From film and games composer Luke Richards comes a succession of cerebral orchestral compositions ranging in mood from tense to delicate. Mixing pulsing mallets with emotional strings and piano arpeggios, each track builds to a triumphant climax.

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From film and games composer Luke Richards comes a succession of cerebral orchestral compositions.

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Pulsing pizzicato violins & light woodwind give way to rapid piano arpeggios & driving staccato strings. Builds to big finish

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A Flash Of Inspiration

As a veteran composer of film scores and video game soundtracks, Luke Richards understands how music can help shape narratives. With Rise and Fall he does just that, using strings, piano and timpani to create an array of moods, from soothing to ominous.

Rise And Fall

Luke Richards uses strings, piano and timpani to create an array of moods, from soothing to ominous.

Majestic, elegant orchestral strings & piano

The Allure Of Power

Hollywood composer Luke Richards returns with a dreamy collection evoking hazy summer days. Hypnotic piano arpeggios mingle with reflective strings, arpeggiated strings and atmospheric textures including mallets, pulsing bass and heavenly soprano vocals.

Under The Sunlit Tree

Hypnotic piano arpeggios, reflective strings and atmospheric textures meet heavenly soprano vocals

Soft, dreamy & delicate solo piano. Lazy, hazy summer days

Luke Richards creates pulse-pounding scores for movies and video games. Here, pitch-bending synths with distorted sound design, deep piano and eerie arpeggios, together with sinister, pulsating bass build tense electronic atmospheres for maximum drama.

Conviction

Tense electronic atmospheres with distorted sound design, eerie arpeggio and pulsating bass 

Fast, driving mallets & pitch bending synth build intensity with distorted sound design, piano & driving bass

Pulling The Thread

Inspirational, epic orchestral themes with tense, driving strings, huge percussion, panoramic orchestras and choir culminate in triumphant, heroic climaxes.

Maximum Impact Aurora

Thrilling orchestral hybrid with tense driving strings, epic brass & pulsing synth builds from mysterious opening 

Future Awaits

Composer Luke Richards presents a contemplative set blending intimate guitar with undulating synths. At times pensive and at others melancholic, these atmospheric compositions are variously underscored with drones, strings and a subdued kick pulse.

Recovery

Thoughtful, melancholy guitar with sparse piano, bending synth lines, atmospheric textures & subdued kick pulse 

Put Yourself Back Together

Deeply reflective, intimate solo guitar arpeggios

Head Against The Car Window

Pensive, anxious guitars & piano with bass & bending textural synth tone

Find A Better Way

Emotional, reflective guitars with atmospheric synth tones & drones

Heal

Contemplative, gently undulating synths with subtle guitar textures & strings

Safe Now

Moody, introspective guitar over a textural atmospheric drone grows in optimism with piano, strings & subtle kick drum 

Gentle, pensive & affecting guitar with delicate piano, strings & bass creates a sense of resolution

Eyes Forward, Heart Open

Luke Richards specialises in pulse-pounding scores. Build rising tension, terror and suspense with driving electronic percussion, distorted synths and huge drum hits, then add dark drones, eerie strings and ominous bass pulse for unsettling landscapes.

The Job

Menacing synthscape with distorted undulating drone, pulsating sequence, whirling tones & metronomic percussion

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