Ian Livingstone (composer) explained

Ian Livingstone
Birth Date:4 July 1969
Birth Place:London, England
Occupation:composer
Years Active:1994–present

Ian Paul Livingstone (born 4 July 1969, in London) is a British composer for television, films and video games. He jointly won an Ivor Novello Award in 2011 for a video game score for .[1] He was classically trained from the age of five and has a background as a pop/dance music producer, band member and session musician. He is a graduate of Salford University.[2]

Work

Video games

YearTitleNotes
1994Rugby World Cup '95
1996Davis Cup Complete Tennis
1997Nightmare in the Toyfactory
1998Xenocracyand sound effects
Football World Managerand sound effects
1999Formula One 99
2000Tower of the Ancients
Starlancerand sound effects; with David Blinston
and sound effects; with David Blinston
Red Ace
sound effects
2001and sound effects
Candy Cruncher
Art is Deadand sound effects; with Richard Beddow
2002Noah's Ark Deluxe
Disney's Treasure Planet
2003and sound effects
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seasand sound effects
Rocket Mania! Deluxe
Project Gotham Racing 2with Mathias Grünwaldt and Rainer Heesch
NingPo Mah Jong
with Dean Evans
Text Express
2004Pixelusand sound effects
Kingdom Hearts V CASTand sound effects
2005Stolenand sound effects
Scuba Solitaire 3Dand sound effects
Penguin Puzzleand sound effects
Capone Casino 3Dand sound effects
Batman Begins
2006Hammer Headsand sound effects
Bionicle Heroes
2007Boom Boom Rocket
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
with Inon Zur
Bee Movie Game
Ultimate Chess 3Dand sound effects
2008with Aaron Sapp and Thomas Bergersen
Monopoly
2009Trivial Pursuit
Burn Zombie Burnand sound effects
Battlefield Heroes
Battlefield 1943
2010with Richard Beddow, Richard Birdstall and Simon Ravn
F1 2010
Createwith Dominic Smart, David Newby and Hywel Payne
Top Gun
2011F1 2011
Forza Motorsport 4two tracks
All Zombies Must Die!
2012F1 2012
2013Grid 2
with Simon Ravn
F1 2013
"Heroic Conflict" (licensed from KPM Music)
Walking with Dinosaurs
2014Lego The Hobbitwith Rob Westwood
Commando Jackwith Adele Cutting and Hywel Payne
Grid Autosport
"Dream Within Dreams" (licensed from KPM Music)
F1 2014
2015with various others
with Richard Beddow, Tilman Sillescu and Tim Wynn
Lego Dimensionswith Rob Westwood
2016Lego Marvel's Avengerswith Rob Westwood
Shadow of the Beast
2017with various others
Lego Worldswith Rob Westwood
Oure
2018MotoGP 18
Lego DC Super-Villainswith Simon Withenshaw
2019MotoGP 19
with Michael Doherty
Heroic - Magic Duel
2020 - The Furious Wild
2021F1 2021with Ethan Livingstone, Miktek, Mark Willot and Brian Tyler
Forza Horizon 5"Tulum"
2022with various others
Grid Legends
The Quarry
F1 22with Ethan Livingstone, Miktek, Rory Hay and Brian Tyler
2023F1 23with Ethan Livingstone and Brian Tyler

Television and film

He has composed for television for:[3]

Other

He has also produced songs, advertising jingles, movie scores and orchestrations. He also worked with Nokia during 2000 to 2004,[7] creating polyphonic arrangements of monophonic ringtones, including the Nokia tune,[2] as well as creating MIDI karaoke backing tracks for Roland.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Performing Rights Society. 7 April 2021.
  2. Time+Space . Composer and Ivor Novello winner Ian Livingstone talks to Time+Space . July 4, 2013.
  3. Web site: Universal Production Music. 7 April 2021.
  4. Web site: YouTube link. 7 April 2021. .
  5. Web site: YouTube link. . 7 April 2021.
  6. Web site: YouTube link. 7 April 2021. .
  7. 1429567484584022017 . ianliv . I worked for Nokia from 2000 to 2004 - I still have all the project orders which list all my ringtones, will dig out . Ian Livingstone.
  8. Web site: Ong . Alexis . August 12, 2022 . How Nokia ringtones became the first viral earworms . The Verge.