“I said I don't want to do a musical, I hate musicals,” Zimmer said. He had one stipulation: That it wasn't going to be a musical. “I couldn't take her to a Tony Scott bloodbath,” Zimmer said. She was 6 at the time, and his movies at that point weren't exactly child-friendly. He only agreed to do “The Lion King” a quarter of a century ago because of his daughter. “I'm always the one saying no to everything,” Zimmer, 61, said. But he wasn't sure he wanted to come back when Jon Favreau approached him to revisit the soundtrack for his technologically advanced reimagining of the animated film, which opens nationwide Thursday night. The emotional score has gotten him jobs, his only Oscar and secured him a place in the hearts of children and adults. Composer Hans Zimmer can't seem to get away from “The Lion King.”
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