| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Predecessor | Media Ventures Entertainment Group |
| Founded | March 29, 1989; 36 years ago (1989-03-29)[1] |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Hans Zimmer |
| Owner |
Remote Control Productions, Inc. is afilm score company run by composerHans Zimmer and based inSanta Monica, California. Originally known asMedia Ventures Entertainment Group, which was conceived and founded by Zimmer andJay Rifkin,[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 thePirates 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, andThe Dark Knight Trilogy, along with successful animated films such as theShrek 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 theMetal Gear andSkylanders 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, andAssassin's Creed III. Harry Gregson-Williams was the first Media Ventures composer to work in the video game industry onMetal 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.
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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 BalfeStephen Barton
Michael BrookTyler Bates
Thomas BergersenJongnic BontempsLauren Bousfield[7]Nicholas BritellDavid BuckleyJustin BurnettToby Chu
Daft PunkRamin DjawadiJames DooleyClay DuncanStephanie EconomouMike Einziger
Pedro EustacheHarold FaltermeyerDavid FlemingGermaine Franco
Troels Brun Folmann
Nima Fakhrara
Lisa Gerrard Tom Gire Alfie GodfreyNick Glennie-SmithHarry Gregson-WilliamsRupert Gregson-WilliamsGavin Greenaway PJ HankeDon L. HarperRichard HarveyPete Haycock
Tom HolkenborgIan Honeyman
Ofra HazaJames Newton Howard Bart HendricksonTom HoweSteve JablonskyHenry JackmanBryce Jacobs Andrew Kawczynski
Harald KloserAlastair KingJames S. LevineMichael A. LevineDominic LewisHenning LohnerMark MancinaMatthew MargesonJohnny MarrDavid MetzgerTom Morello Steve Mazzaro Michael John MolloTrevor MorrisPaul MounseyBlake NeelyJulian Nott
Atli Örvarsson
Heitor PereiraNick PhoenixJohn PowellGraham Preskett
Trevor Rabin Guillaume Roussel
Graeme RevellKevin RieplJeff RonaPieter Schlosser
Batu SenerMichael Stevens[8]
Diego StoccoMarc StreitenfeldHangi TavakoliBenson Taylor
Martin TillmanJohn Van TongerenStuart Michael ThomasSteffen ThumPinar ToprakJoseph TrapaneseBrian TylerShirley WalkerBenjamin Wallfisch Matthias Weber James B. WeissMel Wesson Nathan Whitehead Anthony B. WillisChristopher Williswill.i.amEric WhitacrePharrell Williams Robb WilliamsonGeoff ZanelliChristian Clemmensen ofFilmtracks 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]
