Rick Wentworth

Rick Wentworth is a BAFTA nominated Film and TV Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator and Arranger.

Rick is represented by HotHouse Music.

Composer

Rick’s work in film began with composing the score for the cult film Withnail and I, directed by Bruce Robinson in 1987. This was shortly followed by the Bruce Robinson film "How To Get Ahead In Advertising" in 1989 - both feature films were produced by George Harrison’s company Handmade Films.

Rick’s TV credits include the BAFTA award winning Jonathan Creek (series and specials), all four series of the hugely successful ITV drama Ultimate Force for Bentley Productions, the BAFTA award winning "Between The Lines" and "Cracker" for which Rick received a BAFTA nomination.

As well as music for Film, TV dramas and documentaries, Rick has also written music for many advertising campaigns including Nissan, Kellogs, American Express, Burger King, American Airlines, Ford and Guinness.

Conducting

In addition to conducting his own work, Rick has conducted many film scores including "Tomb Raider", Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) (2005) Hellboy II, Notorious B.I.G., the Oscar nominated Milk (film) (2008), The Boys Are Back (film) (2009) and Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) (2010).

His string arrangements can be heard on tracks from many artists including The Lightening Seeds, Blur (band), Del Amitri and more recently in 2008/09 Musical Direction for the Rough Trade Artistes Belle and Sebastian and Codeine Velvet Club (2009).

MOJO: "with B&S mainstay Mick Cooke's superb orchestrations conducted by Rick Wentworth, God Help The Girl has real class ****

Collaborations

Rick has a long and productive association with former Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters, who asked him to co-produce, orchestrate and conduct the music for his opera, "Ça Ira". The opera was recorded in USA and Europe featuring Bryn Terfel, Paul Groves and Ying Huang. It reached No.1 in the American classical chart, and received Platinum sales in Poland. Rick conducted the world premiere of the overture from "Ça Ira" in 2002, played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. He also arranged and conducted a collection of Roger Waters's legendary tracks, fronted by Waters and his band. Rick has since conducted the world premier performance of the Opera in Rome followed by performances in Poland, Kiev and more recently at the Manaus Opera House in the Brazilian Rainforest of the Amazon.

Rick also orchestrated and conducted the modern opera Guiliette E Romeo in 2007 for European Composer Ricardo Cocciante, which had it’s premiere at the famous Arena in Verona and has subsequently toured very successfully throughout Italy.

Other successful collaborations include writing and producing songs with George Benson, Patti Austin, Grace Jones and Paul McCartney, who commissioned him to orchestrate and conduct a personal animated film entitled "The Light From Within" (yet to be released). Following this, McCartney asked Rick to orchestrate arrangements for his prestigious, televised appearance at the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Rick recently collaborated with writer David Levin and co-wrote six songs for his latest musical production "People", which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2009.

"...it’s a cabaret of well-crafted, acidic songs about life, love and relationships – proves a jewel of its kind…Rick Wentworth, who emerges as the real star of the show... Do yourself a favour: spurn comedy madness for an hour and meet some real people in People." - Michael Coveney for whatson.com (Aug 2009)

Credits

Film Composer Credits

1999

• Monsieur Pett

1999

• The Dybbuk

1992

• Freddie as F.R.O.7

1989

• How To Get Ahead In Advertising

1987

• Withnail and I

TV Composer Credits

2010

• Jonathan Creek - The Judas Tree (feature length TV Special)

2009

• Jonathan Creek - The Grinning Man (feature length TV Special)

2007

• Robbie The Reindeer in Close Encounters Of The Herd Kind (Comic Relief)

2006

• Ultimate Force (4 Seasons, 21 Episodes from 2002 - 2006)
• The Good Housekeeping Guide
• Daziel and Pascoe (3 feature length episodes from 2004 - 2006)

2003/4

• Jonathan Creek (12 hour episodes)

2002

• D.I.Y. Hard
• Paradise Heights (6 episodes)
• Little Ghosts (48 episodes)

2000

• The Last Polar Bears
• Blind Ambition

1999

• The Alchemists (6 hour episodes)

1998

• Silent Witness (6 hour episodes)

1997

• Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (12 Episodes)
• Cracker - White Ghost (Feature Length TV Special)

1996

• Creacker (2 Seasons from 1995-1996)
• The Moonstone
• The Writing On The Wall (4 Feature Length Episodes)

1995

• Rules of Engagement

1993

• Between The Lines (13 hour episodes)

1992

• Sam Saturday (6 hour episodes)

1991

• Sleepers (4 hour episodes)
• White Goods (4 hour episodes)
• Work!

Musical/Opera Credits

2010

• Bet Your Bottom Dollar

2009

• People

2007

• Guiliette E Romeo

2004

• Ca Ira

Conductor/Musical Director Credits

2010

• Alice In Wonderland

2009

• Terminator Salvation
• Notorious
• Monsieur Pett

2008

• Milk (film)
• The Duchess
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• Journal of a Contract Killer

2005

• Corpse Bride
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2003

• Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
• Ned Kelly

2002

• The Time Machine

2001

• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

1997

• Dobermann

1989

• How To Get Ahead In Advertising

Orchestra/Arranger Credits

2007

• Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

2005

• Goal!

2001

• Rat Race
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

2000

• Love's Labours Lost

1996

• All Dogs Go To Heaven 2

1995

• Restoration

1990

• Die Hard 2

1989

• How To Get Ahead In Advertising

1988

• The Adventures of Baron Münchausen

External links

• IMDB
• Rick Wentworth on Twitter
• HotHouse Music