Remote Control Productions, Inc. is a

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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

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'', and more. Many composers from Remote Control Productions have also worked on the scores of successful video games such as the ''

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'' 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

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who are working or have worked with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions include: * Max Aruj * Jeff Ali * Klaus Badelt * Lorne Balfe *

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* Tyler Bates *

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David Buckley David Buckley (born 7 June 1976) is a British composer of film and television scores, based in Santa Monica, California. Career Born in London in 1976, Buckley's first involvement with film music was as a cathedral choirboy performing on Pe ...

Justin Burnett Justin Caine Burnett (born May 2, 1973) is an American film and video game music composer. Career Justin Burnett started his career working for Hans Zimmer from 1995 through 2000. During this tenure he worked on films such as '' Broken Arrow'', ...

Toby Chu Toby Chu (born 1977) is an American film and television composer and artist of Chinese descent. He recently wrote the score to Pixar's Oscar-winning animated short ''Bao (film), Bao''. Early life Chu was born in Washington D.C. Chu is an Ameri ...

* Marko Cirkovic * Ramin Djawadi * James Dooley * Clay Duncan * Ebers Evgeny *

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* Harold Faltermeyer *

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* Tom Gire * Nick Glennie-Smith * Harry Gregson-Williams * Rupert Gregson-Williams * Gavin Greenaway * PJ Hanke *

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* Richard Harvey * Pete Haycock *

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* Steve Jablonsky *

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* Kreng * James S. Levine *

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* Henning Lohner * Mark Mancina * Steve Mazzaro * Michael John Mollo * Trevor Morris * Mark Mothersbaugh * Amirhossein Mousavi *

Blake Neely Blake Neely (born April 28, 1969) is an Emmy Award-winning American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on ''Everwood'', '' The Pacific'', and ''Pan Am'', and won the Emmy (20 ...

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* Atli Örvarsson *

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* John Powell * Trevor Rabin * Guillaume Roussel * Diego Stocco *

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* Martin Tillman *

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John Van Tongeren John Warrington Van Tongeren is an American keyboardist and composer for films and television. Biography Van Tongeren's career in the entertainment business began as a keyboardist, with one of his earliest projects being the band Q, featuring ...

Benjamin Wallfisch Benjamin Mark Lasker Wallfisch (born 7 August 1979) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and producer of film scores. Since the mid-2000s, he has worked on over 75 feature films, including composing original scores for '' Blade Ru ...

* James Weiss * Mel Wesson * Nathan Whitehead *

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* Robb Williamson *

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* 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

Official website
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Official fansite

Remote Control at IMDB.com
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