Richard “Ribbs” Gibb (born in 1955 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include the films Sweet Hearts Dance, Dr. Dolittle, Big Momma's House, The Book of Stars, Queen of the Damned and the television series Battlestar Galactica.

[edit] Early life

Gibbs was raised in Wooster, Ohio and Daytona Beach, Florida. A spelling champ and National Merit finalist, he skipped his senior year of high school to attend the local community college, where he earned an AA degree in one year. He then went on to matriculate with a degree in classical composition from Berklee College of Music in Boston.

[edit] Musical career

Gibbs was the keyboard player for the New Wave band Oingo Boingo from 1980 to 1984. He was also a session player, performing on over 150 albums for artists as diverse as War, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, and Aretha Franklin. He also started with Michael Jochum the band Zuma II, which had an eponymously titled record released by Pasha/CBS Records. He has appeared live with Korn, The Staples, Chaka Khan, and Oingo Boingo.

Like his former bandmate Danny Elfman, Gibbs has embarked on a life of scoring movies and television shows. He has written the scores for over fifty films that have collectively grossed well over $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide (Dr. Dolittle, Step Into Liquid, Say Anything and Queen of the Damned, among others) and acted as musical director and composer for various television shows, including Muppets Tonight!, The Simpsons, and Battlestar Galactica.

His critically well-received collaboration with Jonathan Davis (lead singer of Korn) on the songs and score for Queen of the Damned led to a gold record.

Gibbs produced the second full length record for the Warner Bros. Records band Eisley, "Combinations." Pre-production took place in Tyler, TX, home of the band, and tracking took place in Malibu in his studio The Woodshed in mid-September 2006. The record was released on August 14, 2007. He also found the time to serve as music director and arranger for Korn's appearance on MTV Unplugged, broadcasted in February 2007. He produced the record of that event, which arrived in February as well.

His most recent projects include the scores for Renny Harlin's mystery/thriller "Cleaner", with Samuel E. Jackson, "Fired Up!", directed by Will Gluck for Screen Gems, and continuing his longtime professional relationship with Tracey Ullman by scoring the second season of her critically acclaimed Showtime series "State of the Union".

Gibbs' songwriting and theme credits include "Until the Stars Fall" (co-written and produced with Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 for the movie Fired Up!), the theme to the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, the Muppets Tonight! theme, and the aforementioned Queen of the Damned songs, co-written and produced with Jonathan Davis and sung by Mr. Davis for the film, then reperformed for the CD release by Chester Bennington (Linkin Park), Marilyn Manson, David Draiman (Disturbed), Jay Gordon (Orgy), and Wayne Static (Static-X).

[edit] Personal

He moved to California in the 1970s. He and his wife Linda had three children: Keegan, Riley, and Katelin. They are all avid surfers.

[edit] See also

• Music of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining)

[edit] External links

• Official Richard Gibbs Website (requires Flash Player 6 and QuickTime 5 as minimum)
• Richard Gibbs at the Internet Movie Database
• Can a 'Day of Sharing' save the music industry? - The Christian Science Monitor, February 25, 2008. Retrieved on February 25, 2008
• Wood Shed Recording - Richard Gibbs recording studio
• Riz Khan - Internet file-sharing - 03 Jul 09 - Pt1
• Riz Khan - Internet file-sharing - 03 Jul 09 - Pt2