Remote Control Productions
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
- Name
- Remote Control Productions, Inc.
- Founded
- 1989
- Founder
- Jay Rifkin · Hans Zimmer
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica
- Activity
- music industry
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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.
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Overview
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.
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1989 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer. Its recorded seat is Santa Monica. The recorded field of activity is music industry.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Remote Control Productions, Inc. • Former Name — Media Ventures Entertainment Group (1989-2003) • Type — Private • Founders — * Jay Rifkin • Hans Zimmer • Owner — * Hans Zimmer • Because Music • Extreme Music • Key People — Hans Zimmer • Industry — Music • Hq Location City — Santa Monica, California • Hq Location Country — United States
Composers
Composers
Composers who are working or have worked with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions include: • United States Ryeland Allison • United States Max Aruj • United States Chris Bacon • Germany Klaus Badelt • United Kingdom Lorne Balfe • United Kingdom Stephen Barton • United States Tyler Bates • Norway Thomas Bergersen • United States Jongnic Bontemps • United States Lauren Bousfield • United States Nicholas Britell • Canada Michael Brook • United Kingdom David Buckley • United States Justin Burnett • United States Toby Chu • United Kingdom Phil Collins • Germany Ramin Djawadi • United States James Dooley • United States Clay Duncan • United States Stephanie Economou • United States Mike Einziger • Venezuela Pedro Eustache • Iran Nima Fakhrara • Germany Harold Faltermeyer • United States David Fleming • Denmark Troels Brun Folmann • United States Germaine Franco • Australia Lisa Gerrard • United States Tom Gire • United Kingdom Nick Glennie-Smith • United StatesAlfie Godfrey • United Kingdom Gavin Greenaway • United Kingdom Harry Gregson-Williams • United Kingdom Rupert Gregson-Williams • Turkey Yunus Poyraz Guray • United States PJ Hanke • United States Don L. Harper • United Kingdom Richard Harvey • United Kingdom Pete Haycock • Israel Ofra Haza • United States Bart Hendrickson • Netherlands Tom Holkenborg • United States Ian Honeyman • United States James Newton Howard • United Kingdom Tom Howe • United States Steve Jablonsky • United Kingdom Henry Jackman • Australia Bryce Jacobs • United Kingdom Elton John • United States Andrew Kawczynski • United Kingdom Alastair King • Austria Harald Kloser • United States Alex Lacamoire • United States James S. Levine • United States Michael A. Levine • United Kingdom Dominic Lewis • Germany Henning Lohner • United States Mark Mancina • United States Matthew Margeson • United Kingdom Johnny Marr • United States Steve Mazzaro • United States David Metzger • United States Lin-Manuel Miranda • United States Michael John Mollo • United States Tom Morello • Canada Trevor Morris • United Kingdom Paul Mounsey • United States Blake Neely • United Kingdom Julian Nott • Iceland Atli Örvarsson • Brazil Heitor Pereira • United States Nick Phoenix • United Kingdom John Powell • United Kingdom Graham Preskett • France Daft Punk • South Africa Trevor Rabin • New Zealand Graeme Revell • United States Kevin Riepl • United States Jeff Rona • France Guillaume Roussel • United States Pieter Schlosser • Turkey Batu Sener • United States Michael Stevens • Italy Diego Stocco • Germany Marc Streitenfeld • Iran Hangi Tavakoli • United Kingdom Benson Taylor • Switzerland Martin Tillman • United States Stuart Michael Thomas • Germany Steffen Thum • United States John Van Tongeren • Turkey Pinar Toprak • United States Joseph Trapanese • United States Brian Tyler • United States Shirley Walker • United Kingdom Benjamin Wallfisch • Germany Matthias Weber • United States James B. Weiss • United Kingdom Mel Wesson • United States Paul Westerberg • United States Eric Whitacre • United States Nathan Whitehead • United States will.i.am • United States Pharrell Williams • United States Robb Williamson • United Kingdom Anthony B. Willis • United Kingdom Christopher Willis • United States Geoff Zanelli
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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.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State.
- 2.Studio Expresso. Spotlight Media Venture.
- 3.Shprintz, JAnet. Music ends as Rifkin sues Zimmer $10 mil. Variety. Variety Media, LLC. December 4, 2003.
- 4.Munoz, Lorenza. Hans Zimmer Files countersuit. Los Angeles Times. January 6, 2004.
- 5.The Authentic Gateway to Hans Zimmer's Music World. Hans ZImmer Website.
- 6.The Broad. www.thebroad.org.
- 7.Michael Stevens. Discogs. 1992.
- 8.Filmtracks: Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer/Various). Filmtracks.
- 9.Filmtracks: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Hans Zimmer/Various). Filmtracks.
- 10.Filmtracks: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Hans Zimmer/Tom Holkenborg/Various). Filmtracks.
- 11.The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack review Hans Zimmer movie-wave.net. Movie Wave.
- 12.Movie Music UK – Clash of the Titans – Ramin Djawadi. Movie Music UK.
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