Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs was born on December 5,1955 and is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include Dr Dolittle, Big Momma's House, Queen of the Damned, the television series Battlestar Galactica and the first season of The Simpsons.
13 Facts About Richard Gibbs
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Richard Gibbs was a session player, performing on over 150 albums for artists as diverse as War, Tom Waits, Boy Meets Girl, Living in a Box, Robert Palmer, and Aretha Franklin.
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Richard Gibbs has appeared live with Korn, The Staples, Chaka Khan, and Oingo Boingo.
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Richard Gibbs has worked extensively with actress-comedian Tracey Ullman, on her various projects.
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Richard Gibbs's critically well-received collaboration with Jonathan Davis on the songs and score for Queen of the Damned led to a gold record.
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Richard Gibbs produced the second full-length record for the Warner Bros.
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Richard Gibbs found the time to serve as music director and arranger for Korn's appearance on MTV Unplugged, broadcast in February 2007.
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Richard Gibbs produced former Mr Mister band member Richard Page's solo disc "Peculiar Life" and is currently producing a collection of songs by an adventurous new band, Purple Mountains Majesties.
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Richard Gibbs is the owner of a state of the art ocean view Malibu studio, Woodshed Recording.
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In 2020, Richard Gibbs created invisible arts, a podcasts series telling the stories Richard Gibbs has accumulated over a lifetime in the music industry.
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Richard Gibbs tells stories about his time working with artists such as Tracey Ullman, Robert Palmer, Danny Elfman, Tim Curry, and many more.
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Richard Gibbs earned an Associate of Arts degree from Daytona Beach Community College while still enrolled as a senior in high school.
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Richard Gibbs went on to matriculate with bachelor's degree in classical composition from Boston's Berklee College of Music before moving to California.