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name: "Richard Hartley"
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# Richard Hartley

Composer. Born 28 July 1944 in Holmfirth.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 July 1944, Holmfirth
- **Also known as:** Richard Neville Hartley

## Biography

Richard Hartley (born 28 July 1944) is an English composer and musical arranger. He grew up in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.

In the 1970s he began a long association with Richard O'Brien, originally playing in the four-piece band for *The Rocky Horror Show*. He arranged the score for the London stage production and its film adaptation *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), as well as *Shock Treatment* (1981). His other film scores include *Bad Timing* (1980), *Sheena* (1984), *Stealing Beauty* (1996) and *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004).

Hartley has composed extensively for television, including the incidental music for the *Doctor Who* story *Mindwarp* (1986). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie for *Alice in Wonderland* (1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tardis.wiki.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also known for

- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Songs, Original Music Composer
- *Stealing Beauty* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Music
- *Great Expectations* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Bad Timing* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Sheena* (1984), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Flashbacks of a Fool* (2008), Original Music Composer

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