Andy Richards

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Andy Richards
Andy Richards in his studio, Out of Eden, September 2009
Background information
Birth name	Andrew John Richards
Born	(1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 71) London, England
Genres	Pop, rock, folk, jazz, classical, alternative, soundtrack
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, producer, film scoring mixer and engineer, music supervisor
Instrument(s)	Piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizers, Pro Tools music engineer
Years active	1978–present
Website	andyrichards.com

Andrew John Richards (born 26 October 1952) is a British pianist, composer, music producer and keyboardist.

Artists he has played with^[1] include Frankie Goes to Hollywood, George Michael, Propaganda, Grace Jones, Rush, Annie Lennox, Gary Moore, Pet Shop Boys, Godley & Creme, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Strawbs, OMD, Malcolm McLaren, Nik Kershaw, T'Pau, Maddy Prior and Denny Laine.

Richards has performed and programmed keyboards on 8 UK No. 1 singles, namely: "Relax" (1984) and "Two Tribes" (1984) by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Careless Whisper" (1984) by George Michael, "The Lady in Red" (1986) by Chris de Burgh, "It's a Sin" (1987), "Always on My Mind" (1987) and "Heart" (1988) by Pet Shop Boys and "Spaceman" (1996) by Babylon Zoo.

Films Richards has worked on include^[2] Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Touching the Void (2003), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Slumdog Millionaire (2009), which gained 2 Oscars for the music, and 127 Hours (2010).

On Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)^[2] and Frankenweenie (2012), Richards played the classical organ in the chapel of his alma mater, Rugby School.