Ian Ritchie
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Composer
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, producer
Record producer
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, arranger
Arranger
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and saxophonist. He was the producer of Roger Waters
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
' album Radio Kaos, along with many other recording
Recording
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s with artists such as Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
(Strange Angels), Pete Wylie
Pete Wylie
-Studio albums:- Extended Plays :-Singles:-External links:***...
(Sinful), Hugh Cornwell
Hugh Cornwell
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(Wolf
Wolf (Hugh Cornwell album)
-Release history:-External Links:* Another Kind of Love music video at .-Further Reading:* Cornwell, Hugh, A Multitude of Sins. London. Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-00-719082-4...
) and The Big Dish (Swimmer).
Ritchie is married to the jazz and cabaret performer Holly Penfield.
Ritchie is also the composer of "The Globe Trekker Theme" (previously known as "The Lonely Planet Theme"), the theme music of the travel show Globe Trekker
Globe Trekker
Globe Trekker is an adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British-based series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994...
.
He is a member of the Liverpool based theatre rock group Deaf School
Deaf School
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and has released a number of singles in the 1980s under the name Miro Miroe. His saxophone playing can be heard on "See the Day" by D. C. Lee, "Club Tropicana" by Wham, "C'est La Vie" by Robbie Nevil
Robbie Nevil
Robert S. "Robbie" Nevil is an American pop singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist. He is best known for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 #2 hit, "C'est La Vie".-Life and career:...
and more recently on his debut jazz album "Ian Ritchie's SOHO Project".
In 2006-2008 Ritchie toured as the saxophonist with Roger Waters
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
as part of the backing band on the Dark Side of the Moon Live tour.