Richard Wells is a British film, TV and games
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Def ...
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Wells began his composing career writing music for computer games in 1994, after meeting games composer Dave Punshon. He met horror film director
Jake West
Jake West (born 1972) is a British film director, known mostly for his horror films and for a series of documentaries looking at film censorship and interviewing well-known directors, actors and industry figures.
Biography
West's first feature ...
in 1997 whilst working on computer game ''MIA''. This led to him starting a career in film in 1998, scoring for West's first film ''
Razor Blade Smile
''Razor Blade Smile'' is a 1998 British vampire film written and directed by Jake West. It stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson, and Heidi James.
Plot
150 years ago, Lilith Silver is mortally wounded as she attempts to avenge the dueling ...
'', an extremely low-budget film.
Since then, Wells has worked on two more films with Jake West: ''
Evil Aliens'' and ''
Doghouse
A doghouse, also known as a kennel, is an outbuilding to provide shelter for a dog from various weather conditions.
Background
Humans and domesticated dogs have been companions for more than 15,000 years, beginning with the wolf and hunter– ...
''.
In 2002, Wells began to score music for film trailers. He has now composed for over 50 film trailers including ''
The Grudge
''The Grudge'' is a 2004 supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco, and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Takashige Ichise. A remake of Shimizu's 2002 Japanese horror film '' Ju-On: The Grudge'', i ...
'', ''
Infernal Affairs
''Infernal Affairs'' is a 2002 Hong Kong action thriller film co-directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Jointly written by Mak and Felix Chong, it stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen. The film fo ...
'', and ''
Seven Swords
''Seven Swords'' is a 2005 ''wuxia'' film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. An international co-production between Hong Kong, China, South Korea and the Netherla ...
''.
His recent credits include re-scoring the
Thai martial arts film ''
Ong-Bak
''Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior'' ( th, องค์บาก, ), also known in the United States as ''Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior'' is a 2003 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew, featured stunt choreography by Panna Rittikrai and star ...
'' in 2005, scoring for ''
Mutant Chronicles
''Mutant Chronicles'' is a pen-and-paper role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world, originally published in 1993. It has spawned a franchise of collectible card games, miniature wargames, video games, novels, comic books, and a film ...
'' in 2009, and working on
Toby Whithouse
Toby Lawrence Whithouse (; born 5 July 1970) is an English actor, screenwriter and playwright. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series '' Being Human''. He also created the Channel 4 telev ...
's TV series ''
Being Human''.
Wells lives in the UK with his wife and two children.
References
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Air-Edel Associates
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British film score composers
British male film score composers
Video game composers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
British television composers
Living people