b. 1957. American composer in the Contemporary Film Music tradition.

One of the most commercially successful film composers of the modern era; associated with epic orchestral and hybrid electronic scores.

Signature works: The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Score), Gladiator (Original Motion Picture Score), Inception (Original Motion Picture Score), Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Score), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Original Motion Picture Score).