Richard Campbell is a South African film composer, arranger and orchestrator based in the United Kingdom.

His scoring credits include the short films Business As Usual (screened on Showmax in collaboration with AFDA), Dark Moon (screened at the 2020 Cr... Read More

Richard Campbell is a South African film composer, arranger and orchestrator based in the United Kingdom.

His scoring credits include the short films Business As Usual (screened on Showmax in collaboration with AFDA), Dark Moon (screened at the 2020 Croatia Film and Music Festival), and the UWE student film The Turtle Graveyard. He has also scored the theatre production Night of the Iguana, staged in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 2019, with another collaboration with the same theatre company in the works; and the keynote presentation Beating Chains by Rusty Labuschagne that has been presented all over South Africa. As a composer of production music, Richard has collaborated on an album for MamaDance Music Solutions in Cape Town, and has released an instrumental EP called Dreams, currently streaming on all major platforms.

Richard has worked as an arranger since 2007 and has been sought-after for this skill by local and international clients. He has been involved in musical theatre, acting as Musical Director for productions such as Evita, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Pirates of Penzance, for which he also orchestrated the entire score.

Richard’s music embraces a harmonic cinematic style, influenced by giants such as Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams, and is designed to speak to the audience’s emotional responses and draw them deeper into what they see on stage or screen.

His work, paired with his ability to tackle a variety genres, has been well-received by his diverse clientele, making him a valuable asset to any production looking for the right music to enhance their vision.