World famous composer Hans Zimmer is launching an online course with MasterClass to teach his music composition techniques.

The German-born Oscar-winning composer is one of Hollywood’s most recognized names and joins a host of stars including Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman and Christina Aguilera who have launched their masterclasses on the platform.

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Zimmer was awarded an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score in 1995 for Disney’s global hit “The Lion king.” The composer has also been nominated 8 times for an Oscar for his work on films such as “Gladiator”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Inception” and most recently, “Interstellar” in 2015.

Working as a music producer, executive score producer and a music consultant on the biggest Hollywood films, Hans Zimmer has a career spanning several decades going back to the early 80s.

In his new Masterclass, Zimmer will teach students how he creates sounds from nothing and his method of scoring a film before he’s even seen it.

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On pre-sale as of today, the class, that costs just $90 includes 30 video lessons and a downloadable workbook. Students will be able to upload their work to get feedback and select compositions will also be critiqued by Zimmer.