Amnesty International invites you to create and spread your custom Anthem to Amnesty's 50th Anniversary
To celebrate Amnesty International’s 50th year anniversary, Academy Award–winning composer Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe have composed an anthem, and invite you to join our celebration by creating your own version of the anthem.
Rewards and Jury
1st prize:
- A cash prize of US $1,000 from UJAM
- A signed, numbered and framed piece of art from Hans Zimmer, also signed by artist Sergio Sole
- Two soundtrack CDs by Hans Zimmer
- A custom-made UJAM T-Shirt
- The Amnesty International Freedom Book
- An Amnesty International 50th anniversary tote bag
Winner: Varqa Buehrer
Runners-up prizes 2nd to 10th place:
- A soundtrack CD by Hans Zimmer
- A custom-made UJAM T-Shirt
- The Amnesty International Freedom Book
- An Amnesty International 50th anniversary tote bag
Winners: LucianAlexander, Dana Brown, Katherine Falk, Eluv, Chris Simons, KateLouise, Graham Smith, SchizophrenicBeat, Karel Antonín
Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer has scored over 100 films and been honored with an Academy Award, two Golden Globes and four Grammys. He has received a total of 10 Golden Globe nominations, 10 Grammy nominations and 9 Oscar nominations, the most recent for Christopher Nolan's "Inception". Zimmer has been honored with the prestigious "Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition" from the National Board of Review. He also received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 2010.
Lorne Balfe, Producer and Composer for Remote Control Productions
Lorne Balfe is a Grammy award-winning film composer from Inverness, Scotland. Lorne is known for composing the scores to DreamWorks Animation's "Megamind", and Ron Howard's film "The Dilemma", in collaboration with Hans Zimmer. In 2009, he was music producer and composer of the "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" videogame, and score producer for Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes", which earned a 2010 Oscar nomination for Best Original Score.
Pharrell Williams, producer and musician
Pharrell Williams - better known simply as Pharrell - is a Grammy Award®-winning rapper, singer, producer, composer and fashion designer. He is a member of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. and has produced tracks for numerous artist including Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Lopez.