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Hans Zimmer talks INCEPTION, Composing, Working with with James Newton Howard, and More

Posted: October 31st, 2010 at 8:43 pm

Last week, The Recording Academy hosted an invite-only screening of Inception, followed by a special Q&A session with the film’s composer, Oscar and Grammy winner Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight). The Q&A was moderated by Mike Knobloch, President of Film Music and Publishing at Universal Pictures. During their talk, Hans talked about his relationship with Batman and Inception director Christopher Nolan, revealed his creative process for composing, and described what it was like co-composing with James Newton Howard (on Batman). Hit the jump to read some selected quotes from Zimmer and you can also listen to the audio.