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.[1] 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.[2]
Ian Livingstone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1969 London, England |
| Occupation(s) | composer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Work
editVideo games
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Rugby World Cup '95 | |
| 1996 | Davis Cup Complete Tennis | |
| 1997 | Nightmare in the Toyfactory | |
| 1998 | Xenocracy | and sound effects |
| Football World Manager | and sound effects | |
| 1999 | Formula One 99 | |
| 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 | |
| 2001 | Lego Creator: Harry Potter | and sound effects |
| Candy Cruncher | ||
| Art is Dead | and sound effects; with Richard Beddow | |
| 2002 | Noah's Ark Deluxe | |
| Disney's Treasure Planet | ||
| 2003 | X2: Wolverine's Revenge | 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 |
| Kingdom Hearts V CAST | and sound effects | |
| 2005 | 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 | ||
| 2006 | Hammer Heads | and sound effects |
| Bionicle Heroes | ||
| 2007 | Boom Boom Rocket | |
| Dungeons & Dragons Tactics | ||
| Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts | with Inon Zur | |
| Bee Movie Game | ||
| Ultimate Chess 3D | and sound effects | |
| 2008 | Race Driver: Grid | with Aaron Sapp and Thomas Bergersen |
| Monopoly | ||
| 2009 | Trivial Pursuit | |
| Burn Zombie Burn | and sound effects | |
| Battlefield Heroes | ||
| Battlefield 1943 | ||
| 2010 | Napoleon: Total War | with Richard Beddow, Richard Birdstall and Simon Ravn |
| F1 2010 | ||
| Create | with Dominic Smart, David Newby and Hywel Payne | |
| Top Gun | ||
| 2011 | F1 2011 | |
| Forza Motorsport 4 | two tracks | |
| All Zombies Must Die! | ||
| 2012 | F1 2012 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2014 | Lego The Hobbit | with Rob Westwood |
| Commando Jack | with Adele Cutting and Hywel Payne | |
| Grid Autosport | ||
| Valiant Hearts: The Great War | "Dream Within Dreams" (licensed from KPM Music) | |
| F1 2014 | ||
| 2015 | Total War: Attila | with various others |
| Total War: Warhammer | with Richard Beddow, Tilman Sillescu and Tim Wynn | |
| Lego Dimensions | with Rob Westwood | |
| 2016 | Lego Marvel's Avengers | with Rob Westwood |
| Shadow of the Beast | ||
| 2017 | Total War: Warhammer II | with various others |
| Lego Worlds | with Rob Westwood | |
| Oure | ||
| 2018 | MotoGP 18 | |
| Lego DC Super-Villains | with Simon Withenshaw | |
| 2019 | MotoGP 19 | |
| Jumanji: The Video Game | with Michael Doherty | |
| Heroic - Magic Duel | ||
| 2020 | Total War: Three Kingdoms - The Furious Wild | |
| 2021 | F1 2021 | with Ethan Livingstone, Miktek, Mark Willot and Brian Tyler |
| Forza Horizon 5 | "Tulum" | |
| 2022 | Total War: Warhammer III | 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 |
Television and film
editHe has composed for television for:[3]
- Big Fat Gypsy Weddings[4]
- The Great British Sewing Bee[5]
- The Repair Shop[6]
- Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage
Other
editHe has also produced songs, advertising jingles, movie scores and orchestrations. He also worked with Nokia during 2000 to 2004,[7] creating polyphonic arrangements of monophonic ringtones, including the Nokia tune,[2] as well as creating MIDI karaoke backing tracks for Roland.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Performing Rights Society". Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Composer and Ivor Novello winner Ian Livingstone talks to Time+Space" (Interview). Interviewed by Time+Space. 4 July 2013.
- ^ "Universal Production Music". Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "YouTube link". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "YouTube link". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "YouTube link". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Ian Livingstone [@ianliv] (22 August 2021). "I worked for Nokia from 2000 to 2004 - I still have all the project orders which list all my ringtones, will dig out" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Ong, Alexis (12 August 2022). "How Nokia ringtones became the first viral earworms". The Verge.