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] Today, Remote Control is home to a large group of composers mentored by Zimmer, many of whom have had successful film scoring careers as part of the company or on their own as they are Film Score company we are Music Production Studio in CA.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Music |
Predecessor | Media Ventures Entertainment Group |
Founded | March 29, 1989[1] |
Founders | |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Hans Zimmer |
Owner |
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
editComposers 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
- Thomas J. Bergersen
- Jongnic Bontemps
- Lauren Bousfield [7]
- Nicholas Britell
- David Buckley
- Justin Burnett
- Toby Chu
- Marko Cirkovic
- Patrick Cassidy
- Daft Punk
- Antonio Di Iorio
- Ramin Djawadi
- James Dooley
- Tan Dun
- Clay Duncan
- Evgeny Ebers
- Stephanie Economou
- Mike Einziger
- Pedro Eustache
- Harold Faltermeyer
- Jay Flood
- Troels Brun Folmann
- 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
- James Newton Howard
- Tom Howe
- Mark Isham Steve Jablonsky
- Henry Jackman
- Bryce Jacobs
- Kreng
- Andrew Kawczynski
- Harald Kloser
- Alastair King
- James S. Levine
- Michael A. Levine
- Dominic Lewis
- Henning Lohner
- Mark Mancina
- Matthew Margeson
- Johnny Marr
- Steve Mazzaro
- David Metzger
- Michael John Mollo
- Tom Morello
- Khuất Duy Minh
- Trevor Morris
- Paul Mounsey
- Blake Neely
- Julian Nott
- Atli Örvarsson
- Heitor Pereira
- John Powell
- Graham Preskett
- Trevor Rabin
- Satnam Ramgotra
- Kevin Riepl
- Jeff Rona
- Graeme Revell
- Guillaume Roussel[8]
- Pieter Schlosser
- Batu Sener
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Diego Stocco
- Marc Streitenfeld
- Hangi Tavakoli
- Benson Taylor
- Martin Tillman
- Pinar Toprak
- John Van Tongeren
- Stuart Michael Thomas
- Steffen Thum
- Joseph Trapanese
- Brian Tyler
- Shirley Walker
- Benjamin Wallfisch
- James Weiss
- Mel Wesson
- Nathan Whitehead[9][10]
- Anthony B. Willis
- Christopher Willis
- will.i.am
- Robb Williamson
- Eric Whitacre
- Pharrell Williams
- Geoff Zanelli
Criticism
editChristian Clemmensen of Filmtracks has noted Zimmer's use of ghostwriters.[11][12][13] Other reviewers have also criticized Zimmer's approach to scoring films,[14] as well as Remote Control Productions' dominance.[15]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Guillaume Roussel". IMDb. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Nathan Whitehead". IMDb. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Nathan Whitehead". Hans-Zimmer.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Official website (Under Construction)
- Official fansite
- Remote Control at IMDB.com