Gerrard received a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award nomination for the score for the 2000 film Gladiator on which she teamed up with Hans Zimmer . Gerrard participated in a number of musical scores but came to fame as a film composer after recording The Insider in 1999 , with Pieter Bourke , and Gladiator in 2000 , with Hans Zimmer , which received an Academy Award nomination for best music score , although only Zimmer was nominated . It did , however , win a Golden Globe Award for both composers .