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 Zimmer and Jay Rifkin, the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other.
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, Michael Clayton, Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, and The Dark Knight Trilogy, along with animated films such as the Shrek series, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, The Lion King, Raya and the Last Dragon, 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 Chris Bacon Klaus Badelt Lorne Balfe Stephen Barton Tyler Bates Thomas Bergersen Jongnic Bontemps Lauren Bousfield Nicholas Britell Michael Brook David Buckley Justin Burnett Toby Chu Phil Collins Ramin Djawadi James Dooley Clay Duncan Stephanie Economou Mike Einziger Pedro Eustache Nima Fakhrara Harold Faltermeyer David Fleming Troels Brun Folmann Germaine Franco Lisa Gerrard Tom Gire Nick Glennie-Smith Alfie Godfrey Gavin Greenaway Harry Gregson-Williams Rupert Gregson-Williams Yunus Poyraz Guray PJ Hanke Don L. Harper Richard Harvey Pete Haycock Ofra Haza Bart Hendrickson Tom Holkenborg Ian Honeyman James Newton Howard Tom Howe Steve Jablonsky Henry Jackman Bryce Jacobs Elton John Andrew Kawczynski Alastair King Harald Kloser Alex Lacamoire James S. Levine Michael A. Levine Dominic Lewis Henning Lohner Mark Mancina Matthew Margeson Johnny Marr Steve Mazzaro David Metzger Lin-Manuel Miranda Michael John Mollo Tom Morello Trevor Morris Paul Mounsey Blake Neely Julian Nott Atli Örvarsson Heitor Pereira Nick Phoenix John Powell Graham Preskett Daft Punk Trevor Rabin Graeme Revell Kevin Riepl Jeff Rona Guillaume Roussel Pieter Schlosser Batu Sener Michael Stevens Diego Stocco Marc Streitenfeld Hangi Tavakoli Benson Taylor Martin Tillman Stuart Michael Thomas Steffen Thum John Van Tongeren Pinar Toprak Joseph Trapanese Brian Tyler Shirley Walker Benjamin Wallfisch Matthias Weber James B. Weiss Mel Wesson Paul Westerberg Eric Whitacre Nathan Whitehead will.i.am Pharrell Williams Robb Williamson Anthony B. Willis Christopher Willis 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
Remote Control at IMDB.com