Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music Sets London Expansion, Announces New Leadership Hires

Bleeding Fingers Music, the collective co-founded by legendary composer Hans Zimmer ( The Lion King , Interstellar ), his business manager Steven Kofsky and entrepreneur Russell Emanuel , is expanding its global footprint with the launch of a new London office. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Bleeding Fingers Music has built a reputation as one of the most prolific scoring collectives working across contemporary film and TV, including the BBC’s prestigious Planet Earth franchise.

The London expansion comes as the team prepares for a string of new projects that will be produced in the U.K., including the forthcoming Harry Potter HBO Series, The Dutchess and I , Blue Planet III and more. The company’s planned move into Maida Vale Studios — a recording complex that’s currently home to the BBC Symphony Orchestra and has previously hosted thousands of performances for the BBC’s radio network — will include expanded production infrastructure designed to scale its composer output.

The BBC sold the space to Zimmer and Kofsky, as well as Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Pictures,...