Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including award winning film scores for... The Lion King , Crimson Tide , Gladiator , The Dark Knight , Inception and the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song. Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios, and works with other composers through the company which he founded, Remote Control Productions. Zimmer's works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Classical BRIT Award, and an Academy Award. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph. Zimmer was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. As a young child, he lived in Königstein-Falkenstein, where he played the piano at home, but had piano lessons only briefly as he disliked the discipline of formal lessons. He moved to London as a teenager, where he attended Hurtwood House school.
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The Walt Disney Company’s Golden Oak Ranch is a movie ranch that serves as an interior and exterior filming location. The ranch is off of Placerita Canyon Road in Canyon Country, California, less than an hour north of Los Angeles; its entrance is about 2 miles from Placerita Canyon Road's... intersection with State Route 14. The ranch is on land that was part of the Rancho San Francisco land grant. It was named in honor of Francisco Lopez, the man credited with discovering gold in California, years before the discovery that precipitated the California Gold Rush. Walt Disney bought the 315-acre ranch in 1959 for $300,000. Subsequent purchases of adjacent land grew the area of the ranch to 827 acres . In October 2009 Disney announced plan to construct a 12 stage production facility on 56 acres at the ranch. Expected to generate more than 3000 jobs during construction and more than 2800 permanent full and part time jobs, the facility is projected to contribute $533 million annually in economic activity. Construction is slated to begin in 2013.
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