SERVICES

Original Music Composition

Richard specialises in creating emotionally rich, cinematic scores that elevate storytelling and deepen audience engagement. His music spans orchestral, hybrid, electronic, and experimental palettes — supporting genres from historic, fantasy to sci-fi, drama, and action.
 

Services include:

• Bespoke original scoring for interactive and linear media

• Hybrid orchestration combining live players, electronics, and sound design

• Full-score mockups, live recording supervision, and post-production

• Adaptive, dynamic and generative composition for gameplay systems and design
   

Whether working solo or managing team-based workflows, Richard brings creative depth and production fluency — delivering at AAA scale, on time and on budget.

 

Music Supervision

With a deep understanding of music’s narrative role, Richard brings executive-level experience in guiding music across large-scale productions with music supervision services that align creative vision with practical execution.
 

Services include:

• Score curation and creative direction

• Budget planning and rights clearance

• Music licensing strategy

• Composer sourcing and team coordination

• Editorial support (temp scores, cue placement, cue sheets)

• Recording session supervision and management

• Mix oversight and delivery pipeline management
   

He works closely with directors, producers, and audio leads to ensure every musical element lands with emotional clarity and technical precision.

 

Audio Consultancy

For studios seeking broader support across game audio development, Richard offers strategic consultancy shaped by his multi decade-long leadership at the helm of Total War’s audio.
 

Services include:

• End-to-end music system design (e.g. playback systems, audio middleware, bespoke tools)

• Interactive audio pipeline planning and review

• Sound design and dialogue strategy (inc. VO pipelines and localisation)

• Cinematic and post-production audio direction

• Team mentoring, leadership coaching, and workflow optimisation

• Hiring strategy and contractor sourcing

• Technical partnerships for audio programming and implementation
   

This consultancy is ideal for studios without internal audio leads, or those scaling up and needing senior guidance without long-term hires.