| Ian Livingstone | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1969-07-04) 4 July 1969 (age 55) London, England |
| Occupation | composer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
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. 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.
Work
Video games
| 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 | with Phonat | |
| 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
He has composed for television for:
- Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
- The Great British Sewing Bee
- The Repair Shop
- Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage
Other
He has also produced songs, advertising jingles, movie scores and orchestrations. He also worked with Nokia during 2000 to 2004, creating polyphonic arrangements of monophonic ringtones, including the Nokia tune, as well as creating MIDI karaoke backing tracks for Roland.
References
- "Performing Rights Society". Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "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 (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.