Remote Control Productions, Inc. is a film score company run by composer Hans Zimmer and based in Santa Monica, California. Originally known as Media Ventures Entertainment Group, which was conceived and founded by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer,[2] the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other.[3][4]
Remote Control Productions has been responsible for the scores for a number of successful live-action films including the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Iron Man, Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2, The Last Samurai, Transformers, Hancock, Kingdom of Heaven, The Da Vinci Code, Inception, Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, and The Dark Knight Trilogy, along with successful animated films such as the Shrek series, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, The Lion King, and more. Many composers from Remote Control Productions have also worked on the scores of successful video games such as the Metal Gear and Skylanders series, The Sims 3, Gears of War 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, its sequel, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Crysis 2, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, and Assassin's Creed III. Harry Gregson-Williams was the first Media Ventures composer to work in the video game industry on Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty in 2001.[5] Klaus Badelt, Stephen Barton, Steve Jablonsky, Lorne Balfe, and Hans Zimmer joined a few years later.
Composers
Composers who are working or have worked with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions include:[6][better source needed]
Ryeland Allison
Max Aruj
Klaus Badelt
Lorne Balfe
Stephen Barton
Michael Brook
Tyler Bates
Jongnic Bontemps
Lauren Bousfield[7]
Nicholas Britell
David Buckley
Justin Burnett
Toby Chu
Daft Punk
Ramin Djawadi
James Dooley
Clay Duncan
Stephanie Economou
Mike Einziger
Pedro Eustache
Harold Faltermeyer
David Fleming
Germaine Franco
Nima Fakhrara
Lisa Gerrard
Tom Gire
Nick Glennie-Smith
Harry Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Gavin Greenaway
PJ Hanke
Don L. Harper
Richard Harvey
Pete Haycock
Tom Holkenborg
Ian Honeyman
Ofra Haza
James Newton Howard
Bart Hendrickson
Tom Howe
Steve Jablonsky
Henry Jackman
Bryce Jacobs
Andrew Kawczynski
Harald Kloser
Alastair King
James S. Levine
Michael A. Levine
Dominic Lewis
Henning Lohner
Mark Mancina
Matthew Margeson
Johnny Marr
David Metzger
Tom Morello
Steve Mazzaro
Michael John Mollo
Trevor Morris
Paul Mounsey
Blake Neely
Julian Nott
Atli Örvarsson
Heitor Pereira
Nick Phoenix
John Powell
Graham Preskett
Trevor Rabin
Guillaume Roussel
Kevin Riepl
Jeff Rona
Pieter Schlosser
Batu Sener
Michael Stevens[8]
Diego Stocco
Marc Streitenfeld
Hangi Tavakoli
Benson Taylor
Martin Tillman
John Van Tongeren
Stuart Michael Thomas
Steffen Thum
Joseph Trapanese
Brian Tyler
Shirley Walker
Benjamin Wallfisch
Matthias Weber
James B. Weiss
Mel Wesson
Nathan Whitehead
Anthony B. Willis
Christopher Willis
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Eric Whitacre
Pharrell Williams
Robb Williamson
Geoff Zanelli
Criticism
Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks has noted Zimmer's use of ghostwriters.[9][10][11] Other reviewers have also criticized Zimmer's approach to scoring films,[12] as well as Remote Control Productions' dominance.[13] A number of scores credited to Zimmer have been disqualified from Academy Award consideration due to uncertainty about input.
References
- ^ "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State".
- ^ "Spotlight Media Venture". Studio Expresso. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ Shprintz, JAnet (December 4, 2003). "Music ends as Rifkin sues Zimmer $10 mil". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ Munoz, Lorenza (January 6, 2004). "Hans Zimmer Files countersuit". LA Times. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ "Hans Zimmer Website".
- ^ "Remote Control Productions Unofficial Site".
- ^ "The Broad". www.thebroad.org. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "Michael Stevens". Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ "Filmtracks: Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer/Various)".
- ^ "Filmtracks: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Hans Zimmer/Various)".
- ^ "Filmtracks: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Hans Zimmer/Tom Holkenborg/Various)".
- ^ "The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack review | Hans Zimmer | movie-wave.net". www.movie-wave.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013.
- ^ "Movie Music UK – Clash of the Titans – Ramin Djawadi". www.moviemusicuk.us. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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