Whitacre has written for the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus , the Los Angeles Master Chorale , Chanticleer , Julian Lloyd Webber and the Philharmonia Orchestra , the Tallis Scholars , the King 's Singers , Dallas Winds , the Berlin Rundfunkchor and the Minnesota Orchestra , among others . His musical , '' Paradise Lost : Shadows and Wings '' , won both the American Society of Composers , Authors and Publishers Harold Arlen award and the Richard Rodgers Award , and earned 10 nominations at the Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards . Whitacre also worked with film composer Hans Zimmer , co-writing the Mermaid Theme for '' Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides '' and collaborating on '' Batman vs Superman : Dawn of Justice '' . In 2011 , he conducted the winning entries of the Abbey Road 80th Anniversary Anthem Competition , recording the London Symphony Orchestra and the Eric Whitacre Singers , in the Abbey Road Studio1 . Whitacre 's Soaring Leap initiative is a dynamic one-day workshop where singers , conductors , and composers read , rehearse and perform several of his works . From October to December2010 , Whitacre was a visiting Fellow at Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge , during Michaelmas ( Autumn ) Term . He composed a piece for the Choir of Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge and worked with students in masterclasses and workshops . From 2011 to 2016 , he was Composer in Residence at Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge University . In 2016 , Whitacre was appointed artist in residence with the Los Angeles Master Chorale . In July 2017 , he co-presented the Eurovision Choir of the Year
Eurovision Choir of the Year
Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017
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