Perez Hilton — Pharrell Williams has just landed a new job. Pharrell and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer are set to supervise the music for the 2012 Academy Awards. The two will serve as musical consultants for the show. The combination will mix Pharrells hip ... more info

ContactMusic — Celebrated movie composer Hans Zimmer and hip-hop star Pharrell Williams have signed on as music consultants for the 2012 Oscars The Oscar-winner and the Grammy-winner have been invited to join the Academy Awards creative team by producers Brian Graz... more info

Guardian Music — For my soundtrack to The Awakening I used an orchestra and choir – but the creepiest sound we created was with a slide whistle. Here are some other simple but effective soundtracks …I've just done the music to the feature film The Awakening. Had ... more info

Gigwise — Composer Hans Zimmer puts out a call for help... more info

Guardian Music — Large vision, stellar cast, but is unknown Londoner Jeymes Samuel another Damon Albarn, or a pretentious buffoon?Hometown: London.The lineup: Jeymes Samuel (vocals, music).The background: Holy crap. What is this? Making sense of the Bullitts is makin... more info

Discobelle.net — The second single off Korallreven’s debut album, “Sa Sa Samoa” is a dreamy pop collaboration with Brooklyn based vocal experimentalist Julianna Barwick and wouldn’t sound out of place if featured on the Hans Zimmer soundtrack to “The Thin R... more info

Altsounds — Rodrigo y Gabriela are riding high on the global success of their Hans Zimmer collaboration on Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; which has just enjoyed the biggest global opening weekend in the history of the movies. Summer's here and the... more info

Altsounds — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES SOUNDTRACK TO FEATURE FIRST TIME COLLABORATION WITH HANS ZIMMER AND RODRIGO Y GABRIELA SOUNDTRACK SET FOR RELEASE ON WALT DISNEY RECORDS MAY 17th One of the summer's most highly anticipated ... more info

Gigwise — They recorded closely together... more info

ContactMusic — Former THE SMITHS star JOHNNY MARR found out he'd received an Oscars nomination for his work on INCEPTION from a fan on Twitter.com.The guitarist teamed up with Hans Zimmer to work on the music for the sci-fi thriller, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, ... more info