The Lion King 1994I’m going to be honest – I didn’t even realise the legendary composer Hans Zimmer was behind The Lion King’s famous soundtrack until I heard him talk about it on Classic FM. Not only did he work on the 1994 classic, but he actually won an Academy Award for Best Original Score (alongside two Grammies and a Golden Globe) for his contribution. Still, he shared on Classic FM that he had been reluctant to take the role at first. “I didn’t want to do Lion King, you know, cartoons – why am I doing cartoons?” he recalled.