Remote Control Productions

Remote Control Productions is a film score company run by veteran composer Hans Zimmer. Originally known as "Media Ventures," which was conceived and founded by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer,^[1] the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other.^[2]

Remote Control Productions has been responsible for the scores for a number of successful films including the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, the Shrek series, Iron Man, Gladiator, Kung Fu Panda, Mission: Impossible II, The Last Samurai, Batman Begins, Transformers, Hancock, Kingdom of Heaven, The Dark Knight, Madagascar, and The Da Vinci Code. Recently, many composers from Remote Control Productions have worked in successful videogames such like the Metal Gear series, The Sims 3, Gears of War 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and its sequel, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Harry Gregson-Williams, Klaus Badelt, Stephen Barton, Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer are a few of the composers who recently joined the videogame industry, but Harry Gregson-Williams is considered the first Media Ventures composer to join the videogame industry than anyone else in Zimmer's team.

Composers

Composers who are working or have worked with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions include^[3]:

Klaus Badelt Lorne Balfe Stephen Barton Thomas J. Bergersen David Buckley Toby Chu Ramin Djawadi James Dooley Clay Duncan Nima Fakhrara Lisa Gerrard Tom Gire Nick Glennie-Smith Harry Gregson-Williams Gavin Greenaway Rupert Gregson-Williams

PJ Hanke Don L. Harper Richard Harvey Pete Haycock Steve Jablonsky Henry Jackman Bryce Jacobs James S. Levine Michael A. Levine Henning Lohner Mark Mancina Trevor Morris Blake Neely Atli Örvarsson Heitor Pereira Nick Phoenix John Powell

Trevor Rabin Guillaume Roussel[4] Diego Stocco Marc Streitenfeld Martin Tillman Stuart Michael Thomas Pınar Toprak‎ John Van Tongeren Mel Wesson Nathan Whitehead[5][6] Christopher Willis Geoff Zanelli

Composers of Remote Control Productions who are working in videogames.

• Hans Zimmer (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Crysis 2)
• Harry Gregson-Williams (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Plasma Pong)
• Stephen Barton (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)
• Steve Jablonsky (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty^{[citation needed]}, Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3, The Sims 3)
• Klaus Badelt ("MotorStorm: Apocalypse")
• James Dooley (Epic Mickey, SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALs, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault and Spiderman Shattered Dimensions)
• Pinar Toprak (Ninety-Nine Nights)
• Lorne Balfe (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Crysis 2, Assassin's Creed: Revelations)
• David Buckley (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Ramin Djawadi (Medal of Honor (2010 video game))

References

1. ^ "Spotlight Media Venture". Studio Expresso. http://www.studioexpresso.com/Spotlight%20Archive/Spotlight-Media%20Venture.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
2. ^ Munoz, Lorenza (2004-01-06). "Hans Zimmer Files countersuit". LA Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/06/business/fi-munoz6. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
3. ^ http://www.hans-zimmer.com/fr/newsite.php?rub=rcprod
4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1190889/
5. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1211040/
6. ^ http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=rcpmember&numid=110

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial 'Remote Control Productions' site
• Remote Control at IMDB.com