Draft:Luke Richards


Luke Richards
BornHammersmith, London, England
GenresFilm score
OccupationComposer
InstrumentsGuitar, piano
Years active2010–present
Websitehttp://www.lukerichards.com

Luke Richards is a British-American composer of film and television scores, based in London, United Kingdom.

Career

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Early career

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Luke's career began after moving from the UK to Los Angeles[1] where he spent two years working at Harry Gregson-Williams's studio, followed by another two years at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions[2]. During that time he worked predominantly with composer David Buckley[3]. He also worked with composers Steve Jablonksy, John Powell[4] and Rachel Portman[5], contributing additional music and arrangements to films including Jason Bourne (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Skyscraper (2018) and Godmothered (2020). He is currently based in London.

2022 - present

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More recently he has written the scores for the television series Stay Close[6] (Netflix, 2022), Six Four[7] (ITV, 2023), Fool Me Once[8] (Netflix, 2024) and I Fought the Law (ITV, 2025). His music was chosen for the opening and closing theme music to The Rest is Politics podcast.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director
2025 The Gettysburg Address Composer Sean Conant
2020 Godmothered Additional arrangements, programming Sharon Maguire
2018 Skyscraper Additional music, arrangements Rawson Marshall Thurber
2018 eHero Composer Joseph Procopio
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Additional music Michael Bay
2016 Jason Bourne Additional arrangements, programming Paul Greengrass
2014 Big Eyes Additional MIDI preparation Tim Burton
2014 Breaking the Bank Orchestrator Vadim Jean
2013 Parker Orchestrator, music programming Taylor Hackford
2013 American Hustle Orchestrator David O. Russell
2012 Gone Orchestrator Heitor Dhalia
2012 Underworld: Awakening Programming assistant Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
2011 Trespass Orchestrator Joel Schumacher
2010 The Town Orchestrator Ben Affleck
2010 Unstoppable Orchestration assistant Tony Scott

Television

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Year Title Role Director(s) Broadcaster
2025 I Fought The Law Composer Erik Richter Strand ITV
2024 Fool Me Once Composer David Moore, Nimer Rashed Netflix
2023 Six Four Composer Ben A. Williams ITV
2021 Stay Close Composer Daniel O’Hara, Lindy Heymann Netflix
2016 Killing Reagan Orchestrator Rod Lurie National Geographic
2015–2016 Murder Maps Composer, theme music David McNab Yesterday
2011-2014 The Good Wife Programming, Orchestrator Exec Producers Ridley & Tony Scott CBS

Video Games

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Year Title Role Director
2013 Call of Duty: Ghosts Additional score programming, orchestrator Mark Rubin (executive producer)

References

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  1. ^ "Artist Zillah Richards exhibits at Tonbridge School to raise funds for bursaries". 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Hans Zimmer Website".
  3. ^ "Trailer just released for 'Fool Me Once' scored by David Buckley and Luke Richards!". 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Instagram".
  5. ^ "Instagram".
  6. ^ "David Buckley & Luke Richards Scoring Netflix's 'Stay Close' | Film Music Reporter".
  7. ^ "Six Four soundtrack | Every song in the ITV drama | Radio Times".
  8. ^ "David Buckley & Luke Richards Scoring Netflix's 'Fool Me Once' | Film Music Reporter".
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