Film composer studio

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Recording studios don't have to be whitewashed rooms with Persian rugs on the floor, beer cans stashed in a corner and cables strewn all over the place like spaghetti. For Hans Zimmer – arguably the most respected film score composer in the world – he prefers a more luxe, gothic boudoir vibe.

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** This is the studio of Hans Zimmer, one of the chief ambassadors of Music Traveler with 2 Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmys and a Tony. The facility includes four control rooms, all boasting high-end equipment, that can record single instruments or small ensembles. Other composers, all friends, and former associates of Zimmer had rented this legendary space for various projects: Henry Jackman

Remote Control Prods., Hans Zimmer’s post-production company, is located within a sprawling seven-building complex in a commercial area of Santa Monica. At its center is Zimmer’s personal studio, designed to look like “a 19th-century Viennese brothel,” as the composer says with a wink.

Harry Gregson-Williams in conversation.

Taken today - I got to spend some time here all by myself. Been here a hundred times but the place still has the same effect on me that Cathedrals had when I was a kid. 7-exposure HDR, mapped in Photomatix, treated in Niksoftware Color Effects.

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