Jay Rifkin partnered with Hans Zimmer to score what movie about an abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer who has an autistic brother?
Jay Rifkin Rifkin co-founded the company Media Ventures with Hans Zimmer, a childhood friend. As CEO of the company from 1988, Rifkin partnered with Zimmer to produce and to compose. Media Ventures is a diverse entertainment group that includes music, new media, film and television. The partnership earned them numerous awards and nominations, including Academy Award nominations, for the film scores of "Driving Miss Daisy", "Rain Man" and "The Lion King". After the success of "The Lion King", Rifkin conceived and produced the platinum-selling follow-up album "Rhythm of the Pride Lands".
Speed Racer (film) Speed Racer is a 2008 American sports action-comedy film written and directed by The Wachowskis and based on the 1960s Japanese anime and manga series of the same name. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain and Richard Roundtree. Its plot revolves around Speed Racer, an 18-year-old automobile racer who follows his apparently deceased brother's career. His choice to remain loyal to his family and their company Racer Motors causes difficulties after he refuses a contract offered by E.P. Arnold Royalton, the owner of Royalton Industries.