Biography
Richard graduated from St Martins School of Art with a degree in Fine Art and Film where he scored many films for students at The Royal College and the National Film School in the early 80’s.
2008 — He is currently working on The Sea Wolf a movie based on Jack London’s early 19th century novel set in San Francisco and starring Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) Tim Roth, Neve Campbell and Stephen Campbell Moore.
Other recent work includes the score for a UK/Canadian movie ALMOST HEAVEN, a love story shot in Scotland, starring Tom Conti. TEMPESTA, directed by Tim Disney, starring Scot Williams & Malcolm McDowell — the thriller, takes its name from the painting by Giorgione, was shot in Venice & set in the world of art forgery. Also THE CALL OF THE TOAD written by Günter Grass, was directed by one of Poland’s most celebrated directors Robert Glinskî, and the score was nominated for a Polish Academy Award.
May 2005 saw the release of a Mike Barker directed feature, A GOOD WOMAN. Following on from his 2004 film TO KILL A KING starring Tim Roth, Dougray Scott & Rupert Everett, Mike asked Richard on board once again to continue their successful working relationship. Richard created an eclectic score for this Oscar Wilde adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, Helen Hunt and Tom Wilkinson. In between these features he once again displayed an extraordinary versatility writing a more guitar based score for the Indie feature GRAND THEFT PARSONS, starring Johnny Knoxville which received rave reviews at the 2004 Sundance Festival.
Richard has an extremely impressive record in his work for Film and Television and has been nominated for a number of awards, winning the IVOR NOVELLO AWARD for Best Television Score for the TV film TRIAL BY FIRE and the ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARD for Best Original Score for the BBC period drama, THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL. His film scores include ACROSS THE LAKE for BBC Screen One, starring Anthony Hopkins as the legendary world record speed ace Donald Campbell and THE BRIDGE starring Saskia Reeves and Joss Ackland. Richard’s world music track on ESCAPE FROM TIBET reinforces the diversity of his work and helped the film pick up six major awards. Other films include Renny Harlins’ action blockbuster BORN AMERICAN, LA COUPE DE LA GLOIRE, an international cinema release for Worldmark Productions and BASIL, a Hollywood period film based on the Wilkie Collins novel starring Christina Slater, Jared Leto, Derek Jacobi and Claire Forlani.
Richard was commissioned to compose a jazz suite for the highly acclaimed Francis Bacon Retrospective at the Tate Gallery and has also been involved in composition for the theatre including the score for Corin Redgrave’s production of OUSAMA.
