Hans moved to London, and after a stint playing in bands like The Buggles, found his way into writing music for commercials and later, for films. This soon morphed into playing less music, and I started producing and engineering, working with a number of different bands and really whatever came about it wasn't in any exact organised manner then."Īfter planting the seeds with the studio work in Brighton for what would later become an even more successful partnership, Jay moved back to the States and started working at studios in New York, LA and Miami. "At the time there wasn't a lot going on in Brighton from the recording studio point of view, so we were kind of a magnet for a lot of different bands and activity.
"We started writing together and put together our own studio in Brighton, which became this kind of music hub," explains Jay. Aside from an interest in music, they also shared the fact that England was a second home to them: Hans was originally from Germany, while Jay grew up in New York and moved to England when he was 13. Zimmer and Rifkin first met in England after being introduced by some mutual friends while Jay was at university. Media Ventures is a unique collective, providing film-makers with a one-stop shop for music production, and composers with all the musical and technical support needed to complete a project. These include Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell, who worked together on films like Antz, Chicken Run and Shrek, and Klaus Badelt, who assisted Zimmer on Gladiator and has recently scored films like The Time Machine in his own right. Photo: Mr BonzaiThese days, Media Ventures is home not only to Zimmer, but to several other composers he's helped to bring into the business. Despite the modesty, Rifkin and his business partner Hans Zimmer, the Oscar-winning composer and music technology evangelist, have spent 10 years building up their company Media Ventures, to the point where it is among the most high-profile studios for media music. "To pick up girls! Isn't that how everybody gets into it?" laughs engineer and producer-turned-executive Jay Rifkin when asked how he got into music in the first place. With business partner Jay Rifkin, Zimmer is also responsible for Media Ventures, a music studio that offers a unique environment for media composers. From Rain Man to The Lion King, and Gladiator to Mission Impossible 2, Hans Zimmer's music is known by audiences worldwide.
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