Pharrell Williams has been hired to team up with the Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer to create the soundtrack for the 2012 Academy Awards. Wow, what an honor!! Hit the jump to see what P had to say about it!
“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,” Pharrell said in a statement to BET.com. “It’s especially an honor to work with my mentor, Hans Zimmer.”
Producers of the prestigious awards ceremony said they were looking to mix Zimmer’s flair for the classical with Pharrell’s R&B and hip hop sensibilities. Such a marriage, Pharrell said, spoke directly to the goals he’s set for his new media venture, 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,” he said.
The 84th Annual Academy Awards will air on February 26, 2012, on ABC.
