| Remote Control Productions, Inc. | |
| Type: | Private |
| Predecessor: | Media Ventures Entertainment Group |
| Founded: | [1] |
| Key People: | Hans Zimmer |
| Industry: | Music |
| Location City: | Santa Monica, California |
| Location Country: | U.S. |
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.
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, , 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, , Crysis 2, , and Assassin's Creed III. Harry Gregson-Williams was the first Media Ventures composer to work in the video game industry on in 2001.[5] Klaus Badelt, Stephen Barton, Steve Jablonsky, Lorne Balfe, and Hans Zimmer joined a few years later.
Composers who are working or have worked with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions include:[6]
Ryeland Allison Max Aruj
Klaus Badelt
Lorne Balfe Stephen Barton Tyler Bates Jongnic Bontemps Nicholas Britell David Buckley Justin Burnett Toby Chu
Daft Punk Antonio Di Iorio 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[7] Pieter Schlosser
Batu Sener Marc Streitenfeld Benson Taylor
Martin Tillman Stuart Michael Thomas Steffen Thum Joseph Trapanese Brian Tyler Benjamin Wallfisch James Weiss Mel Wesson Nathan Whitehead[8] [9] Anthony B. Willis Christopher Willis will.i.am Robb Williamson Pharrell Williams Geoff ZanelliChristian Clemmensen of Filmtracks has noted Zimmer's use of ghostwriters.[10] [11] [12] Other reviewers have also criticized Zimmer's approach to scoring films,[13] as well as Remote Control Productions' dominance.[14]