A Hip-Hop Oscars ceremony? Pharrell has been hired to team up with Oscar-winning film composer and friend Hans Zimmer to create the soundtrack for the 2012 Academy Awards taking place on February 26th, 2012. In a statement to BET, P said:
“As always I’m thankful. It’s something I watched since I was a kid and I never dreamt as a child that I’d be working on the show. It’s especially an honor to work with my mentor, Hans Zimmer.”
He also commented on his new media venture / imprint i am OTHER:
“It’s for moments like this that I created i am OTHER. We must push forward, think outside of the box and raise the bar with everything that we do”