Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer speaks with Lesley Stahl about scoring movies with a computer and piano keyboard.

Hans Zimmer: I tell you what. Hans Zimmer: It can be. Lesley Stahl: And you're bringing that up? Hans Zimmer: When he's not stealing eggs at the zoo, (LAUGH) he is a very good customer of Home Depot. Hans Zimmer: I would describe myself as somebody who's deeply in love with music, and deeply in love with movies, and playful. And you have the violin play middle C. Hans Zimmer: Well, yeah, because he then went to my mother and said, "It's either him or me." Hans Zimmer: And so he said, "Would I mind coming to Los Angeles and maybe doing his movie?" Lesley Stahl: So you've been called a maverick. It's like, you know, a bow on a bow and arrow. Hans Zimmer: And they said, "Exactly. But over the years as directors and studios began to look for edgier scores, they have increasingly turned to a German-born composer named Hans Zimmer.