---
name: "Richard Gibbs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-gibbs"
fi1m_id: "richard-gibbs"
imdb_id: "nm0006099"
tmdb_id: 21068
wikidata_id: "Q1857514"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 December 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:11:11.745560+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Richard Gibbs

## Identity

Richard Gibbs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-gibbs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-gibbs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006099
- **TMDB ID:** 21068
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1857514
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gibbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1857514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21068

Composer. Born 5 December 1955 in Bay Village, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 December 1955, Bay Village, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2009
- **Also known as:** Richard Kendall Gibbs
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (2), 1990s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Romance 2, Animation 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $368m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gibbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1857514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21068

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*10 Things I Hate About You*](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md) (80), [*Doctor Dolittle*](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md) (50)

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## Biography

Richard Gibbs (also credited as Richard Kendall Gibbs) is an American film and television composer and music producer. Born on 5 December 1955 in Bay Village, Ohio, he studied composition at Berklee College of Music and was a keyboardist in the band Oingo Boingo from 1980 to 1984. He later worked as a session musician for numerous artists.

Gibbs composed the score for the first season of the animated series *The Simpsons* (1989). He served as musical director for *The Tracey Ullman Show* and *Muppets Tonight*, and composed the theme for the reimagined *Battlestar Galactica* series. His film credits include *Say Anything...* (1989), *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), *Big Momma's House* (2000) and *Queen of the Damned* (2002).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, simpsonswiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md)
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Fi1m 50, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)
- *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love Beats Rhymes* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Adventures in Babysitting* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Pump* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Let It Shine* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Face to Face* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Teen Spirit* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival* (2011), Actor
- *Christmas Cupid* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Fired Up!* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Tracey Ullman's State of the Union* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *Cleaner* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Korn: MTV Unplugged* (2007), Music Editor
- *John Tucker Must Die* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Valley of the Heart's Delight* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Honeymooners* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Fat Albert* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Johnson Family Vacation* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Barbershop 2: Back in Business* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *My Baby's Daddy* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Love Don't Co$t a Thing* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2003), series, Music
- *When Zachary Beaver Came to Town* (2003), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Step Into Liquid* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *I Spy* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Like Mike* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Dawg* (2002), Music Producer, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Queen of the Damned* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Big Momma's House* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *28 Days* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Book of Stars* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Jesse Ventura Story* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md)
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)
- *Dirty Work* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Music from Another Room* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *That Darn Cat* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *First Kid* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *The Christmas Box* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Dangerous Indiscretion* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Two Guys Talkin' About Girls* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Blind Justice* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Clifford* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *The Chase* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Fatal Instinct* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Son in Law* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Barbarians at the Gate* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Amos & Andrew* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Passed Away* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Ladybugs* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Once Upon a Crime* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Bingo* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *A Gnome Named Gnorm* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Wedlock* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Sins of the Mother* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *How to Murder a Millionaire* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *A Killing in a Small Town* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Sweet 15* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *A Deadly Silence* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Say Anything...* (1989), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *Sweet Hearts Dance* (1988), Original Music Composer

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