Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer Named Music Consultants of 2012 Oscars

By Larry Yepez Jr.

Grammy Award winning rapper and music producer Pharrell Williams will join forces with Academy Award winning film composer Hans Zimmer to oversee the music for the 84th Academy Awards in February.

The producers of the show, Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, announced the musical collaboration after Brett Ratner dropped out as Producer. This will be the first time either composer has worked on the Oscar show.

"I am honored to work with my mentor and teacher, Hans Zimmer and I have wanted to collaborate with Brian Grazer on something for years," Williams said. "I cannot believe I will be joining them and their teams on the most prestigious show of the year, the Academy Awards."

Williams has produced hit songs like Hot in Herre by Nelly, Beautiful and Drop It Like It's Hot with Snoop Dogg, and Milkshake by Kelis.

Zimmer won an Oscar in 1994 for Original Score for The Lion King and has received eight additional nominations for Original Score. Other credits include Rain Man, Gladiator, The Da Vinci Code, The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes and Inception.

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