Hugh Johnson	Morgan Creek Productions Warner Bros. Pictures	with John Powell

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Studio / Publisher	Notes
2000	An Everlasting Piece	Barry Levinson	DreamWorks Pictures (US) Columbia Pictures (International)	—
	Mission: Impossible II	John Woo	Cruise/Wagner Productions Paramount Pictures	—
	Gladiator	Ridley Scott	Scott Free Productions Red Wagon Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures (US) Universal Pictures (International)	Composed with Lisa Gerrard Golden Globe winner and nominated for an Oscar.
	The Road to El Dorado	Eric "Bibo" Bergeron Don Paul	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	Composed with John Powell
2001	Black Hawk Down	Ridley Scott	Revolution Studios Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Columbia Pictures	—
	Riding in Cars with Boys	Penny Marshall	Gracie Films Columbia Pictures	—
	Pearl Harbor	Michael Bay	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures	Nominated for a Golden Globe
	Hannibal	Ridley Scott	Dino De Laurentiis Company Scott Free Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Universal Pictures	—
	Invincible	Werner Herzog	Channel Four Films (UK) Fine Line Features (US)	Composed with Klaus Badelt
	The Pledge	Sean Penn	Franchise Pictures Morgan Creek Productions Warner Bros.	Composed with Klaus Badelt
2002	The Ring	Gore Verbinski	DreamWorks Pictures	—
	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Kelly Asbury Lorna Cook	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	Nominated for a Golden Globe Features lyrics and vocals by Bryan Adams
2003	The Last Samurai	Edward Zwick	Radar Pictures The Bedford Falls Company Cruise/Wagner Productions Warner Bros.	Nominated for a Golden Globe
	Something's Gotta Give	Nancy Meyers	Columbia Pictures (US) Warner Bros. (International)	Composed with several other Remote Control composers
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Gore Verbinski	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures	Main themes. Uncredited, composed by Klaus Badelt.
	Matchstick Men	Ridley Scott	ImageMovers Scott Free Productions Saturn Films Warner Bros.	—
	Tears of the Sun	Antoine Fuqua	Revolution Studios Cheyenne Enterprises Columbia Pictures	—
	Johnny English	Peter Howitt	StudioCanal Working Title Films Universal Pictures	Theme song only. Co-written with Robbie Williams
2004	Spanglish	James L. Brooks	Gracie Films Columbia Pictures	Nominated for a Golden Globe
	Laura's Star	Piet De Rycker	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith and Henning Lohner
	Shark Tale	Vicky Jenson Bibo Bergeron Rob Letterman	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	—
	King Arthur	Antoine Fuqua	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures	—
	Thunderbirds	Jonathan Frakes	StudioCanal Working Title Films Universal Pictures	Composed with Ramin Djawadi
2005	The Weather Man	Gore Verbinski	Escape Artists Paramount Pictures	Composed with James S. Levine
	Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel	Piet De Rycker	Rothkirch Cartoon Film Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Composed with Nick Glennie-Smith
	Madagascar	Eric Darnell Tom McGrath	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	—
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Nick Park Steve Box	DreamWorks Animation Aardman Animation DreamWorks Pictures	Composed with Julian Nott
	Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Composed with James Newton Howard
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Gore Verbinski	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures	—
	The Da Vinci Code	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Rainmaker Digital Effects Columbia Pictures	Nominated for a Golden Globe
	The Holiday	Nancy Meyers	Relativity Media Waverly Films Columbia Pictures (US) Universal Pictures (International)	Composed with Heitor Pereira
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Gore Verbinski	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures	—
	The Simpsons Movie	David Silverman	Gracie Films Film Roman Rough Draft Studios AKOM 20th Century Fox	Main theme composed by Danny Elfman
2008	Casi Divas	Issa López	Columbia Pictures	—
	Kung Fu Panda	John Stevenson Mark Osborne	DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures	Composed with John Powell
	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Composed with James Newton Howard Grammy award winner
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Eric Darnell Tom McGrath	DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures	—
	The Burning Plain	Guillermo Arriaga	Wild Bunch 2929 Entertainment Paramount Pictures	Composed with Omar Rodríguez-López
	Frost/Nixon	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Working Title Films StudioCanal Universal Pictures	Nominated for a Golden Globe
	Secrets of the Furious Five	Raman Hui	DreamWorks Animation	Won an Annie Award Spin-off/Semi-sequel to Kung Fu Panda Composed with Henry Jackman and John Powell
2009	Henri 4	Jo Baier	Central Film	Executive Score Producer, Composed by Henry Jackman
	The Boat That Rocked	Richard Curtis	Universal Pictures (UK & Germany) StudioCanal (France) Focus Features (US)	Known as Pirate Radio in North America Uncredited
	Angels & Demons	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures	Features solo violinist Joshua Bell
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Michael Bay	DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures	Additional music only Score composed by Steve Jablonsky
	Sherlock Holmes	Guy Ritchie	Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Nominated for an Oscar Score produced with Lorne Balfe
	It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers	Relativity Media Waverly Films Dentsu Universal Pictures	Composed with Heitor Pereira
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Jason West	Activision	Main theme only (score by Lorne Balfe)

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Studio / Publisher	Notes
2010	The Pacific	Jeremy Podeswa Timothy Van Patten David Nutter	HBO DreamWorks Playtone	Main theme only Series composed by Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely
	Through the Wormhole		Revelations Entertainment Discovery Communications	Theme music composer only
	Inception	Christopher Nolan	Syncopy Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Grammy, Golden Globe, and Oscar Nomination.
	Megamind	Tom McGrath	DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures	Composed with Lorne Balfe.
	How Do You Know	James L. Brooks	Gracie Films Columbia Pictures	—
	The Cover-Up	Ryan Konig	—	Short film
2011	Megamind: The Button of Doom	Simon J. Smith	DreamWorks Animation	Composed with Lorne Balfe
	Rango	Gore Verbinski	Nickelodeon Movies GK Films Industrial Light & Magic Paramount Pictures	—
	Crysis 2	Cevat Yerli	Electronic Arts	Main theme only (game composed by Lorne Balfe)
	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Rob Marshall	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures	Featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Jennifer Yuh	DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures	Composed with John Powell.
	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	Paul Reiche III	Activision	Main theme only (game composed by Lorne Balfe)
	The Dilemma	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment Universal Pictures	Composed with Lorne Balfe
	Jealous of the Birds	Jordan Bahat	Orlean Films	—
	Curiosity	—	—	Episode: "Is There a Parallel Universe?"
	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Guy Ritchie	Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Score produced with Lorne Balfe
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Eric Darnell Tom McGrath Conrad Vernon	DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures	—
	The Longest Daycare	David Silverman	Gracie Films Film Roman 20th Century Fox	Simpsons animated short (not related to The Simpsons Movie)
	The Dark Knight Rises	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Nominated for a Grammy Award First Batman film without James Newton Howard
	The Dawkins Movie	Alfie Mate	—	Short film
2013	The Bible	Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (producers)	History	Composed with Lorne Balfe featuring Lisa Gerrard
	Rush	Ron Howard	Cross Creek Pictures Exclusive Films Working Title Films Imagine Entertainment Revolution Films Universal Pictures (US) StudioCanal (UK) Universum Film (Germany)	—
	Man of Steel	Zack Snyder	DC Comics Syncopy Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Additional music with Junkie XL
	The Lone Ranger	Gore Verbinski	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures	Replaced Jack White
	Mr. Morgan's Last Love	Sandra Nettelbeck	—	—
	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)	—
2014	Winter's Tale	Akiva Goldsman	Village Roadshow Pictures Weed Road Pictures Warner Bros.	with Rupert Gregson-Williams
	Son of God	Christopher Spencer	Lightworkers Media 20th Century Fox	with Lorne Balfe
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Marc Webb	Marvel Studios Columbia Pictures	with The Magnificent Six (Pharrell Williams, Michael Einziger, Junkie XL, Johnny Marr, Andrew Kawczynski, and Steve Mazarro)
	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Michael Bay	Paramount Pictures	Additional music only Score composed by Steve Jablonsky
	Interstellar	Christopher Nolan	Legendary Pictures Syncopy Lynda Obst Productions Paramount Pictures (US) Warner Bros. (International)	—
2015	Chappie	Neill Blomkamp	Media Rights Capital Columbia Pictures	Additional music by Steve Mazzaro and Andrew Kawczynski
	The Little Prince	Mark Osborne	Orange Studio Paramount Pictures	Composed With Richard Harvey
	Freeheld	Peter Sollett	Endgame Entertainment Lionsgate	Composed With Johnny Marr
	Woman In Gold	Simon Curtis	BBC Films Origin Pictures	Composed With Martin Phipps
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Jennifer Yuh Nelson	DreamWorks Animation 20th Century Fox	"Father and Son" theme written by Lorne Balfe; score produced by Lorne Balfe; first Kung Fu Panda film without John Powell.
	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Zack Snyder	DC Comics Atlas Entertainment RatPac Entertainment Cruel and Unusual Films Warner Bros.	With Junkie XL
	Inferno	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures	—
	The Crown (TV series)	Various Directors	Netflix	Wrote the theme; Rupert Gregson-Williams wrote the rest of the score
	Planet Earth II	Various Directors	BBC	TV series, Composed with Jasha Klebe and Jacob Shea
	Hidden Figures	Theodore Melfi	20th Century Fox Chernin Entertainment TSG Entertainment	Composed with Pharrell Williams & Benjamin Wallfisch
2017	Dunkirk	Christopher Nolan	Cross Creek Pictures RatPac Entertainment Syncopy Marc Platt Productions Studio Babelsberg Warner Bros.	—
	The Boss Baby	Tom McGrath	Dreamworks Animation 20th Century Fox	—

As score producer

These are films which Zimmer did not compose the score, but produced the soundtrack album for it.

1980s

Year	Title	Composer	Notes
1987	The Last Emperor	Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne	—

1990s

Year	Title	Composer	Notes
1996	Twister	Mark Mancina	—
	White Squall	Jeff Rona	—
1997	Face/Off	John Powell	—
	The Borrowers	Harry Gregson-Williams	—
1998	Antz	Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell	—
	Endurance	John Powell	—
	With Friends Like These...	John Powell	—

2000s

Year	Title	Composer	Notes
2001	I Am Sam	John Powell	—
2002	Live from Baghdad	Steve Jablonsky	Executive Score Producer
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Klaus Badelt	—
2004	House of D	Geoff Zanelli	Executive Score Producer
	Ella Enchanted	Nick Glennie-Smith	Executive Score Producer
2005	All the Invisible Children	Ramin Djawadi	—
	The Island	Steve Jablonsky	—
	Blood+	Mark Mancina	Volumes 1 and 2
	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Julian Nott	Executive Score Producer
2006	Ask the Dust	Heitor Pereira and Ramin Djawadi	—
	Curious George	Heitor Pereira	Executive Score producer
	Over the Hedge	Rupert Gregson-Williams	Executive Score Producer
	The Prestige	David Julyan	Executive Score Producer
	Urmel Aus Dem Eis	James Dooley	—
2007	August Rush	Mark Mancina	—
	Bee Movie	Rupert Gregson-Williams	—
2008	Vantage Point	Atli Örvarsson	—
	Babylon A.D.	Atli Örvarsson	Executive Score Producer
	Running the Sahara	Heitor Pereira	Documentary
	Iron Man	Ramin Djawadi	Executive Music Producer
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Henry Jackman	Executive Music Producer

2010s

Year	Title	Composer	Notes
2010	Despicable Me	Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams	—
2013	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters	Atli Örvarsson	—
	Bullet to the Head	Steve Mazzaro	—
2014	Divergent	Junkie XL	—
2015	Terminator Genisys	Lorne Balfe	Executive music producer
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Lorne Balfe	Executive music producer
	The Edge of Seventeen	Atli Örvarsson	—
2017	Rings	Matthew Margeson	Executive music producer

Awards

Academy Awards

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
1989	Rain Man	Best Original Score	Nominated
1995	The Lion King	Best Original Score	Won
1997	The Preacher's Wife	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Nominated
1998	As Good As It Gets	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Nominated
1999	The Prince of Egypt	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Nominated
1999	The Thin Red Line	Best Original Dramatic Score	Nominated
2001	Gladiator	Best Original Score	Nominated
2010	Sherlock Holmes	Best Original Score	Nominated
2011	Inception	Best Original Score	Nominated
2015	Interstellar	Best Original Score	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
1995	The Lion King	Best Original Score	Won
1999	The Prince of Egypt	Best Original Score	Nominated
2001	Gladiator	Best Original Score	Won
2002	Pearl Harbor	Best Original Score	Nominated
2003	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Best Original Song	Nominated
2004	The Last Samurai	Best Original Score	Nominated
2005	Spanglish	Best Original Score	Nominated
2007	The Da Vinci Code	Best Original Score	Nominated
2009	Frost/Nixon	Best Original Score	Nominated
2010	Inception	Best Original Score	Nominated
2014	12 Years A Slave	Best Original Score	Nominated
2015	Interstellar	Best Original Score	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
1991	Driving Miss Daisy	Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television	Nominated
1995	The Lion King	Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocals	Won
		Best Musical Album For Children	Won
1996	Crimson Tide	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Won
2001	Gladiator	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2007	The Da Vinci Code	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Won
2011	Inception	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2011	Sherlock Holmes	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2013	The Dark Knight Rises	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2016	Interstellar	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated

He has also either won or been nominated for the following awards (winners shown in bold):

Satellite Awards

• 1999: The Thin Red Line
• 2001: Gladiator
• 2002: Hannibal
• 2004: The Last Samurai
• 2007: The Da Vinci Code
• 2010: Inception

Saturn Awards

• 1993: Toys - Shared with Trevor Horn
• 1996: Crimson Tide
• 1997: The Rock - Shared with Harry Gregson-Williams and Nick Glennie-Smith
• 1999: The Prince of Egypt
• 2001: The Road to El Dorado - Shared with John Powell
• 2001: Gladiator - Shared with Lisa Gerrard
• 2006: Batman Begins - Shared with James Newton Howard
• 2009: The Dark Knight - Shared with James Newton Howard
• 2010: Sherlock Holmes
• 2011: Inception
• 2015: Interstellar

BAFTA Awards

• 1992: Thelma & Louise
• 1995: The Lion King
• 2001: Gladiator - Shared with Lisa Gerrard
• 2009: The Dark Knight - Shared with James Newton Howard
• 2011: Inception
• 2014: 12 Years a Slave
• 2015: Interstellar

Tonys

• 1998: The Lion King (musical) (Tony Award for Best Original Score)

Emmys

• 2010: The Pacific (Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special)

Annies

• 2008: Kung Fu Panda (Music in an Animated Feature Production)
• 2008: Secrets of the Furious Five (Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form )

WAFCA Awards

• 2010: Inception

Classical BRIT Awards

• 2001: Gladiator (Album of the Year) (Shared with Lisa Gerrard)
• 2008: The Dark Knight (Shared with James Newton Howard)
• 2013: Composer of the Year (for The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel)

AFI

• Zimmer's scores for As Good as It Gets (1997) and Gladiator (2000) were nominated for AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores.