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The music of British film and concert composer Richard Harvey
Richard Harvey is a prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with artists such as Hans Zimmer, guitarist John Williams, and Paul McCartney. He’s conducted, composed, orchestrated, and played on numerous film and television soundtracks, including The Little Prince, The Da Vinci Code, The Lion King, Interstellar, Luther ...
Working with celebrated composer Maurice Jarre in the mid-1970s fuelled Richard’s rich career as a sought-after film composer. He has scored more than 70 television and film projects, from British television series, documentaries and feature-length TV films, to major Hollywood movies.
Richard Harvey showed a marked musical proficiency from an early age, taking up the flute when he was four years old. By the time he graduated from London's Royal College of Music in 1972, he was playing…
Richard began his composing career in the 1970s as assistant to the celebrated composer Maurice Jarre. Since then, he has delivered scores for over 70 television and film projects and his work has been recognised with a British Academy Award for the drama series G.B.H. (shared with his co-writer, Elvis Costello) and four Ivor Novello nominations.
Vintage children’s instruments. Channel the magic and mystery of childhood with this unique collection of playful sounds. Produced in collaboration with composer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey, Abacus offers a diverse array of lovingly sampled vintage children’s instruments from the early 19th century to the 1980s.
Originally released in 1996 by Silva Screen Records, this album marks one of the most popular collections by Richard Harvey to date. From the haunting title track from Anglia Television’s gripping ‘Inspector Dalgliesh’ series, to the breathtaking British Academy Award-winning collaboration with Elvis Costello for “G.B.H.”, Richard’s music never loses its captivating ability to set ...
