Composer Hans Zimmer has been announced as the winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 2013 Classic BRIT Awards. The Academy Award- , Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer of such films as The Lion King, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Dark Knight and Inception will be honored with the award at this year’s ceremony on October 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Zimmer is the second film composer to be honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award following John Barry who received the award posthumously in 2011. Last year, John Williams was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award. To learn more about the Classic Brit Awards and to buy tickets for the event, visit the official event website.
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John Williams to Receive Classic Brit Award
John Williams will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Classic Brit Awards. The composer who celebrated his 80th birthday this year will be the first film composer to receive the lifetime achievement award in the award ceremony’s 13-year history. The full list of nominations will be announced on September 6 and the award ceremony will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on October 2, 2012. Last year, late composer John Barry was honored posthumously with an outstanding contribution to music award.