“He was a lot more comfortable when he went into film...”: How Trevor Horn almost talked Hans Zimmer into rapping on The Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio Star

Hans Zimmer is probably the world’s most famous film composer, having masterminded the soundtracks for everything from The Lion King and Gladiator to Inception and Dune. 

What many people don’t know, though, is that in his early days, a 23-year-old Zimmer worked with legendary producer Trevor Horn on The Buggles’ chart-topping Video Killed The Radio Star, released in 1979.