Richard Wells

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Richard Everald Lawrence Wells
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Gender Male
Born
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Nationality British   UK.svg
Website www.richardwellsmusic.com

Richard Wells is a British composer. He began his composing career writing music for computer games in 1994, after meeting games composer Dave Punshon. He met horror film director Jake West 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, an extremely low-budget film. Since then, Wells has worked on two more films with Jake West: Evil Aliens and Doghouse.

In 2002, Wells began to score music for film trailers. He has now composed for over 50 film trailers including The Grudge, Infernal Affairs, and Seven Swords. His recent credits include re-scoring the Thai martial arts film Ong-Bak in 2005, scoring for Mutant Chronicles in 2009, and working on Toby Whithouse's TV series Being Human.

Wells lives in the UK with his wife and two children.

Audio Development

PC

For his early works, Wells wrote MIDI music using Cakewalk.

For LEGOLAND, LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom and LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge, he used DirectMusic Producer.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1994-??-?? Bump 'N' Burn (CD32) Music Producer.
1995-09-22 Apache (W32) With David Punshon.
1995-12-?? Grand Prix Manager (W16) With Andrew Parton and Flynn Leek
1996-08-25 Z (DOS) Cutscene Music with David Punshon.
1996-10-07 Hind (DOS) With David Punshon.
1996-??-?? 3 Skulls of the Toltecs (DOS) With David Punshon.
1996-??-?? Grand Prix Manager 2 (W16) With Allister Brimble and John Broomhall.
1997-07-15 X-COM: Apocalypse (DOS) With John Broomhall and David Punshon.
1997-09-?? iF-16 (W32) With David Punshon.
1997-12-?? Z (PS1) Cutscene Music with David Punshon.
1998-04-?? Z (SAT) Cutscene Music with David Punshon.
1998-11-11 LEGO Chess (W32) With David Punshon.
1998-12-04 Gangsters: Organized Crime (W32) With David Punshon.
1999-09-17 Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas (W32) With David Punshon.
1999-11-03 Abomination: The Nemesis Project (W32)
1999-11-?? F/A-18E Super Hornet (W32) With David Punshon.
2000-05-01 LEGOLAND (W32) With David Punshon.
2000-10-04 LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom (W32) With David Punshon.
2001-03-22 LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (GBC)
Arranged by Steve Collett.
2001-03-27 LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (PS1) With David Punshon.
2001-03-30 LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (W32) With David Punshon.
2001-10-02 LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (GBA) Arranged by John Hancock.
2001-06-01 Gangsters 2: Vendetta (W32) With David Punshon.
2001-10-21 Walking with Beasts: Operation Salvage (W32) With David Punshon.
2002-09-25 Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (PS2) With David Punshon.
2003-03-25 Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (GC) With David Punshon.
2003-05-05 World War II: Frontline Command (W32) With David Punshon.
2009-03-19 WWE Legends of WrestleMania (PS3) "Iron Warriors" track.
2009-03-19 WWE Legends of WrestleMania (X360) "Iron Warriors" track.
2011-07-11 Z (IOS) Original Cutscene Music with David Punshon.
2012-10-23 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 (PS3) "Dark Predator" track with Robert Foster.
2012-10-23 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 (WII) "Dark Predator" track with Robert Foster.
2012-10-23 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 (WIIU) "Dark Predator" track with Robert Foster.
2012-10-23 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 (W64) "Dark Predator" track with Robert Foster.
2012-10-23 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 (X360) "Dark Predator" track with Robert Foster.
2014-07-13 Z Remastered (W64) Original Cutscene Music with David Punshon.
2015-04-09 Total War Battles: Kingdom (W64) With Richard Beddow, Tilman Sillescu, Tim Wynn, Winifred Phillips, John Graham and Walter Mair.
2017-09-28 Total War: Warhammer II (W64) With Ian Livingstone, Simon Ravn, Tilman Sillescu and Tim Wynn.
2018-05-03 Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia (W64) Additional Arrangements of Music with Walter Mair.
2019-03-15 Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs (W64) Original Music with David Punshon.

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