Richard Attree is a British TV and film composer. He attended

Highgate School Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparato ...

, and then studied

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at the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

following a degree in computer science. Whilst completing these studies he played as a keyboard player with various bands. He also worked as a freelance composer, producing music for dance and theatre productions at the

London Contemporary Dance Theatre The London Contemporary Dance Theatre (LCDT) was a contemporary dance company, based at The Place, founded by Robin Howard with Robert Cohan as its Artistic Director. Founded in 1967, and strongly influenced by the ideas of American modern and p ...

and

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. In 1987, he became the last composer to be recruited at the

BBC Radiophonic Workshop The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was one of the sound effects units of the BBC, created in 1958 to produce Incidental music, incidental sounds and new music for radio and, later, television. The unit is known for its experimental and pioneering ...

, where he remained until the department's closure. During his time at the BBC, he received two Sony Awards, in 1986 and 1989, for "the Most Creative Use of Radio".Netherwood, Ned, ''An Electric Storm'' (2015), p. 75 Following his departure from the BBC, he returned to freelance work. Attree's credits include music for ''

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'', '' Wildlife on One'', '' Timewatch'', '' Hardware'', '' Watt on Earth'', and the first three series of '' The Demon Headmaster''. He has also produced music for various BBC

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and promos.

References

External links

Official Site
* Living people BBC Radiophonic Workshop members British electronic musicians English television composers English male composers Alumni of the Royal College of Music People educated at Highgate School Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-composer-stub