The score for Inception was written by Hans Zimmer, who described his work as "a very electronic, dense score", filled with "nostalgia and sadness" to match Cobb's feelings throughout the film. The music was written simultaneously to filming, and features a guitar sound reminiscent of Ennio Morricone, played by Johnny Marr, former guitarist of The Smiths. Édith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" appears recurringly throughout the film, and Zimmer reworked pieces of the song into cues of the score. A soundtrack album was released on July 11, 2010 by Reprise Records. Hans Zimmer's music was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Score category in 2011, losing to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of The Social Network. The score for Inception was written by Hans Zimmer, who described his work as "a very electronic, dense score", filled with "nostalgia and sadness" to match Cobb's feelings throughout the film. The music was written simultaneously to filming, and features a guitar sound reminiscent of Ennio Morricone, played by Johnny Marr, former guitarist of The Smiths. Édith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" appears recurringly throughout the film, and Zimmer reworked pieces of the song into cues of the score. A soundtrack album was released on July 11, 2010 by Reprise Records. Hans Zimmer's music was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Score category in 2011, losing to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of The Social Network. false 2022-10-22 09:49:52 Inception: Music From the Motion Picture 8.5 2010 2010-10-12 2010-10-12 49 House Jazz Modern Classical Classical 112475 2118618 472cb359-003e-4045-8602-a1804c427a49 e6de1f3b-6484-491c-88dd-6d619f142abc cba0c394-1aa2-40e0-8613-a9ead5624c21 /media/data/media5/Music/Hans Zimmer/Inception- Music From the Motion Picture (2010)/folder.jpg Hans Zimmer AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/H/Hans Zimmer/folder.jpg Hans Zimmer Artist /config/metadata/People/H/Hans Zimmer/folder.jpg Hans Zimmer Hans Zimmer 1 Half Remembered Dream 01:11 2 We Built Our Own World 01:55 3 Dream Is Collapsing 02:23 4 Radical Notion 03:42 5 Old Souls 07:43 6 528491 02:23 7 Mombasa 04:54 8 One Simple Idea 02:28 9 Dream Within a Dream 05:04 10 Waiting for a Train 09:30 11 Paradox 03:25 12 Time 04:35 Hans Florian Zimmer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ] (listen); born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph.His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. His works include The Lion King (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1995), Gladiator, The Last Samurai, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar and Dunkirk. He won a second Academy Award for Dune in 2022. 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 that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly.