Remote Control Productions (American company)
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Music |
Predecessor | Media Ventures Entertainment Group |
Founded | March 29, 1989[1] |
Founders | |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Hans Zimmer |
Owner |
Remote Control Productions, Inc. is a
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 , and more.
Many composers from Remote Control Productions have also worked on the scores of successful video games such as the 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.[5] Klaus Badelt, Stephen Barton, Steve Jablonsky, Lorne Balfe, and Hans Zimmer joined a few years later.
Composers
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- Ryeland Allison
- Max Aruj
- Klaus Badelt
- Lorne Balfe
- Stephen Barton
- Tyler Bates
- Jongnic Bontemps
- Nicholas Britell
- 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[7]
- Pieter Schlosser
- Batu Sener
- Marc Streitenfeld
- Hangi Tavakoli
- 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 Zanelli
Criticism
Christian 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]
References
- ^ "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State".
- ^ "Spotlight Media Venture". Studio Expresso. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ Munoz, Lorenza (January 6, 2004). "Hans Zimmer Files countersuit". LA Times. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ Shprintz, JAnet (December 4, 2003). "Music ends as Rifkin sues Zimmer $10 mil". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Hans Zimmer Website".
- ^ "Remote Control Productions Unofficial Site".
- ^ "Guillaume Roussel". IMDb. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Nathan Whitehead". IMDb. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Nathan Whitehead". Hans-Zimmer.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
- ^ "Filmtracks: Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer/Various)".
- ^ "Filmtracks: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Hans Zimmer/Various)".
- ^ "Filmtracks: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Hans Zimmer/Tom Holkenborg/Various)".
- ^ "The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack review | Hans Zimmer | movie-wave.net". www.movie-wave.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013.
- ^ "Movie Music UK – Clash of the Titans – Ramin Djawadi". www.moviemusicuk.us. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
External links
- Official website (Under Construction)
- Official fansite
- Remote Control at IMDB.com