Ian Livingstone (composer)
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ian Livingstone
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|07|04|df=y}}
| 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 Napoleon: Total War.{{cite web|url=https://www.prsformusic.com/press/2011/56th-ivor-novello-awards-winners-announcement|title=Performing Rights Society|accessdate=7 April 2021}} He is best known as the composer of the F1 video game series.
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.{{Cite interview |interviewer=Time+Space |title=Composer and Ivor Novello winner Ian Livingstone talks to Time+Space |url=https://www.timespace.com/blogs/features/composer-and-ivor-novello-winner-ian-livingstone-talks-to-time-space |date=July 4, 2013}}
Work
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="1" | 1994
| |
|---|
| rowspan="1" | 1996
| Davis Cup Complete Tennis | |
| rowspan="1" | 1997
| Nightmare in the Toyfactory | |
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| and sound effects |
| Football World Manager
| and sound effects |
| rowspan="1" | 1999
| |
| rowspan="5" | 2000
| Tower of the Ancients | |
| Starlancer
| and sound effects; with David Blinston |
| Star Trek: Invasion
| and sound effects; with David Blinston |
| Red Ace
| |
| Lego Creator: Knights' Kingdom
| sound effects |
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| and sound effects |
| Candy Cruncher
| |
| Art is Dead
| and sound effects; with Richard Beddow |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Noah's Ark Deluxe | |
| Disney's Treasure Planet
| |
| rowspan="9" | 2003
| and sound effects |
| Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
| |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
| and sound effects |
| Rocket Mania! Deluxe
| |
| Project Gotham Racing 2
| with Mathias Grünwaldt and Rainer Heesch |
| NingPo Mah Jong
| |
| Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
| with Dean Evans |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
| |
| Text Express
| |
| 2004
| Pixelus | and sound effects |
| rowspan="7" | 2005
| Kingdom Hearts V CAST | and sound effects |
| Stolen
| and sound effects |
| Scuba Solitaire 3D
| and sound effects |
| Predator: Concrete Jungle
| |
| Penguin Puzzle
| and sound effects |
| Capone Casino 3D
| and sound effects |
| Batman Begins
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| and sound effects |
| Bionicle Heroes
| |
| rowspan="5" | 2007
| |
| Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
| |
| Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
| with Inon Zur |
| Bee Movie Game
| |
| Ultimate Chess 3D
| and sound effects |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| with Aaron Sapp and Thomas Bergersen |
| Monopoly
| |
| rowspan="4" | 2009
| Trivial Pursuit | |
| Burn Zombie Burn
| and sound effects |
| Battlefield Heroes
| |
| Battlefield 1943
| |
| rowspan="4" | 2010
| with Richard Beddow, Richard Birdstall and Simon Ravn |
| F1 2010
| |
| Create
| with Dominic Smart, David Newby and Hywel Payne |
| Top Gun
| |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| F1 2011 | |
| Forza Motorsport 4
| two tracks |
| All Zombies Must Die!
| |
| rowspan="1" | 2012
| F1 2012 | |
| rowspan="5" | 2013
| Grid 2 | |
| Total War: Rome II
| with Simon Ravn |
| F1 2013
| |
| WRC 4: FIA World Rally Championship
| "Heroic Conflict" (licensed from KPM Music) |
| Walking with Dinosaurs
| |
| rowspan="5" | 2014
| with Rob Westwood |
| Commando Jack
| with Adele Cutting and Hywel Payne |
| Grid Autosport
| with Phonat |
| Valiant Hearts: The Great War
| "Dream Within Dreams" (licensed from KPM Music) |
| F1 2014
| |
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| with various others |
| Total War: Warhammer
| with Richard Beddow, Tilman Sillescu and Tim Wynn |
| Lego Dimensions
| with Rob Westwood |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| with Rob Westwood |
| Shadow of the Beast
| |
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| with various others |
| Lego Worlds
| with Rob Westwood |
| Oure
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| |
| Lego DC Super-Villains
| with Simon Withenshaw |
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| |
| Jumanji: The Video Game
| with Michael Doherty |
| Heroic - Magic Duel
| |
| rowspan="1" | 2020
| Total War: Three Kingdoms - The Furious Wild | |
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| F1 2021 | with Ethan Livingstone, Miktek, Mark Willot and Brian Tyler |
| Forza Horizon 5
| "Tulum" |
| rowspan="4" | 2022
| with various others |
| Grid Legends
| |
| The Quarry
| |
| F1 22
| with Ethan Livingstone, Miktek, Rory Hay and Brian Tyler |
| 2023
| F1 23 | with Ethan Livingstone and Brian Tyler |
| 2024 |
=Television and film=
He has composed for television for:{{cite web|url=https://www.universalproductionmusic.com/en-il/discover/composers/18144/Ian-Livingstone|title=Universal Production Music|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
- Big Fat Gypsy Weddings{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tzYRl6nG3k|accessdate=7 April 2021|title=YouTube link|website=YouTube }}
- The Great British Sewing Bee{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTSNs8kdEZw|title=YouTube link|website=YouTube |accessdate= 7 April 2021}}
- The Repair Shop{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEEq4LTJCU|accessdate=7 April 2021|title=YouTube link|website=YouTube }}
- Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage
=Other=
He has also produced songs, advertising jingles, movie scores and orchestrations. He also worked with Nokia during 2000 to 2004,{{Cite tweet |number=1429567484584022017 |user=ianliv |title=I worked for Nokia from 2000 to 2004 - I still have all the project orders which list all my ringtones, will dig out |author=Ian Livingstone}} creating polyphonic arrangements of monophonic ringtones, including the Nokia tune, as well as creating MIDI karaoke backing tracks for Roland.{{Cite web |last=Ong |first=Alexis |date=August 12, 2022 |title=How Nokia ringtones became the first viral earworms |url=https://www.theverge.com/c/23290332/nokia-ringtones-music-history |website=The Verge}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.ianlivingstone.net/ Ian Livingstone's web-site]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Salford
Category:English television composers