Remote Control Productions (American company)

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, the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other. 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, Mission: Impossible 2, 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, 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
 * 🇩🇪 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
 * 🇺🇸 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
 * 🇬🇧 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. Other reviewers have also criticized Zimmer's approach to scoring films, as well as Remote Control Productions' dominance.