Richard Band Richard Band

Born: 28 December 1958, Los Angeles, California.

Biography:
Composer Richard Band is the second son of the cult film director Albert Band (whose eldest son, Charles, is also a director). Despite being exposed to the movie industry from an early age, Band initially had no interest in entering the film making business, instead teaching himself the guitar and touring with a rock band during the early 1970s. Eventually, Band succumbed to the family business, and scored his first film in 1978, an ultra-low budget science fiction flop called "Laserblast", which he co-wrote with Joel Goldsmith. Despite the film's lack of success, Band's industry connections and obvious talent have allowed him to go on to be one of the low-budget science fiction and horror genre's most prolific and respected practitioners, with over 50 movies to his name - almost all of them straight-to-video or "cult" movies. Among his more important works are the acclaimed "Metalstorm" (1983), Stuart Gordon's "Re-Animator" (1985), "Ghoulies" (1985), "Puppet Master" (1989), "The Arrival" (1990), the children's fantasy "Prehysteria" (1993), and "Shrunken Heads" (1994), on which he collaborated with Danny Elfman. Since the turn of the millennium, Band has increasingly been involved in scoring episodic television, often in the science fiction and horror genres, and has contributed music to the popular show "StarGate SG-1", and the anthology series “Masters of Horror”, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Reviews:
Up and Down (compilation)

Filmography:
Fortune Teller (2008), The Raven (2008), Masters of Horror: The Washingtonians (2007), Nympha (2007), Masters of Horror: Valerie on the Stairs (2006), Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch House (2005), Beyond Re-Animator (2003), Puppetmaster: The Legacy (2003), The Silvergleam Whistle (2003), My Horrible Year (2001), Curse of the Puppetmaster (1998), Die By The Sword (1998), Stargate SG-1 (1998), Three (1998), Hideous! (1997), In The Doghouse (1998), Bugs (1996), Head of the Family (1996), Robo Warriors (1996), Shadow of the Knight (1996), Zarkorr! The Invader (1996), Castle Freak (1995), Dragonworld (1995), Magic Island (1995), Time Warrior: Planet of the Dino-Knights (1995), Time Warrior: Journey to the Magic Cavern (1995), Time Warrior: The Human Pets (1995), Time Warrior: Trapped on Toy World (1995), Castles (1994), Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994), Shrunken Heads (1994), Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993), Mutant (1993), Prehysteria (1993), Puppet Master 4 (1993), Remote (1993), Demonic Toys (1992), Doctor Mordrid (1992), The Resurrected (1992), Seed People (1992), Trancers III (1992), Arena (1991), Trancers II (1991), Bride of Re-Animator (1990), The Arrival (1990), Crash and Burn (1990), The Pit and the Pendulum (1990), Puppet Master II (1990), Shadowzone (1990), The Caller (1989), Puppet Master (1989), Prison (1988), Dolls (1987), Eliminators (1986), From Beyond (1986), Ghostwarrior (1986), TerrorVision (1986), Troll (1986), Zone Troopers (1986), Dungeonmaster (1985), Ghoulies (1985), Re-Animator (1985), Mutant (1984), The House on Sorority Row (1983), Metalstorm (1983), Parasite (1982), Time Walker (1982), Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Hype (1980), The Day Time Ended (1980), Laserblast (1978).

Highest Grossing Films as at end of 2007 (adjusted for inflation):
The House on Sorority Row ($23.8m), Metalstorm ($11.9m), Troll ($10.4m), Eliminators ($8.8m), Re-Animator ($4.0m), Time Walker ($3.4m), From Beyond ($2.4m), TerrorVision ($0.6m), Prison ($0.5m)

Awards:
2006 Emmy Awards - Nominee, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch House

Links:
Official Site

The Arrival Castle Freak Crash and Burn From Beyond The House on Sorority Row Laserblast Mutant The Pit and the Pendulum Puppet Master Re-Animator The Resurrected Stargate SG-1 Troll


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