FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THIS SEASON'S MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIE
THE DA VINCI CODE
WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC BY OSCAR®-WINNING COMPOSER
HANS ZIMMER
TO BE RELEASED ON DECCA MAY 9TH

**DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD, PRODUCED
BY BRIAN GRAZER AND JOHNY CALLEY
FEATURING A STAR STUDDED CAST INCLUDING TWO-TIME ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNER TOM
HANKS**

(April 11, 2006- New York, NY) The soundtrack for one of this season's most
anticipated films, Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment's The Da Vinci
Code, features original music composed by Oscar®-winner Hans Zimmer (Rain Man,
The Lion King, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator). From director Ron Howard, producer
Brian Grazer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar®-winning team of A
Beautiful Mind, along with producer John Cally (the Oscar®-nominated The Remains
of the Day), comes the film version Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. One of the
most popular and widely discussed novels of our time, this movie includes a
superb cast headed by two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks with Audrey
Tautou, Sir Ian McKellan, Alfred Molina, Paul Bettany and Jean Reno. The
soundtrack will be released May 9th on Decca. The film opens May 19th worldwide.

Zimmer recorded the soundtrack at Air Studios which Da Vinci Code fans will be
delighted to know is situated on "Rosslyn" Hill in London, and also at Abbey
Road Studios. Director, Ron Howard commented that the music recorded at the
sessions was "powerful, fresh and wonderfully effective. Like every other facet
of this movie, the score for The Da Vinci Code demanded a range of textures that
recognized and reinforced the layers of ideas and emotion, which unfold as the
basic story does." Zimmer once again captures the essence of suspense and
tension that builds throughout the film. "The inspired Hans Zimmer has given us
extraordinarily memorable music to appreciate within the framework of a film or
completely on its own, where you can let the sounds carry you on your own
private journey," summarized Ron Howard. The two have previously collaborated
on Backdraft in 1991.

German-born Zimmer entered the world of film music in London as an apprentice to
composer Stanley Meyers (The Deerhunter), with whom he collaborated on several
scores. His first film was My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and since then he has
composed over 100 films, becoming one of Hollywood's most sought after
composers. In 1988, he earned an Oscar® nomination for Rain Man and was
nominated for a Grammy® in 1989 for Driving Miss Daisy. He garnered the Academy
Award® in 1994 for The Lion King, which also earned him a Golden Globe®, a Tony®
and two Grammy® awards. In total, Zimmer has been nominated for seven Golden
Globes, seven Grammys, and seven Oscars for Rain Man, Gladiator, The Lion King,
As Good As It Gets, The Preacher's Wife, The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Egypt,
and The Last Samurai. His upcoming films include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest (opening July 7) to be released in summer 2006 and Nancy Meyers'
romantic comedy The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and
Jack Black.

The Da Vinci Code involves a thrilling murder investigation that unearths the
biggest cover-up in human history. The Columbia Pictures and Imagine
Entertainment film opens May 19th worldwide.

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