, *1953 GB, London
Musician / Composer of Soundtrack and Classical
A.k.a. Richard Harvey R.Hook-Norton
Born 25-Sept-1953, London. Since graduating from the Royal College of Music in 1972, Richard Harvey has been a ubiquitous presence on the London music scene. His early forays into the professional world involved playing recorder and early woodwinds with his own group 'Gryphon' and ancient music pioneers 'Musica Reservata'. His later work with composer Maurice Jarre led him into film composing in the late 1970s and it has been his principal activity ever since. Richard's passion for instruments from all around the world, old and new, has led him to work on a fascinatingly diverse range of projects - from feature films to documentaries, television dramas to live performances, whether it be conducting, playing, producing or writing. He has recorded for and collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, John Williams, Stanley Myers and numerous others. Scoring countless television dramas - from Jane Eyre and Game, Set and Match to Alan Bleasdale's G.B.H - has been a highlight of his career. A more recent television success was the feature length Granada Television film "Colditz", for which Richard's score received an Ivor Novello nomination. Today, Richard is a prolific composer, an occasional guest conductor and a virtuoso performer on a vast collection of instruments - blown, plucked, keyed, bowed, beaten and programmed.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Luther (O.S.T.) | Richard Harvey | 2018 | Album |
Kyrie | Richard Harvey | 2016 | Album |
Black Birds Of Brittany | Bert Jansch Conundrum + Richard Harvey | 2016 | Single |
Le Petit Prince | Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey | 2015 | Album |
Les Deux Mondes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Richard Harvey | 2010 | Album |
Strings Of Sorrow | Richard Harvey | 2009 | Album |
Reflections | Richard Harvey | 2009 | Album |
Shroud For A Nightingale [The Collection] (The Television Drama Music Of Richard Harvey) | Richard Harvey | 2009 | Album |
Italian Recorder Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi / Alessandro Scarlatti / Giuseppe Sammartini - Richard Harvey / The London Vivaldi Orchestra | 2008 | Album |
Action Adventure | Richard Harvey | 2005 | Album |
Symphonix Vol. 2 | Richard Harvey | 2004 | Album |
Symphonix Vol. 1 | Richard Harvey | 2004 | Album |
Redemption | Richard Harvey | 2003 | Album |
Ancestral:World/History | Richard Harvey | 2003 | Album |
Terrahawks | Richard Harvey | 2002 | Album |
Silk and Bamboo | Hucky Eichelmann, Richard Harvey | 2001 | Album |
Arabian Nights (Soundtrack) | Richard Harvey | 2000 | Album |
Plague And The Moonflower | Richard Harvey, Ralph Steadman | 1999 | Album |
Fantasia 2 | Richard Harvey | 1999 | Album |
Animal Farm | Richard Harvey | 1999 | Album |
A Human Story | Richard Harvey | 1998 | Album |
Concerto Antico / Guitar Concerto | John Williams, Richard Harvey, Steve Gray | 1996 | Album |
Millennium | Richard Harvey | 1996 | Album |
Shroud For A Nightingale - The Screen Music of | Richard Harvey | 1996 | Compil. |
Original Music From The Channel Four Series Jake's Progress | Elvis Costello And Richard Harvey | 1995 | Album |
A Traveller's Companion | Richard Harvey - Mauricio Venegas-Astorga | 1994 | Album |
Fanfare For The Common Man | Aaron Copland, Richard Harvey, Jean-Baptiste Lully, John Adson, Carlo Gesualdo, Giovanni Gabrieli, Lodovico Viadana, Henry Purcell, The Brass Of Aquitaine & London | 1993 | Album |
Original Music From The Channel Four Series: G.B.H. | Elvis Costello & Richard Harvey | 1991 | Album |
Atmospheric Journeys 4 | Richard Harvey | 1991 | Compil. |
The Ascendant | Richard Harvey | 1990 | Album |
Symphonic Poems | Richard Harvey | 1990 | Album |
Unatural Causes 2 | Richard Harvey | 1989 | Album |
Unnatural Causes | Richard Harvey | 1989 | Album |
Heritage | Richard Harvey / Robert Cornford / Brian Gulland | 1989 | Compil. |
Evening Falls | Richard Harvey | 1989 | Album |
Game, Set & Match (Original Television Soundtrack) | Richard Harvey | 1988 | Album |
The Magic Of Christmas | Richard Harvey | 1987 | Album |
Lifecycles | Richard Harvey | 1987 | Album |
Life Cycles - Part 1 | Richard Harvey | 1987 | Album |
Life Cycles - Part 2 | Richard Harvey | 1987 | Album |
Inspiration | Richard Harvey | 1986 | Album |
The Genteel Companion: A Recorder Recital | Richard Harvey | 1986 | Album |
Half Moon Street / Escort Girl | Richard Harvey | 1986 | Album |
Four Concerti For Violins & Recorders | Richard Harvey | 1985 | Album |
Fantasia | Richard Harvey | 1984 | Album |
Brass At La Sauve-Majeure | Aaron Copland, Richard Harvey, Jean-Baptiste Lully, John Adson, Carlo Gesualdo, Giovanni Gabrieli, Lodovico Viadana, Henry Purcell | 1983 | Album |
The Theme From Terrahawks | Richard Harvey | 1983 | Single |
Traditions | Richard Harvey, Robert Cornford | 1983 | Album |
Elegy | Richard Harvey | 1983 | Single |
Italian Recorder Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi / Alessandro Scarlatti / Giuseppe Sammartini - Richard Harvey / The London Vivaldi Orchestra | 1982 | Album |
Folk Songs | Brian Gulland / Richard Harvey | 1982 | Album |
Unnatural Causes | Richard Harvey | 1982 | Album |
Hymns.Carols.Mechanical Instruments | Brian Gulland / Richard Harvey / Little Missenden School | 1982 | Album |
Bande Originale Du Film - L'Amant De Lady Chatterley | Stanley Myers & Richard Harvey | 1981 | Album |
Winners | Richard Harvey | 1981 | Album |
Two People & Country Sketches And Antiquities | Dennis Farnon / Richard Harvey | 1981 | Album |
Nifty Digits | Richard Harvey | 1980 | Album |
Planet Earth / All In The Mind | Keith Mansfield / Richard Harvey | 1980 | Album |
Pipes, Flutes And Whistles | Richard Harvey | 1979 | Album |
A New Way Of Seeing | Richard Harvey | 1979 | Album |
Black Birds Of Brittany | Bert Jansch Conundrum + Richard Harvey | 1978 | Single |
The Spirit Of Christmas | Simon Benson / Chris Mercer / Richard Harvey | 1978 | Album |
Pictures In The Mind | Francis Monkman & Malcolm Ironton / Richard Harvey | 1978 | Album |
Divisions On A Ground (An Introduction To The Recorder And Its Music) | Richard Harvey | 1975 | Album |
Virtuoso Recorder Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi – The London Vivaldi Orchestra, Richard Harvey | Album |