Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Hans Zimmer is responsible for some of the most iconic film scores of the last 35 years. So how does one person create so much amazing music? It turns out, he doesn’t do it alone. In this episode, Hans Zimmer’s incredible team pulls back the curtain to reveal their extraordinary creative process, and uncover the secrets behind the otherworldly music of Dune. Featuring Raul Vega, Taurees Habib, Suzanne Waters, Tina Guo, and Steve Mazarro. Sign up for Twenty Thousand Hertz+ to get our entire catalog ad-free. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Listen to NASA's Curious Universe at nasa.gov/podcasts/curious-universe Find the right doctor, right now at zocdoc.com/20k. Find the right candidates with a seventy-five dollar sponsored job credit at indeed.com/hertz. Try America's #1 ready-to-eat meal kit with fifty percent off using promo code TTH50 at factormeals.com/tth50. Learn a new language with fifty-five percent off at babbel.com/20k. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/hans-zimmers-remote-control Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	Off the top of your head, how many film composers can you name?
0:44.0	Unless you're a big movie buff or you work in the film industry, I'm guessing it's around
0:48.3	three or four.
0:49.5	And chances are, one of them is Hans Zimmer.
0:52.6	Hans has scored some of the most iconic movies of the last few
0:55.8	decades, from the Lion King, to Gladiator, to Pirates of the Caribbean.
1:17.4	But for me, some of his most interesting work has come from his collaborations with Christopher
1:22.8	Nolan and Denis Villeneuve, whether it's Inception, Interstellar, or Blade Runner 2049.
1:41.9	These scores are jam-packed with sounds that have never been heard before.
1:46.3	So how does one person create so much amazing music?
2:00.1	Well, it turns out, he doesn't do it alone.
2:04.1	Hans actually runs an entire film score company called Remote Control Productions. Their studio
2:10.0	is inside of a huge seven building complex in Santa Monica, California. Now, remote control has about
2:16.3	85 people on staff, but on that same property,
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