(except for Pirates of the Caribbean, whose soundtrack was made by Klaus Badelt
I know. But he was involved in the composing process, thats why I wrote Co-composer. Seems Media Ventures is taking over the World!
I wouldnt be surprised if the upcoming "Superman" is using Media Ventures for the project. I know its not John Williams composing, and damned if I know why since he set the scene. Anyhow were drifting from the Topic.
Cheerio
Oops! Sorry, I didn't see you had written "Co-composer", which is arguable too, but since Badelt works with him, let's leave it at that. Anyway, you're right: Media Ventures seems to be taking over the world. Personally, I think Hans Zimmer has made some great stuff (two others came to mind: The Thin Red Line and As Good As It Gets) but I'm getting a little tired of the Media Ventures stuff.
Take "Kingdom of Heaven": Harry Gregson Williams composed a little music, and then filled the film with music from other films (like 13th Warrior, which had a great soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith). I find that disturbing. Also, I didn't like to listen to the same drum loop used in three different films: "The Bourne Identity" (John Powell, I like him though; he must be the best among Zimmer's proteg?s from MV, I think), "Man on Fire" (I don't remember, I think it was H Gregson Williams) and "The Constant Gardener" (Alberto Iglesias, not from MV, but he used the same loop). And the loop wasn't used mixed with many other things (except for the "Bourne Identity").