Richard Joseph

Richard Joseph

Gender Male Born 1953-04-23 Birth Place Nationality British   Died 2007-03-04 (aged 53)

Richard Joseph was a computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He is especially known for his Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga music, but he consistently kept composing music for games up to 2006.

In summer 1986, he was a judge on the ZZAP! 64 competition that Anthony Lees won against Barry Leitch, Jonathan Dunn and Neil Baldwin.

Sadly, Joseph died of lung cancer on March 4, 2007; he was 53 years old.

Audio Development

Commodore 64

Joseph switched between sound drivers written for him by Richard Leinfellner, and Ubik's Musik.

SNES

Joseph used a sound driver by Martin Walker.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1986-0?-??	Cauldron II (C64)
1986-10-??	The Sacred Armour of Antiriad (C64)
1987-05-??	Barbarian (C64)
1987-0?-??	Defender of the Crown (C64)		Composed by Jim Cuomo.
1987-0?-??	Stifflip & Co (C64)
1988-0?-??	Rimrunner (C64)
1988-09-??	Barbarian II (C64)
1989-10-??	Wicked (C64)
1989-??-??	Wicked (AMI)
1990-0?-??	International 3D Tennis (C64)
1990-??-??	Cadaver (AMI)
1990-??-??	International 3D Tennis (AMI)
1990-??-??	International 3D Tennis (AST)
1990-??-??	International 3D Tennis (CPC)
1990-??-??	International 3D Tennis (ZXS)
1990-??-??	James Pond: Underwater Agent (AMI)
1990-??-??	James Pond: Underwater Agent (AST)
1990-??-??	James Pond: Underwater Agent (GEN)
1990-??-??	Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (AMI)
1990-??-??	Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (AST)
1990-??-??	Voodoo Nightmare (AMI)
1991-??-??	The Adventures of Robin Hood (AMI)
1991-??-??	Demoniak (AMI)
1991-??-??	Gods (AMI)
1991-??-??	James Pond II - Codename RoboCod (AMI)
1991-??-??	James Pond II - Codename RoboCod (GEN)		With Rob Hubbard.
1991-??-??	Knightmare (AMI)
1991-??-??	Magic Pockets (AMI)
1991-??-??	Mega Lo Mania (AMI)		Title Music
1991-??-??	Moonshine Racers (AMI)
1991-??-??	Moonstone: A Hard Day's Knight (AMI)
1991-??-??	Stormball (AMI)
1992-06-??	Lure of the Temptress (AMI)
1992-10-??	Lure of the Temptress (DOS)
1992-0?-??	James Pond II - Codename RoboCod (C64)		Arranged by Dale Johnstone.
1992-0?-??	Lure of the Temptress (AST)
1992-??-??	Aquatic Games: Starring James Pond and the Aquabats (AMI)
1992-??-??	Cyber Empires (AMI)
1992-??-??	Daughter of Serpents (DOS)
1992-??-??	Global Effect (AMI)
1992-??-??	Legend (AMI)
1992-??-??	Magic Pockets (DOS)
1992-??-??	Myth: History in the Making (AMI)
1992-??-??	Putty (AMI)
1992-??-??	Rome AD 92 (AMI)
1992-??-??	Sensible Soccer (AMI)
1992-??-??	Sensible Soccer v1.1: European Champions (AMI)
1992-??-??	Steel Empire (AMI)
1992-??-??	Tyrants: Fight Through Time (GEN) (メガロマニア)		Arranged by Matt Furniss.
1992-??-??	Wizkid II: The Story of Wizball (AMI)
1993-10-??	The Super Aquatic Games Starring the Aquabats (SNES)
1993-??-??	The Aquatic Games starring James Pond and the Aquabats (GEN)
1993-??-??	Brutal Football (AMI)
1993-??-??	Cannon Fodder (AMI)
1993-??-??	Cannon Fodder (DOS)
1993-??-??	The Chaos Engine (AMI)
1993-??-??	The Chaos Engine (GEN)
1993-??-??	The Chaos Engine (SNES)
1993-??-??	Crazy Football (AMI)
1993-??-??	Diggers (AMI)
1993-??-??	Diggers (CD32)
1993-??-??	James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h (GEN)
1993-??-??	James Pond: Codename RoboCod (CD32)
1993-??-??	James Pond: Codename RoboCod (DOS)
1993-??-??	James Pond: Codename RoboCod (GG)		Arranged by Tiertex.
1993-??-??	James Pond: Codename RoboCod (SMS)		Arranged by Tiertex.
1993-??-??	Pacman (SNES)		Reused audio from Super James Pond II (SNES)
1993-??-??	Sensible Soccer: European Champions (GB)		Arranged by Mark Cooksey.
1993-??-??	Sensible Soccer v1.1: European Champions (CD32)
1993-??-??	Sensible Soccer (GG)		Arranged by Neil Baldwin.
1993-??-??	Sensible Soccer (SMS)		Arranged by Neil Baldwin.
1993-??-??	Super James Pond (GB)
1993-??-??	Super James Pond (SNES)
1993-??-??	Super James Pond II (SNES)		Arranged by Keith Tinman.
1993-??-??	Super Putty (SNES)
1993-??-??	Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire (AMI)
1994-11-18	Rise of the Robots (AMI)
1994-12-??	Rise of the Robots (DOS)
1994-12-??	Rise of the Robots (SNES)
1994-??-??	3 Ninjas Kick Back (GEN)
1994-??-??	3 Ninjas Kick Back (SNES)
1994-??-??	Brutal Football (CD32)
1994-??-??	Cannon Fodder (CD32)
1994-??-??	Cannon Fodder (GEN)
1994-??-??	Cannon Fodder (SNES)
1994-??-??	The Chaos Engine (CD32)
1994-??-??	Extractors: The Hanging Worlds of Zarg (AMI)
1994-??-??	Global Effect (CD32)
1994-??-??	James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h (AMI)
1994-??-??	James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h (CD32)
1994-??-??	James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h (GG)
1994-??-??	James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h (SNES)
1994-??-??	Mr. Blobby (AMI)
1994-??-??	Putty Squad (SNES)		Sound.
1994-??-??	Sensible Soccer v1.2: International Edition (CD32)
1994-??-??	Sensible World of Soccer (AMI)
1994-??-??	Super Troll Islands (SNES)
1995-02-??	Rise of the Robots (SMD)
1994-04-??	Time Trax (SNES)		Music & SFX
1995-09-22	Apache (W32)		Audio Processing
1995-??-??	Brutal Football (DOS)
1995-??-??	Cannon Fodder (JAG)
1995-??-??	Cannon Fodder 2 (DOS)
1995-??-??	Diggers 2: Extractors (DOS)
1995-??-??	Flight of the Amazon Queen (AMI)		With James Hannigan.
1995-??-??	Flight of the Amazon Queen (DOS)		With James Hannigan.
1995-??-??	Mega Man (GG)
1995-??-??	Rise of the Robots (GG)
1995-??-??	Sensible Golf (AMI)
1995-??-??	Sensible Golf (DOS)
1995-??-??	Sensible World of Soccer 95-96 (AMI)
1995-??-??	Sensible World of Soccer 96-97 (AMI)
1995-??-??	Sensible World of Soccer Euro '96 (AMI)
1995-??-??	Silverload (DOS)
1996-??-??	The Chaos Engine 2 (AMI)
1996-??-??	Silverload (PS1)
1997-03-20	NBA ShootOut '97 (PS1)		With Jason Page.
1997-??-??	Sensible Soccer '98 (W32)
1997-??-??	Street Racer (AMI)		Sound Effects.
1998-08-28	Creatures 2 (W32)		Intro Music.
1998-11-11	LEGO Loco (W32)		Audio Recording.
1998-??-??	Sensible Soccer '98: European Club Edition (PS1)
1999-11-03	Sim Theme Park (W32) (Theme Park World)
1998-11-16	Glover (N64)		Sound Effects with Allister Brimble.
1998-11-16	Glover (W32)		Sound Effects with Allister Brimble.
1999-11-30	Glover (PS1)		Sound Effects with Allister Brimble.
1999-??-??	Action Man: Raid on Island X (W32)		With James Hannigan.
2000-03-04	Sim Theme Park (PS2) (Theme Park World)
2000-03-16	Sim Theme Park (PS1) (Theme Park World)		Arranged by Matthew Simmonds.
2000-03-24	Colony Wars: Red Sun (PS1)		Voice Recording Technician.
2000-03-24	F1 2000 (PS1)
2000-03-24	F1 2000 (W32)
2000-07-27	Ball Breakers (PS1) (MoHo)		Sound Effects.
2000-09-01	Infestation (PS1)		Sound Effects.
2000-09-13	LEGO Stunt Rally (W32)
2000-10-06	F1 Manager (W32)		Sound Effects.
2000-11-03	MoHo (W32)		Sound Effects.
2000-11-24	MoHo (DC)		Sound Effects.
2000-12-05	Cannon Fodder (GBC)		Sound with Gavin Robertson.
2000-??-??	Action Man: Jungle Storm (W32)		With James Hannigan.
2001-02-01	Theme Park Inc. (W32) (SimCoaster)		Sound Design with Malin Arvidsson.
2001-??-??	Tweenies: Game Time (PS1)		Composer?
2003-08-27	Republic: The Revolution (W32)		Audio Director.
2004-09-28	Evil Genius (W32)		With George Sanger and Evan Jolly.
2004-09-??	James Pond: Codename Robocod (PS1)		Original Music from Amiga CD32 version.
2005-02-11	James Pond: Codename Robocod (GBA)		Original Music from MS-DOS version.
2005-12-08	James Pond: Codename RoboCod (NDS)		Original Music from MS-DOS version.
2006-06-09	Sensible Soccer 2006 (PS2)
2006-06-09	Sensible Soccer 2006 (W32)
2006-06-09	Sensible Soccer 2006 (XBOX)
2006-07-28	James Pond: Codename Robocod (PS2)		Original Music from Amiga CD32 version.
2009-02-23	Monster Museum (C64)
Unreleased	Beastball (GEN)
Unreleased	Beastball (SNES)		Composer?

Links

• mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1740 - MobyGames.
• remix64.com/interviews/interview-richard-joseph.html - Interview from 2001-04-30.
• remix64.com/interviews/interview-richard-joseph-2002.html - Interview from 2002.