Neil Richardson

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Neil Richardson is an English composer, best known for Approaching Menace, aka the Mastermind theme tune.

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He is most famous for his library music; incidental music for use in films and television, which is where Approaching Menace was found. In the 1960s he often composed under the pseudonym "Oscar Brandenburg", a name he shared with Johnny Pearson and Alan Moorhouse, also well known in this area. He also co-composed the famous test card piece Scotch Broth.

He has also orchestrated and conducted some of Richard Rodney Bennett's film music, such as for the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral and Enchanted April.

[edit] See also

Neil Richardson at IMDB