Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Richard's career has spanned the full spectrum of production work.
He's produced over 50 albums, from Heavy Metal, Reggae, Blues, Bollywood, Bhangra, Rock and Roll, New Age, Jazz, Pop and Garage, and hundreds of TV and radio commercials.
As a musician, he's played on over 170 recordings and performed in 28 countries on 5 continents. He has composed for a myriad of artists, television series, news and current affairs programs and commercials, and contributed to the sound design for a number of Hollywood films including An American Werewolf in London, Superman II, III & IV, and Flash Gordon. Richard has also provided interactive inflight entertainment content for 9 major airlines and has worked extensively with interactive television broadcasters in developing educational content.
Richard is Head of Music and Audio Technology and Director of Employability at the University of Kent. He is the National Chair of the Education Committee of the Musicians Union and sits on the Executive Committee of the MU. He is on the Policy and Public Affairs Committee of UK Music and is a committee member of the Council of Music Makers. He is the current Industry Liaison and former Chief Executive Officer of the Music Producers Guild.
Lightman has a PhD in Music Technology. His research looks at cultural interaction in the recording studio and the title of his thesis is "Producing Bhangra: Music, Culture and Technology, Mediating Culture in Music Production".
Here are a few projects, artists, musicians and films Lightman has either written for, played with, engineered, or produced:
America's Most Wanted, Amigo, An American Werewolf in London, Awaz, Maurice Bacon, Dave Ball, Kuljit Bhamra, Bharti, Bittu, Bob the Builder, British Airways, Graham Broad, Dennis Brown, Richard James Burgess, Bill Cambell, Pete Cambell, Channel 4 Arts ID, Channel 4 Sport, Clint Eastwood & General Saint, Alan Darby, Desmond Dekker & The Israelites, Paula Desmond, Pandit Dinesh, Dinosaur Diaries, Discovery, Geoff Dunn, Duncan Eagles, Ebay, Eldorado, Emirates, John Fiddler, Morgan Fisher, Flash Gordon, Winston Francis, Pete French, Funny Women, John Giblin, Mick Glossop, Eddy Grant, Owen Grey, Heera
Herbie Goes Bananas, Honda, Mike Howlett, Chris Hunt, Gregory Isaacs, Chris Jagger, JAL, Vivian Jones, Honey Kalaria, Kawasaki, Errol Kennedy, Grace Kennedy, Rik Kenton, Deepak Khazanchi, Kumar, Lacey Allstars, Scot Lang, Tex Lecor, Bunny Lee, Dave Lennox, Central Line, Lufthansa, Brian May, Simon May, Chris Mercer, Microsoft, Bina Mistry, Mitch Mitchell, Matt Monroe Jr., Gary Moore, Charlie Morgan, Neil Murray, Nite Wreckage, Panasonic, Andy Pask, Pickettywitch, Iggy Pop, Popular History of Signs, Phil Pratt, Maxi Priest, Emre Ramazanoglu, Philip Rambow, Rhino Edwards, Jeff Rich, Rococo, Steve Rodway, Safri Boys, Steve Salvari, San-J Sanj, Sangeeta, Nitin Sawhney, Robin Scott, Winston Sela, Adam Sieff, Tito Simon, Steve Simpson, Mangal Singh, Talvin Singh, Spot the Dog, Tim Staffell, Status Quo, Straight Eight, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV, Tailfeather, TAM, Tear Me Apart, The Big Miracle, The Continentals, The Crybabys, The Deputies, The Downliner Sect, The Inmates, The Message People, The Pioneers, The Prefects, The Sound Machine, The Yobs, Danny Thompson, Thriller Video, Tippa Irie, Trail of the Pink Panther, UFO, Virgin Airways, Mickey Waller, Jeff Wayne Organisation, Raga Kaka Winston, Wireless Theatre Company, Art Wood, X-Zecutive, Zoo Dudes.
Should you wish to contact me, please use my email address (without the spaces): rl @ richardlightman.com as I have had to block the contact form due to unreasonable amounts of spam.
