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HARDtalk: Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer, composer

30/03/2016 GMT

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Hans Zimmer

Shaun Ley speaks to Oscar winning composer, Hans Zimmer.

German born, British educated, Hans Zimmer never had formal musical training. Hardtalk asks the Oscar winning composer whether the technology he loves is killing the music makers?

From his Oscar winning score for The Lion King, through 12 Years A Slave to a series of superhero blockbusters, including the latest - Batman vs Superman - Hans Zimmer is, as one director put it, "quite simply the contemporary composer to work with".  German born, British educated, he never received formal musical training and he's a champion of technology. Hardtalk�s Shaun Ley asks Hans Zimmer whether the technology he so loves is killing the music makers ?

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