Richard Marriott
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Richard Marriott is a U.S. avant-garde
composer and performer. He has composed for film, television, dance, theater, opera, installations and video games. He is the founder and artistic director of the Club Foot Orchestra
, an important modern ensemble for live music performance with silent films. He was member of Snakefinger's history of the blues. His compositions are available on the Amour Fou label.
Composing credits also include music for the feature film Rising Sun, music for the CBS series The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, the score for the 1986 Academy Award nominated short film Silver into Gold and the score for Legong: Dance of the Virgins commissioned by Gamelan Sekar Jaya
and composed for Balinese gamelan and Western instrumentation. He was employed as a staff composer for Atari Games
1992-1997 and contributed compositions for LeapFrog Enterprises
. He has worked with California-based choreographer Della Davidson since 1991, and in New York with Yoshiko Chuma
's School of Hard Knocks and choreographer Yin Mei
.
Many of his recent compositions feature a synthesis of Asian and Western elements. A current collaboration with Beijing-based librettist Xu Ying, entitled Prince Lan Ling, is scored for Western Symphonic Orchestra, Chinese instruments and singers, chorus and dancers.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
composer and performer. He has composed for film, television, dance, theater, opera, installations and video games. He is the founder and artistic director of the Club Foot Orchestra
Club Foot Orchestra
The Club Foot Orchestra is a music ensemble founded in 1983 by Richard Marriott. After a brief career playing dramatic, complex music in San Francisco clubs, they became known for their equally dramatic and complex scores for classic silent movies. The ensemble got their name from a performance art...
, an important modern ensemble for live music performance with silent films. He was member of Snakefinger's history of the blues. His compositions are available on the Amour Fou label.
Composing credits also include music for the feature film Rising Sun, music for the CBS series The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, the score for the 1986 Academy Award nominated short film Silver into Gold and the score for Legong: Dance of the Virgins commissioned by Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Gamelan Sekar Jaya is a Balinese gamelan ensemble located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been called "the finest Balinese gamelan ensemble outside of Indonesia" by Indonesia’s Tempo Magazine. It performs the music and dance of Bali in many different genres of Balinese gamelan, mainly...
and composed for Balinese gamelan and Western instrumentation. He was employed as a staff composer for Atari Games
Atari Games
Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc...
1992-1997 and contributed compositions for LeapFrog Enterprises
Leapfrog Enterprises
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc is an educational entertainment company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog designs, develops and markets technology-based learning products and related content for the education of infant through grade school children at home and in schools internationally.- History...
. He has worked with California-based choreographer Della Davidson since 1991, and in New York with Yoshiko Chuma
Yoshiko Chuma
is a dancer, a choreographer and the director of the Bessie Award winning performance art group The School of Hard Knocks. Described in 2007 by Bloomberg as "a fixture on New York's downtown scene for over a quarter- century", her work spans from early "absurdist gaiety" to more recent serious...
's School of Hard Knocks and choreographer Yin Mei
Yin Mei
Yin Mei is a choreographer and dancer, and the founder of a dance company based in New York City.- Life and career:Yin Mei was born and raised in China during the Cultural Revolution. Her experiences during this time greatly influenced her artistic philosophy...
.
Many of his recent compositions feature a synthesis of Asian and Western elements. A current collaboration with Beijing-based librettist Xu Ying, entitled Prince Lan Ling, is scored for Western Symphonic Orchestra, Chinese instruments and singers, chorus and dancers.