Richard Beddow

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Location: London, UK
Website: www.audiodesigner.co.uk

Biography / Trivia

Richard Beddow offers a wide range of audio services for video games, television, and films through audiodesigner.co.uk He entered the music industry in 1998 handling composition, sound effects, and sound design for video games by Criterion Studios and Small Rockets. He instantly demonstrated his versatility creating pulsing electronica for TrickStyle and Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing and cinematic cues on Deep Fighter and Ultra Assault. However, many of these projects were low-profile and he has since been involved with the unreleased titles HP Spy Academy and Band of Bugs.

Beddow is especially respected for his forward thinking sound design. Thanks to the impact caused by his own scores, he was hired to work as the sound designer of Taito Legends and BattleBots. He also specialises in a range of technical and artistic post production work. He has recently composed several new game scores, namely Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Shogun Empires, and Ford Bold Moves Street Racing. In 2008, he recorded the epic fantasy score to Viking: Battle for Asgard with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, to much publicity and a soundtrack release.

Away from video games, Beddow has made additional and promotional music for a range of documentaries and dramas on British terrestial TV. He is also a contributor to production music releases by BMG that have been used in a range of television and film projects. He has also recently created the musical score for the feature film The Experiment although its release has been indefinitely postponed. Although he has worked on many low-profile or criticised projects, Beddow has established a reputation as a solid composer and sound designer.

Games (16)

Year Title Platform Composer
1998 Redline Racer DC Richard Beddow
1999 TrickStyle PC, DC Richard Beddow
2000 Deep Fighter PC, DC Richard Beddow
2000 Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing PC, DC Richard Beddow
2001 Art Is Dead PC Ian Livingstone, Richard Beddow
2001 Jetboat Superchamps 2 PC Richard Beddow
2001 Kayak Extreme PC Richard Beddow
2001 Star Monkey PC Richard Beddow
2002 HP Spy Academy PC Richard Beddow
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action GC, PS2 2dB Music Production, Richard Beddow
2003 Ultra Assault PC Richard Beddow
2003 Wakeboarding Unleashed GBA Richard Beddow
2005 Band of Bugs PS2 Richard Beddow
2005 Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires DS Richard Beddow
2006 Ford Bold Moves Street Racing PC, PS2, XBOX, PSP Richard Beddow, Roy Adams
2008 Viking: Battle for Asgard PS3, X360 Richard Beddow, Simon Ravn, Walter Mair

Games - Other Credits (3)

Year Title Platform Composer
2003 BattleBots: Design & Destroy GBA Randy Wilson
2005 Taito Legends PC, PS2, XBOX Jill Stark
2006 Taito Legends 2 PC, PS2, XBOX Jill Stark

Albums (2)

Year Title Type
1999 Trickstyle Soundtrack CD
2008 Viking: Battle for Asgard - The Soundtrack CD

Reviews

» Viking: Battle for Asgard - The Soundtrack (by orion_mk3)

Added by Chris on Oct 29, 2008 12:27 PM Edited by Chris on Oct 29, 2008 01:03 PM