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Richard Allen Harvey (born 25 September 1953) is an English composer and musician. Originally of the mediaevalist
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group
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, he is best known now for his film and television soundtracks. He is also known for his guitar concerto ''Concerto Antico'', which was composed for the guitarist
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and the
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. In April 2012, UK radio listeners voted Richard Harvey's Concerto Antico into the
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for the first time.


Early life and career

Born in Enfield,
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, Harvey became involved in music, learning the
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when he was four years old, switching first to
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and later playing
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in the British Youth Symphony Orchestra. By the time he graduated from London's
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in 1972, he was accomplished on the recorder,
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,
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, and other mediaeval and
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-era instruments, as well as the
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and various keyboards. He could have joined the
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, but instead chose to work with Musica Reservata, an
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ensemble. He subsequently met another RCM graduate, Brian Gulland, and went on to form the
progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
and
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band
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. During that period, he also worked with other folk rock musicians such as
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and
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. When Gryphon wound down in the late 1970s, he became a session musician, playing on
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's '' Lionheart'',
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's ''
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'',
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's ''
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'' and
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's ''
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and The Peacock Party'', among others. He also had a brief spell in New Wave outfit
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.


Film and television career

After working with film composer
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in the mid 1970s, he became involved in composing for film and television. His first work was to provide music for the television series '' Tales of the Unexpected'' in 1979. He has subsequently supplied scores to over 80 television and film projects. Notable works include 1979's '' Martian Chronicles'' ending titles, the horror film ''
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'' (1983), 1984's wistful ''
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'' theme, hauntingly set in the Dorian mode, used subsequently in all the
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detective series (and subsequently re-used for the subsequent follow up series), the action sequel '' The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission'' (1985), British films such as '' The Assam Garden'' (1985), ''
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'' (1985), ''
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'' (1986) and '' Half Moon Street'' (1986),
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's '' G.B.H'' in 1991, which he co-wrote with
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(and which won them, jointly, a
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award), '' Luther'' (2003) and, more recently, in 2006,
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's ''
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'' and
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's '' Death of a President''. In addition he has been a musician on such films as ''
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'', '' Enemy of the State'' and ''
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''. In 1981, Richard Harvey's "Exchange" and "Water Course" from Harvey's "Nifty Digits" release (KPM Library #1251) were featured in a popular ''
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'' segment filmed at the Binney and Smith
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crayon factory in
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. Harvey also composed the theme song for TBS'
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, called "Dynamics". Harvey is also a prolific composer of
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and founding partner of
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along with Edwin Cox and Tony Prior. Among his compositions is "Reach for the Stars", which has been used in numerous movie trailers, commercials, and television shows.


Other projects

In 1984, he was a conductor on one of the Classic Rock series of albums by the
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. He has frequently toured and recorded with the guitarist
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on projects including the 2002 album ''Magic Box''. He also played on the 2004 album ''
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'' by pop/classical crossover act
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, which reached #74 on the Billboard Top 200 albums and #2 on the Billboard Top Classical crossover chart. He worked with
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on his 2006 album ''
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''. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he has a collection of over 700 different instruments from around the world. Since 2005, "John Williams & Richard Harvey's World Tour" has appeared in many countries, from Japan and China to Ireland and
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, with the duo playing a mixture of world and classical music spanning five continents and five centuries, featuring Chinese, African and European instruments. Harvey's first recorder concerto (''Concerto Incantato'') enjoyed its world premiere on
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's CD ''English Recorder Concertos'' in March 2012, alongside works by
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and
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.


Career highlights

* 1974 Release of Gryphon's ''
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'' * 1977 Composed station theme for Hospital Radio Moorfields (on air 1974–2006) * 1983 Composed music for ''
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'' * 1984 Principal conductor of the
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for ''Classic Rock'' * 1985 Composed ''Fantasia'' with
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(which includes "Reach for the Stars") * 1987 Composed music for the
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series ''The Gemini Factor'' * 1988 Regular member of
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and Friends * 1989 Composed Oratorio ''Plague and the Moonflower'' (to
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by
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performed in
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,
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,
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and
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, and recipient of Best
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Art's Film in 1990) * 1991
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award for the score for '' GBH'' (with
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) * 1991 Composed ''A Time of Miracles'' for
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* 1994 Performed all featured
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solos on the score for ''
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'' * 1995 Composed ''Concerto Antico'' for
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and the
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* 1998 Composed the theme for
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series " The Ambassador"IMDb biography referenced by Harvey's own website * 1999 Composed the score for the
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Company's ''
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'' * 1999 Composed ''Fantasia 2'' * 2000 Composed score for the acclaimed
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project ''
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'' * 2001 Composed score for the Thai historical epic ''
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'' * 2002 Composed score for feature film '' Luther'' * 2004 Subhanahongsa Award from the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand for ''
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'' * 2005 Composed
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nominated score for feature-length drama, ''
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'' * 2005 Composed score for feature film ''Three'' aka ''
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'' * 2006 Composed score for '' Death of a President'', International Critics' Award winning film at
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(September 2006) * 2007 Composed score for ''
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'', the follow-up to ''Suriyothai'' * 2009 Composed recorder concerto (Concerto Incantanto) for
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and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong * 2012–14 Conducted the score to Interstellar * 2015 Composed score for the French animated film ''
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'' (with
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) * 2017 Had his music featured in the attraction "
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Selected discography

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'' (CD,
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. Original incidental music from the series, released in 2002)


References


External links

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Air-Edel Associates
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Richard 1953 births Living people English film score composers English male film score composers Alumni of the Royal College of Music Annie Award winners English session musicians Gryphon (band) members Musicians from the London Borough of Enfield People from Enfield, London Varèse Sarabande Records artists