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, the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other. 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.
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. 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:
Ryeland Allison
Max Aruj
Klaus Badelt
Lorne Balfe
Stephen Barton
Tyler Bates
Jongnic Bontemps
David Buckley
Justin Burnett
Toby Chu
Daft Punk
Ramin Djawadi
James Dooley
Clay Duncan
Stephanie Economou
Mike Einziger
Harold Faltermeyer
Jay Flood
Germaine Franco
Lisa Gerrard
Tom Gire
Nick Glennie-Smith
Harry Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Gavin Greenaway
Don L. Harper
Richard Harvey
Pete Haycock
Tom Holkenborg
Ian Honeyman
James Newton Howard
Tom Howe
Steve Jablonsky
Henry Jackman
Bryce Jacobs
Andrew Kawczynski
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
Trevor Morris
Paul Mounsey
Blake Neely
Julian Nott
Atli Örvarsson
Heitor Pereira
John Powell
Trevor Rabin
Guillaume Roussel
Pieter Schlosser
Batu Sener
Marc Streitenfeld
Hangi Tavakoli
Martin Tillman
Stuart Michael Thomas
Steffen Thum
John Van Tongeren
Joseph Trapanese
Brian Tyler
Benjamin Wallfisch
James Weiss
Mel Wesson
Nathan Whitehead
Anthony B. Willis
Christopher Willis
will.i.am
Robb Williamson
Pharrell Williams
Geoff Zanelli
Criticism
Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks has noted Zimmer's use of ghostwriters. Other reviewers have also criticized Zimmer's approach to scoring films, as well as Remote Control Productions' dominance.
References
External links
Official website (Under Construction) Official fansite Remote Control at IMDB.com