Some of his works include The Lion King for which he had won an Academy Award for The Best Original Score in 1994, Pirates of The Caribbean series, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Dark Knight Trilogy, The Last Samurai, Interstellar, and Inception. At present, he is the head of a film music division at the DreamWorks Studio and he also works with other composers through the company known as Remote Control Productions which he founded.