Neil Richardson (composer)

Neil Grant Richardson (5 February 1930 – 8 October 2010)[1] was an English composer and conductor.

Richardson composed "Approaching Menace" (the Mastermind theme tune) and "The Riviera Affair". During the 1960s–1990s, he was an arranger and conductor of various BBC Radio Orchestras, working on programmes such as String Sound and The Radio Orchestra Show.[2] He was a prolific composer of library music for companies such as KPM, and his music has been used in numerous TV, film and radio productions.[2]

  1. ^ Radio Café message board, URL accessed 9 October 2010
  2. ^ a b Neil Richardson biography at Radio Café, URL accessed 9 October 2010