RICHARD WELLS

RICHARD WELLS
  • Richard Wells Biography

Works include: Mutant Chronicles; Ong-Bak; Evil Aliens; Razor Blade Smile; Pi** Boy; Whacked; Being Human; The Grudge 2; Evil Aliens; Full Contact; Brotherhood.

Richard began his professional music career as a programmer, keyboard player and engineer. His credits include work on tracks by Dominic King (My Simple Heart), John Moss (Culture Club), Talk Talk and Clan of  Xymox. He joined Xymox in 1991 and toured the U.S.A. He later engineered and mixed their album Metamorphosis.

Richard met games composer, Dave Punshon in 1994 and since then they have worked together, composing music for over 30 computer games.

Richard’s break into films came in 1998, when he scored Jake West’s cult debut feature Razor Blade Smile, allegedly the lowest budgeted film ever to be theatrically released in the UK. Richard’s collaboration with Jake West has continued with the horror film Evil Aliens, which won the Raindance award at the British Independent Film Awards October 2005.

In 2002 Richard found a niche writing music for film trailers. He has worked extensively for several labels including the Weinstein Company’s Dragon Dynasty. His original trailer music, for over 50 feature films includes The Grudge, Seven Swords and Infernal Affairs.

In 2005 Richard completely re-scored the Thai martial arts smash hit Ong-Bak. After a successful theatrical release, the UK version of Ong-Bak has gone on to sell over 500,000 units on DVD.

After scoring the teaser for Simon Hunter, Richard was asked to write a full orchestral score for the major feature film Mutant Chronicles, starring Thomas Jane and Ron Pearlman. The score received fantastic reviews upon it's release and is available from Silva Screen Music HERE. 

More recently, Richard scored the hit TV series Being Human and the Jake West comedy / horror film Doghouse.

Richard also writes music for the KPM/ EMI production music label.

For more information, video/audio clips and reviews, you can visit Richard's website HERE.

FEATURE FILMS:

  • Doghouse – Carnaby International
  • The Mutant Chronicles – Edward R. Pressman Films
  • Evil Aliens - Falcon Media
  • Ong Bak - Contender Group
  • Razor Blade Smile - Manga

TELEVISION:

  • Being Human – Touchpaper Television

VIDEO GAMES include:

  • Pop Idol
  • WW2 Frontline
  • Superman
  • Gangsters 1 & 2
  • Lego Island 2
  • Abomination
  • Legoland
  • Cutthroats
  • X-Com Apocalypse

FILM TRAILERS include:

  • Invisible Target
  • Mutant Chronicles
  • City of Violence
  • Hard Boiled
  • Infernal Affairs
  • Invisible Target
  • The Duelist
  • Dead Man’s Cards
  • Seven Swords
  • Police Story
  • Warrior King
  • The Grudge 2
  • Evil Aliens
  • Brotherhood
  • Ong-Bak
  • The Grudge
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Naked Weapon
  • Bullet in the Head

DISCOGRAPHY as Composer:

  • Altered States
  • Evil Aliens
  • Overkill 2
  • Global Shockwave
  • Overkill

SHORT FILMS:

  • Piss Boy
  • Whacked

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