 | BRITISH composer Richard Harvey, who shares his year between Thailand and the UK, recently won the best Soundtrack Award at the 2017 ‘Annies’ in Hollywood – the animation equivalent of an Oscar. Richard, who is based in Bangkok during his annual stay in Thailand, won the award for his critically praised score for Mark Osborne’s movie ‘The Little Prince’. The winning score was co-produced with Richard’s friend Hans Zimmer, with whom he teamed up last year on a 35-date stadium tour of Europe Competition for the Annies is always extremely fierce with Pixar, Disney, and Paramount all vying for the top honours. The Little Prince, one of the most innovative animated films released in recent times, has already grossed over US$100m worldwide and also won the Cesar Award for Best Animation in its native France. The score is also nominated at all the upcoming main Award Ceremonies, internationally. |
| Richard, 63, who has won a string of awards and nominations during a stellar 40-year career in the front line of the music business, recently released a new choral album ‘Kyrie’ featuring the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. The disc was immediately selected as ‘Record of the Week’ on Classic FM, the UK’s number one classical radio station, a highly regarded accolade. Future projects include scoring the film ‘Luther’, which will be staged in Germany in September 2017 as a screened film with a live orchestra performing the score. Richard is also off back to Latvia to record a follow up choral album to Kyrie, a medium in which he truly excels. A Cello Concerto for the celebrated cellist Martin Tillman beckons, alongside a number of instrumental works for selected instrumentalists around the world, including a Piano Concerto ‘Suite’ from The Little Prince, being presented to the world’s number one pianist Lang Lang. |  |
The London-born composer is perhaps best known for his work on The Da Vinci Code (2006), Eichmann (2007), Interstellar (2014), Les deux mondes (2007), Arabian Nights (2000). He is also an important presence in the Thai film industry, having scored score for the historic movie The Legend of Suriyothai (2001), premiered in August 2001 in Bangkok, and composing for the Legend of King Naresuan: Hostage of Hongsawadi (2007).
A graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, Richard has scored over 70 television and film projects, spanning major Hollywood titles, award-wining documentaries and TV films. His talent as a composer of film and television music has been recognised with a British Academy Award and three Ivor Novello nominations.
His pool of collaborators includes Hans Zimmer, Stanley Myers, Harry Gregson-Williams, Sir Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, amongst others.
The BigChilli asked Richard about the Hans Zimmer tour:
“It was great, but it left me dizzy as hell… 38 concerts in 25 cities in seven weeks. Travelling by tour bus, rail and air…from Dublin to Sofia via just about everywhere in between. Surrounded by great musicians and it was certainly a great show, but I would have been very glad to get back to Thailand the moment that it ended, but that was not to be, sadly.
The Little Prince:
“This was a great opportunity for me. The film got glossed over a bit in Thailand but it was huge everywhere else and a massive hit on Netflix, who bought into it in a big way. Working with Hans Zimmer (The Lion King) and Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda) was a dream…so much experience and creativity to tap into. That said, I was given a very free hand to do my thing…it’s nice to be trusted in that way. Winning the Annie award for it was the icing on the cake….it was such a beautiful move that I probably would have done it for nothing (but don’t tell Paramount that!)
His new album “Kyrie”
“I just collected all my music for choir together and released it as an album. I wanted to get the song I’d written for Da Vinci Code out there in my own version and this seemed the best way of doing it. Next thing I knew Classic fm had picked it up as their album of the week and I hear it every time I turn the radio on…I’m normally a bit of a “back room boy” so I’m not really used to getting that level of attention. I’ll try to enjoy it while it lasts!”
For further information visit karmasoundstudios.com
A graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, Richard has scored over 70 television and film projects, spanning major Hollywood titles, award-wining documentaries and TV films. His talent as a composer of film and television music has been recognised with a British Academy Award and three Ivor Novello nominations.
His pool of collaborators includes Hans Zimmer, Stanley Myers, Harry Gregson-Williams, Sir Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, amongst others.
The BigChilli asked Richard about the Hans Zimmer tour:
“It was great, but it left me dizzy as hell… 38 concerts in 25 cities in seven weeks. Travelling by tour bus, rail and air…from Dublin to Sofia via just about everywhere in between. Surrounded by great musicians and it was certainly a great show, but I would have been very glad to get back to Thailand the moment that it ended, but that was not to be, sadly.
The Little Prince:
“This was a great opportunity for me. The film got glossed over a bit in Thailand but it was huge everywhere else and a massive hit on Netflix, who bought into it in a big way. Working with Hans Zimmer (The Lion King) and Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda) was a dream…so much experience and creativity to tap into. That said, I was given a very free hand to do my thing…it’s nice to be trusted in that way. Winning the Annie award for it was the icing on the cake….it was such a beautiful move that I probably would have done it for nothing (but don’t tell Paramount that!)
His new album “Kyrie”
“I just collected all my music for choir together and released it as an album. I wanted to get the song I’d written for Da Vinci Code out there in my own version and this seemed the best way of doing it. Next thing I knew Classic fm had picked it up as their album of the week and I hear it every time I turn the radio on…I’m normally a bit of a “back room boy” so I’m not really used to getting that level of attention. I’ll try to enjoy it while it lasts!”
For further information visit karmasoundstudios.com
