Luke Richards - Cool Music

Luke Richards is a composer for film and televison based in London. His recent projects include the 2026 chart topping Netflix thriller series Run Away, the 2025 drama series I Fought the Law (produced by 2026 Best Picture Oscar nominee Liza Marshall) and the mini series Six Four, based on the bestseller by Hideo Yokoyama and directed by BAFTA nominated director Ben A. Williams. He has also co-scored, alongside David Buckley, two Harlan Coben novel adaptations for Netflix; Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar and Joanna Lumley and Stay Close, starring Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt and Eddie Izzard.

Luke has worked with Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman, providing additional arrangements and programming for the Disney film, Godmothered and with composer Steve Jablonsky, writing additional music for both Transfomers: The Last Knight, starring Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Hopkins, and Skyscraper. Luke also contributed additional arrangements for John Powell and David Buckley’s score for Paul Greengrass’s Jason Bourne.

His film work includes writing the score for The Gettysburg Address starring Matthew Broderick and Oscar nominated actor David Strathairn, and eHero, starring Sean Astin. His music for Remembering the Fallen won Best Original Score at the Los Angeles Movie Awards.

Luke’s break into the industry began when he moved to Los Angeles to work for composer Harry Gregson-Williams. Subsequently he was based out of Hans Zimmer’s studio, Remote Control Productions, where he worked for composer David Buckley on high profile film and television projects, including American Hustle, The Good Wife and Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Luke’s music has been recorded at Abbey Road Studios, The Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros, The Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox and the Synchron Stage in Vienna.

Credits

Film and Television

RUN AWAY	Netflix Directors: Nimer Rashed, Isher Sahota Producer: Will McDonagh Starring: James Nesbitt, Minnie Driver, Lucian Msamati
I FOUGHT THE LAW	ITV/ All3Media Director: Erik Richter Strand Producer: Mark Hedges Starring: Sheridan Smith, Victoria Wyant, Jack James Ryan
FOOL ME ONCE (Co-scored with David Buckley)	Netflix Directors: David Moore, Nimer Rached Producers: Marise Yeres Gill, Lisa Roberts Gillan Starring: Richard Armitage, Adeel Akhtar, Michelle Keegan, Joanna Lumley
SIX FOUR	ITV/ House Productions Director: Ben A. Williams Producer: Clare Kerr Starring: Vinette Robinson, Kevin McKidd
STAY CLOSE (Co-scored with David Buckley)	Netflix Directors: Daniel O’Hara, Lindy Heymann Producers: Juliet Charlesworth, Sheila Nortley Starring: Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Sarah Parish
GODMOTHERED (Additional arrangements)	Disney+ Director: Sharon Maguire Producer: Justin Springer Starring: Isla Fisher, Utkarsh Ambudkar
SKYSCRAPER (Additional music)	Universal Pictures Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Producers: Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell
TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (Additional music)	Paramount Pictures Director: Michael Bay Producers: Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Donn Murphy Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel
JASON BOURNE (Additional arrangements and programming)	Universal Pictures Director: Paul Greengrass Producers: Matt Damon, Gregory Goodman, Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones
eHERO	amondbox Entertainment Director: Joseph Procopio Producer: Frank Procopio Starring: Sean Astin, Chloe Rose
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS	Rising Picture Company Director: Sean Conant Producer: Sean Conant, Jim Conant Starring: Matthew Borderick, David Strathairn
REMEMBERING THE FALLEN (Short)	Immediate Production Director: Julien Grincajgier Producer: Julien Grincajgier