HANS ZIMMER is a new composer for the new “Bond” movie, Variety reported.

The composer of “Gladiator,” “Inception” and “The Da Vinci Code” is already believed to be working on “No Time to Die,” the 25th film in the 007 franchise starring Daniel Craig. He replaces Dan Romer, the American composer who had previously been announced as scoring the film.

“Creative differences” are said to have been the reason for Romer’s dismissal by Eon Productions, the Broccoli family enterprise that has made all of the “Bond” films dating back to “Dr. No,” the first 007 adventure in 1962.

Rumors have been swirling for weeks about the status of music for the film, now in post-production in London. Director Cary Fukunaga brought Romer into the project last summer, having previously worked with him on “Beasts of No Nation” and the miniseries “Maniac.”

The past few “Bond” epics have demanded long and intense scores to propel the action and heighten the suspense.

Zimmer is an 11-time Oscar nominee who won in 1994 for “The Lion King.”

(SD-Agencies)