What company produced the film score for the 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson?
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".
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 2004 comedy musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005 and ran for 626 performances despite mixed reviews. It has since received tours and international productions. The Australian production opened in 2013 to rave reviews, and was hailed the 'best musical to hit Sydney this century' according to The Sydney Morning Herald. A West End production opened in 2014 to generally warm reviews.