Olympics 2018: Freestyle skier Nick Goepper's Must List includes Hans Zimmer and Megadeth

Before Goepper hits the slopes Monday, the 23-year-old gave EW his Must List of pop culture faves, which includes a “maturing” music taste that has broadened into classic rock and film scores. “I was into EDM for like a year and a half but now I just kind of go back and forth between Hans Zimmer, blues, and hard rock,” Goepper explained.

1. Film scores by Hans Zimmer

“He did the soundtrack for a lot of Christopher Nolan movies like The Dark Night, Inception, and he also did Superman, so I’ve been listening to a lot of his works. I enjoy his music a lot and it kind of gets me fired up. There are certain scenes in Inception and The Dark Knight when the character is doing some triumphant thing and the soundtrack is really badass and Zimmer gets me inspired.”

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3. Megadeth

“Metallica is the mainstream band that everyone knows and Megadeth is a little bit under the radar, the band that never quite hit the fame like Metallica did. I kind of like that about them — they’re still a little less known but they have tons of awesome music and super cool guitar riffs. The story of the lead singer (Dave Mustaine) is kind of interesting: He played with Metallica in the ’80s, then he got kicked out. After, he was on a plan to redeem himself and created a band that would rival Metallica, so that’s how he created Megadeth.”

4. Ballers

5. Classic rock

“There’s a couple of songs that I enjoy like ‘Kiss of Death,’ and ‘Gamblin’ Man.’ I’d like to think that I’m maturing and my music tastes are becoming more refined. When I was younger, my dad would listen to classic rock in the garage when he was working and stuff — everything from the ’70s and ’80s — and I was all into punk rock at the time: Sum 41, Blink 182, Linkin Park, Lit, and all those guys. I remember thinking, ‘There’s no way that I’ll ever listen to this crap,’ like Led Zeppelin and all these classic rock bands.”

6. The Powell Movement

“I enjoy listening to this podcast a lot. It’s about action sports. It goes in depth into my industry.”