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Longview Symphony Foundation Chartered in 1976, the Longview Symphony Foundation is designated as a 501(c)(3) charitable trust by the Internal Revenue Service. Because of generous contributions from friends of the Longview Symphony and conservative investments of the Foundation’s assets by its Trustees, the trust has continued to grow, providing a solid underpinning for the Permanent Endowment Fund (PEF). A portion of the investment income of the trust is made available to the Longview Symphony League, Inc., in support of its ongoing music education and cultural programs.

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The Longview Symphony League recognizes extraordinary patrons and volunteers who have contributed of time, talent, and resources to help make it possible for Longview families to enjoy outstanding musical performances year after year.

We invite you to share with us the privilege of honoring these remarkable individuals who make up the Longview Symphony Hall of Fame.

1999- Dr. Berdine Jones, Sara Richkie Whitehurst, Daisy M. Morris 2000- Wells Burton, Charles E. Watkins, Willis H. “Throck” Throckmorton 2001- Gerald G. Mullikin, M.D., W.E. “Gene” Lynn, Hazel Hickey 2002- Alyce Monsour 2004- Dr. & Mrs. B. Reid Clanton 2005- Bob Sweat, Logan & Eleanor Damewood 2006- Franklin Martin Jr., John & Anne Dean Turk 2007- Alvin O. Austin 2009- Dr. Morgan & Alma Ruth Willeford 2010- Richard E. (Dick) Miller 2011- Evalonia Barrett-Bolton 2012- Judy Anne Owens 2013- Ann & Isidor Saslav 2014- Dr. Charles & Paula Kaplan 2019- Maggie Ferrell and Dr. James Snowden 2022- Mary Taylor www.longviewsymphony.org

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Opening Notes Dr. Weaver holds a Bachelor of Music from BYU and a Master of Music from TCU, specializing in vocal performance and pedagogy. She earned her Ph.D. in music history, with a secondary area in vocal performance from the University of Oregon in 2006. As the recipient of an International Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, Dr. Weaver conducted her dissertation research in Bologna Italy, exploring compositional ethics of composers in Florence and in northern Italy during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

She continues to perform actively with early music and contemporary music ensembles.

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Address your tax-deductible contributions to the Longview Symphony. Undesignated contributions will be placed in the Crescendo Fund. Contributions to the Crescendo Fund may be made online at www.LongviewSymphony.org or mailed to the Longview Symphony, P.O. Box 1825, Longview, TX 75606. If you wish to make a memorial or estate donation, please designate to the Legacy Endowment or the Longview Symphony Foundation. Mail contributions to Longview Symphony, P.O. Box 1825, Longview, TX 75606.

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OVERTURE Advanced Roofing Longview News Journal Austin Bank Mary Lou Tevebaugh Mary & Bryan Benson Noble Electronic Security Samantha & Paul Bradley Ginia & Gordon Northcutt Bodacious BBQ Priddy Deign Build Mimi & Bruce Cammack Sloan Law Firm Cassity Jones Building Material Susan Kay & Dr. Tom Smith Coolidge and Company Real Estate Spring Hill State Bank Gregg County Historical Museum Sugar Magnolia Properties Jan & Sam Forester SWEPCO Pat Florence Tomberlain Insurance Bruce & Ruth Hathaway Women’s Health Boutique Longview Eye Associates FUND Edible Art | Elise Frigon | Lynette Goodson Ellen & Dr. Jay Gordon | Lottie Guttry | Karen & Brent Haas Christina & Matthew Nehrling | Karen & Ron Peters Betsy & Dr. Joseph Pistone | Nancy & Dr. James Sawyer Phyllis Shaw | Christina Stanger | Nancy Starr Suzanne Stadden Brown Tuma | Nell & Johnny Ward Julie & Wayne Young COMMEMORATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS In memoriam of Logan Damewood by Nan Mitchell In memoriam of Mary Taylor by Nan Mitchell In memoriam of Pilar McLemore by Dr. Joseph & Betsy Pistone In memoriam of Dorothy Sayre by Bruce & Ruth Hathaway In memoriam of Joan Rathbun by LouAnne & Steve Rainey In memoriam of Andrew McCumber, Grandson of Nancy Starr by Claire English In memoriam of Gail Grisham by Claire English In memoriam of Raymond & Patricia Curry by Nan Mitchell In memoriam of Mary Murdoch by Dr. James & Nancy Sawyer and Nan Mitchell In memoriam of Bill Rice by Claire English www.longviewsymphony.org

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Board of Directors Shelly Butler President Paul Roberts Vice President of Production Pat O'Bryan Vice President of Development Barbie Deborah Treasurer

Jenn Eldridge Secretary Charlotte Wrather Director-at-Large Justin McFaul Past President Niki Groce Executive-Director Dr. Greg Grabowski, Conductor

Mandi Blackford Jon Cromer Claire English Cierra Evans Lynette Goodson Ruth Hathaway NaTusha Howard

Dr. John Kirk Kenneth Kirkland William McWhorter Matthew Nehrling Ginia Northcutt Dr. Joseph Pistone

Dr. Kevin Richardson Mindy Shook Jerry (Wayne) Smith Christina Stanger Suzanne Brown Tuma Wray Wade

Longview Symphony Past Presidents Dr. Landon A. Colquitt ���������1968-1969

W.H. Throckmorton �������������1991-1993

Herbert Boyland �������������������1969-1970

Dr. Gerald G. Mullikin ���������1993-1995

Bob Boyett ����������������������������1970-1971

Dr. Clyde N. Clubb ��������������1995-1997

Ben Franklin Martin, Jr. ��������1971-1973

Mrs. Frank (Millicent) Canter �1997-1999

Marvin R. Mikeska ���������������1973-1975

Dr. Morgan L. Willeford �������1999-2002

Jack T. Buchanan �������������������1975-1976

Richard E. (Dick) Miller �������2002-2004

Wells Burton �������������������������1976-1978

Stanton Nash ������������������������2004-2005

John Cary ������������������������������1978-1979

Bryan Benson ������������������������2005-2008

Wesley Ray ����������������������������1979-1980

Wayne Smith �������������������������2008-2010

William C. Keese ������������������1980-1982

Randy Maines �����������������������2010-2012

Steve Adell �����������������������������1982-1983

Lynette Goodson �������������������2013-2015

W.E. Lynn �����������������������������1983-1985

Jon Cromer ���������������������������2015-2018

David Holland ����������������������1985-1987

Justin McFaul ������������������������2018-2022

Robert Sweat �������������������������1987-1989

Shelly Butler ����������������������������������2022-

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Conductor Gregory Grabowski, acclaimed for his engaging, nuanced, and genuine performances, has served as the Director of Orchestral Activities at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) since 2019.

Maestro Grabowski has led orchestras including the Bakersfield Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Fairbanks Festival Orchestra.

He served as interim director of the Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor for the Lewisville Lake Symphony, and has appeared as guest conductor with groups such as the Richardson Symphony and the Dallas Asian-American Youth Orchestra. Grabowski completed his graduate degrees at the University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University, under primary conducting teachers David Itkin and Paul Phillips. He’s been honored to also study with many other distinguished conductors, including Don Schleicher, Nicolás Pasquet, Markand Thakar, Robert Franz, Paul Vermell, Samuel Jones, Harold Farberman, and Leon Botstein.

As Director of Orchestral Activities at SFA, in addition to conducting the SFA Symphony Orchestra (SFASO), Grabowski conducts SFA Opera productions, teaches conducting and music education courses, coordinates the Orchestral Studies area, and has a studio of graduate conducting students. Prior to his return to Texas, Dr. Grabowski served as Orchestra Director at Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA). Under his leadership, the Susquehanna University Orchestra increased in size and prestige and was featured in two national public television performances aired in 2017.

Dr. Grabowski has taught and advocated for music education at every level from elementary school to professional. He began his career in the public schools of Frisco, TX, where he was the Associate Director of Winds and Percussion at Roach Middle School for three years. During his time at SFA, Dr. Grabowski assisted in the creation of the String Project, a community program sanctioned by the National String Project Consortium, in which SFA string music education majors work with elementary schoolaged students throughout Nacogdoches, teaching beginner string instruments classes. He has also instituted yearly educational outreach concerts for local elementary schools, and is a sought-after clinician and guest conductor for all-region and honor orchestras.

Greg grew up in Edison, New Jersey, where he began his musical studies as a jazz saxophone player and woodwind specialist. He now lives in Nacogdoches, TX with his wife, mezzo soprano Dianna Grabowski, and two sons, Ben and Sam. Aside from music Greg enjoys spending time on his many hobbies, including woodworking, photography, home renovation, and devising fun adventures with his family. www.longviewsymphony.org

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Program

Ssaturday, April 27, 2024, 7:00PM LeTourneau University Belcher Center

Captain America March

Alan Silvestri

Spiderman Theme

Danny Elfman

Thor Suite

Patrick Doyle

Superman March

John Williams

Guardians of the Galaxy Theme Dark Knight Suite

Tyler Bates

James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer

Avengers Age of Ultron

Brian Tyler

Wonder Woman Suite Rupert Gregson-Williams and Hans Zimmer

Intermission X-Men Suite

John Ottman, John Powell, Michael Kamen

Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

Danny Elfman

Man of Steel Theme

Hans Zimmer

Spiderman: Homecoming Aquaman: Kingdom of Atlantis Joker Theme and Bathroom Scene Batman Suite Iron Man Suite The Avengers Theme 28

Michael Giacchino Rupert Gregson-Williams Hildur Guðnadóttir Danny Elfman Ramin Djawadi and Tyler Bates Alan Silvestri www.longviewsymphony.org

DC vs Marvel Characters Agatha Harkness- Kate Wells Alfred Pennyworth- Rodger Poe Ant-Man- Justin McFaul Aquaman- John Habinc Bane- Marshall Pile Batgirl- Natalie Gandy Batman- Jason Berglund Black Canary- Abby Jester Black Widow- Aubrey Silverthorne Bucky Barnes- Pete Silverthorne Captain America- William McWhorter Captain Marvel- Maranda Bieber Catwoman- Catherine Camp Clark Kent- Michael Cavazos Commissioner Gordon- Jamie Sharp Dr. Strange- James Smith Flash- Shawn Hara Gamora- Amanda Tilley Green Arrow- Mitch Randall Harley Quinn- Denise Knutson Hela- Jo Popma Hulk- Kim Howard Jean Grey/Phoenix- Samantha Bradley Jessica Jones- Donna Sharp Joker- Patrick Hill Lex Luther- Chad Patterson Lois Lane- Christina Cavazos Loki- Paul Roberts Mantis- Brittany Ridgeway Maria Hill- Maryah McHam Mera- Donna Blalock www.longviewsymphony.org

Miles Morales- Trevon Thompson MJ- Sofia Cilk Mystique- Cecily McGuire Okoye- Marlana Jones Peggy Carter- Olivia Hill Penguin- Courtney Case Peter Quill/Star Lord- Jim Tilley Poison Ivy- Christina Stanger Professor Xavier- Dale Lessenberry Quicksilver- Chance Racine Riddler- Darren Groce Robin- Ewan Bowman Rocket- Ash Fabre Rogue- Paula Howard She-Hulk- Katie Case Shuri- Jaiden Steele Spider Gwen- Jenee Wilson Spider-Man- Joey Schultz Storm- Cierra Evans Supergirl- Christina Nehrling Superman- Steven Lane The Wasp- Kristina Coolidge Thor- Joshua Mitchell Tony Stark- Matthew Nehrling Two Face- Kevin Richardson Wanda/Scarlet Witch- Lindsay Loy Wolverine- Greg Grabowski Wonder Woman- Rocio Mendez Yondu- Jerrad Parsons

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Musicians Flute Jessica Ogilvie, principal Sue Bugg Karina McBrayer Piccolo Karina McBrayer Oboe Jenna Sehmann Joseph Ryan Estes English Horn Jeffrey Emge Clarinet Timothy J. Wright, principal Vanessa Davis Bass Clarinet James Thomas Bassoon Sarah Boyd, principal Neva Abrisz Contrabassoon Jorge Cruz Horn Andrea Denis, principal Raymond Garcia Quentin Fisher Tammy Moorhead Charles Gavin 30

Trumpet Jake Walburn, principal Austin Stachowiak, ast. principal Glenn Bessinger Michael Scarlatto Trombone Tom Mensch, principal Danny Vinson Rance Hawthorne Bass Trombone Heather Mensch Tuba J.D. Salas Timpani Chandler Teague, principal Percussion Anthony Armistead-Robinson, principal Kevin Ogilvie Mike Britt Doug Parmalee Tyree Hastings Harp Dr. Janel S.R. Hector Piano/Keyboard David Berryhill Electric Guitar Martyn Popey www.longviewsymphony.org

musicians Violin I Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, concertmistress Renee Ward Diana Norwood Dan Santelices Christopher Reed Chaerin Seo Michele Gunn Nat Reedstrom Corey Bowe Dr. Julia Hector Violin II Anna Larson, principal Jamie Reason Shannon Roberts Isabella Cowart Chance Watley Shelby Rotramel Ruth Salazar Maggie Taliaferro Chayton Gilmore Diego Pastor Viola Shane Almendarez, principal Ethan Cole Sherry Wilkins Dustin Woods Brigette Kelling Richard Leppert Brandon Chandler David Mills www.longviewsymphony.org

Cello Evgeni Raychev, principal Chanhee Lee Caleb Moore Pam Martin Hyelin Yoo Elijah Salinas Chase Teague Daniela Herrera Garcia Double Bass Ben Carter, principal Bob Simmons John Porter Jeff Madlock Deborah Scarlato

Personnel Manager Jessica Ogilvie Librarian Sue Bugg Stage Manager Ty Hood Vice President of Production/ Longview Symphony League Paul Roberts

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Special Thanks Thank you to our Makeup Artist, Mileah Lorenz for creating so much magic for us this evening! She is not only talented with makeup but an amazing artist as well! Please check her out at www.mileahlorenz.com Based in East Texas, Mileah Lorenz is a custom portrait artist & professional organizer with background in a variety of artistic outlets including but not limited to graphic design, thread-painting embroidery, special-effects makeup, & wall murals.

As a self taught artist, Mileah's hope for her work is that it brings joy to whoever it reaches, whether it's through a newly-completed commission or a freshly organized space.

Beginning in July of 2022, Mileah discovered a love for creating photorealistic drawings using graphite; an artistic style she employs when creating custom portraits for clients. more recently, in april of 2023, she began exploring the medium of colored pencils in order to add more life & vibrancy to the pieces she completes.

And a special thank you to her assistant Azure McLuckie for all of your help!

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Program notes I Welcome to the Longview Symphony’s performance of music from your favorite Marvel and DC films. The opportunity to hear these cinematic masterpieces live, in real time, played by real musicians who love this music as much as we do is rare. This concert will be an experience you will never forget.

Listening to this music without the films gives us a chance to appreciate it on its own merits. We learn how the beautiful or action-driven themes increase our investment in the plot or the characters. We learn which instruments are our favorites and which we might want to learn to play. Finally, we learn how much music matters to our enjoyment of the movies we love.

What is film music?

Just like a good super hero needs a great costume, a handy tool kit, and a loyal sidekick, they need several hours of great music. Whether we realize it or not, the images on the screen and the dialogue only convey about half the story in an epic film. The rest of the information we want is transmitted through the music that creates tension, laughter, or contentment at just the right moments.

There are two types of music commonly found in films featuring Marvel or DC characters. The first is called descriptive music. It is the music that mirrors the action you see on the screen, especially when there is less dialogue. It creates the sound track of soaring flights among the stars, murky underwater adventures, thrilling chases, epic battle sequences, and happy reunions. It describes the feeling of scaling a glass tower or the power of wielding a high-tech weapon.

It describes the loneliness of cold, distant asteroids and dank dungeons. When we hear this music out of context, we often see vivid images from our favorite films in our heads, even when our eyes are closed.

The next type of music prominent in film scores is called narrative music. It helps us understand how we should feel about the story unfolding before us.

It inspires us when heroes triumph, moves us to the edges of our seats when they experience danger, and alerts us when a villain is hatching an evil plan.

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Program notes Ii even allows us to identify with characters such as the Joker, driven to evil deeds through repeated struggle and pain.

Often, narrative music helps us to understand the complex personality of a character, and this understanding is accomplished through the use of recurring themes called Leitmotifs. For example, whenever Batman is worried that his nemesis the Joker is up to his old tricks, we hear this character’s theme (Leitmotif ), even if the Joker does not actually appear on screen. The theme gives us insight into Batman’s thoughts about who might be behind the crimes in his latest case.

What is a Suite?

Several of the works performed on tonight’s program are labeled as “suites.” A suite is a group of musical themes or selections from a specific work, such as a ballet, an opera, or a film, trimmed for concert performance and presented in a single composition. In other words, the suite will present much of our favorite music from these films together rather than separately. Tonight’s suites include the Batman and Batman Begins Suite, The Dark Knight Suite, The Wonder Woman Suite, The Thor Suite, and The Iron Man Suite.

Main Character Themes: Character or title themes represent much of our favorite film music because they grow and change as a character develops. This is why so many are featured on this evening’s concert. These include The Captain America March, The Superman March, Man of Steel, The Spider-Man Theme, and the SpiderMan Homecoming theme, The X Men, Avengers: The Age of Ultron, and The Avengers Theme. Title themes include Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Aquaman: The Kingdom of Atlantis. Most of all, though, the music of the DC and Marvel films reminds us that there is a super hero inside each of us if we seek for courage within ourselves and seek justice for those around us.

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Program notes Iii “Heroes are defined by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.”

— Iron Man. Real life super hero composers: Faster than a speeding glissando! More powerful than the impact of silence!

Able to draw inspiration from any cinematic image! Look, hiding there in the film credits! It’s the composers! Fearless friends of directors, producers, orchestras, and audiences, they possess powers far beyond those of online streaming services. Mightier than a concertgoer with a ringing cell phone, they conquer harmony and dissonance and fight for the opportunity for everyone to hear great music. While composers choose to remain invisible to film audiences, their presence can be felt from the moment the adventure starts until the final end credit rolls off the screen. Ditching the flashy costumes and fancy toys in favor of digital work stations, batons, and orchestral musicians, they wield the super powers of talent, imagination, education, and patience.

Let’s meet the heroes who always leave notes and who always settle their scores, the composers!

Patrick Doyle (b. 1953) is from Scotland and continues to reside there.

As both a composer and an actor, Doyle knows the film industry well and has written scores for more than sixty feature films. "Patrick Doyle's extensive body of work is some of the most compelling and affective in the industry. His flawless ability to cross genres in film, TV and beyond is why he can successfully score everything from Carlito's Way to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."

(Paul Williams, ASCAP President and Chairman, 2013.) He collaborates often with Kenneth Branagh, such as for their work on Thor in 2011, and with both classical and popular musicians, moving seamlessly between all influential genres in today’s music. He also composes orchestral and solo piano works.

Danny Elfman (b. 1953) is a Los Angeles native with a varied career. He wears the hats of composer, singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician. Today, we know him as one of Marvel’s first-rank composers. His career began very www.longviewsymphony.org

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Program notes Iv differently, however, as he rose to fame while singing lead and serving as the leading songwriter for the 1980s new wave group Oingo Boingo. He composed his first film score in 1985 and now has more than one hundred film scores to his credit. With interest and background in a diverse range of genres including new wave, pop, rock, jazz, early film scores, and classical music, his scores are known for their originality and eclecticism. A fan of epic hero films, Elfman has composed for both the DC and MCU franchises. His collaborations with director Tim Burton on nearly twenty films has yielded some of our favorites, such as two Batman films. Other hero films include two Spider-Man films and Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness with Sam Raimi. Many of us know his energetic orchestration best from the television theme for The Simpsons.

Elfman is truly one of our greatest super composers.

American composer and director Michael Giacchino (b. 1967) studied film-making in New York City and planned a career in the visual arts. After college, however, he began studying music composition and film scoring. He began scoring video games, but quickly gained the notice of prominent film directors. Today, he is a celebrated film, television, and video game composer best known for his work on films such as Up, The Incredibles films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the Batman films. Giacchino incorporates traditional orchestration into his scores, although he often expands his ideas with more modern sounds such as electric guitar, novel percussion, and more synthesized sounds. His familiarity with a variety of music means that he can construct limitless musical worlds and situations for us to explore.

Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982) is an Icelandic composer, cellist, singer, keyboard player, and percussionist who creates solo albums, music for video games, and, of course, film. Her original score for Joker earned her both an Oscar and a Golden Globe. She is the first Icelander to win an Oscar. In an usual move, Joker director, Todd Phillips request that she compose her score without having seen any of the film footage first. Instead, she relied only on 38

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Program notes v the script for character information and inspiration. Apparently, the first scene to be recorded was the inimitable “Bathroom Scene” we will hear this evening.

Soon, we will be hearing more great music from this composer, as she has been contracted to compose the score for the sequel to Joker this year.

James Newton Howard (b. 1951) maintains careers as a composer, arranger, music producer, musician, and conductor. He was born in the Los Angeles area and came from a family of musicians. While pursuing a piano performance degree, he reached the conclusion that there should be more to life than practicing, and opted for a less traditional career path. He has toured with Elton John and with the band Toto, and released some solo albums as well. His film scoring career began in the 1980s, and he has composed more than one hundred film scores since that time. These include scores for Pretty Woman, The Fugitive, Peter Pan, The Hunger Games franchise, Batman Returns, and The Dark Night, on which he worked with Hans Zimmer.

John Williams (b. 1932) needs little introduction, as many of us are familiar with his music for iconic films outside the Star Wars franchise, such as Harry Potter, Jaws, Superman, the films of the Indiana Jones trilogy, Schindler’s List, and many others. Williams studied piano at the Julliard School of Music, but soon made his way to Los Angeles where he began work as a studio musician playing for television shows and movies. His conservatory education made him familiar with classical music of the past, while his upbringing, his studio work in L.A., and his interest in composition led him to become familiar with the music of early Hollywood film score composers, such as Max Steiner and Erich Korngold. Williams’ own work as a film composer was recognized in the 1970s when he began collaborating with Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas. He continues to compose and has plans for several new projects. Williams began his conducting career by serving with the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993. Today, at the age of ninety-two, he still maintains an international conducting career. www.longviewsymphony.org

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Program notes vi Hans Zimmer (b. 1957) was born in Germany and moved to London as a teenager. He attributes his unique development to his mother, who was very musical, and to his father, who was a scientist. He states that he liked to experiment with new sounds, even as a child, and that he would do things like attach chainsaws and other unusual objects to the family piano. While this terrified his musician mother, it delighted his father, who praised his son’s innovation. Zimmer has never stopped experimenting with sounds. While he gave up on formal music training after two weeks of piano lessons, he continued to teach himself about music and technology. In the 1970s, Zimmer played keyboards and toured with several new wave and punk bands, and began scoring films in the early 1980s. A turning point in his career came in 1988 when he created the score for Rain Man and a year later when he composed the score for Driving Miss Daisy. Both films used synthesizers and samplers heavily, which made them fairly experimental for their time. Both were awarded Oscars for best picture, giving Zimmer a great deal of exposure. His collaboration with Walt Disney Feature Animations on his first animated feature film, The Lion King, in 1994 earned him an Oscar, two Grammys, and a Golden Globe.

The stage adaption of the score later earned a Tony. Zimmer has scored more than one hundred and fifty films, including his work on Batman Returns and The Dark Night with James Newton Howard. He maintains several careers as collaborative composer and music producer. We hope his broad imagination and modern, experimental approach will yield the music we love for years to come.

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