Richard Hill (musician)

At the Royal College of Music Hill became a founder member of the London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.In the 1960s, Hill’s career underwent a sea change when he joined Polydor Records as a producer and studio arranger at the height of the sixties pop boom.Along with television themes, station promos and advertising jingles, Hill wrote scores for major drama series, including Arnold Bennett's Clayhanger trilogy, John Mortimer's Will Shakespeare and Don Shaw's Sounding Brass.Throughout this period Hill had worldwide success as cowriter with Johnny Hawkins of the musical Canterbury Tales, which ran for over five years in the West End, became a Broadway production for Frank Loesser, and is still occasionally performed around the world.The Symphony of Jazz repertoire, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Images from Kubla Khan all represent his new style of integrated contemporary music.
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