Biography
Richard Neville Hartley is an English composer, best known for his work on The Rocky Horror Show. He grew up in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. In the 1970s he began a long association with Richard O'Brien. Hartley was originally part of the four-piece band for The Rocky Horror Show. He went on to arrange the score for the London stage and film adaptation (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) as well as its follow-up Shock Treatment, and then worked with O'Brien on another, as yet unproduced, sequel, Revenge of the Old Queen. His other 1970s film scores included Galileo (1975), The Romantic Englishwoman (1975), Aces High (1976), and the remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979). In the 1980s, Hartley worked primarily in television, including providing the music for the 1986 Doctor Who story Mindwarp, and TV movie productions, such as Kennedy (1983), Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985), Mandela (1987) and Rules of Engagement (1989). However he also composed for film, including the Nicolas Roeg film Bad Timing (1980), Bad Blood (1982), The Trout (1982), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983), Sheena (1984) (for which Hartley was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award), Dance with a Stranger (1985), Parker (1985), The Good Father (1985), Consuming Passions (1988) and Tree of Hands (1989). However, one of his lesser known works is the music for The Fifth Dimension, a dark ride at Chessington World of Adventures.
Sound 75
2010s
- 2015
Rocky Horror Show Live
Music, Original Music Composer
- 2012
2000s
- 2009
Murderland
Original Music Composer
- 2008
- 2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Original Music Composer
- 2003
The Lion in Winter
Original Music Composer
- 2002
Puckoon
Original Music Composer
- 2001
The Martins
Original Music Composer
- 2000
When Brendan Met Trudy
Music
Don Quixote
Original Music Composer
Mad About Mambo
Music
1990s
- 1999
All the Little Animals
Original Music Composer
Rogue Trader
Music, Original Music Composer
- 1998
Curtain Call
Original Music Composer
- 1997
The Designated Mourner
Original Music Composer
- 1996
Victory
Music
The Van
Original Music Composer
Flowers of the Forest
Original Music Composer
- 1995
The Absence of War
Original Music Composer
An Awfully Big Adventure
Original Music Composer
- 1994
Murder in Mind
Original Music Composer
The Rector's Wife
Original Music Composer
- 1993
The Secret Rapture
Music
Suddenly, Last Summer
Original Music Composer
- 1992
The Railway Station Man
Original Music Composer
Running Late
Music
Midnight's Child
Music
Adam Bede
Music
- 1990
Die Kinder
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1989
Dealers
Music
Dream Baby
Original Music Composer
Metamorphosis
Original Music Composer
Tree of Hands
Original Music Composer
Here Is the News
Music
- 1988
Tumbledown
Original Music Composer
Soursweet
Original Music Composer
- 1987
- 1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Original Music Composer
Dead Head
Original Music Composer
- 1985
The Good Father
Original Music Composer
Where Did I Come From?
Music
Parker
Original Music Composer
Blue Money
Original Music Composer
- 1984
December Flower
Music
- 1983
Party Party
Music Consultant
- 1982
Bad Blood
Original Music Composer
The Trout
Original Music Composer
- 1981
Shock Treatment
Songs, Original Music Composer, Music, Music Arranger, Musician
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Penmarric
Original Music Composer
- 1976
Aces High
Original Music Composer
High Fidelity
Music
- 1975
Galileo
Original Music Composer
1960s
- 1963
Appearances1
2020s
- 2025
Sane Inside Insanity
Self – Composer