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Also known as Richard Kendall Gibbs, Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs

American film composer and music producer

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • In the Rear View Mirror
  • Ford - Gibbs Family History
  • Rock stars, Spies and Scandals
  • Collaborative Change
  • Abstracts of papers presented at the 1999 meeting on genome sequencing & biology

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Film & TV

Bay Village, Ohio, USA

Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs (born December 5, 1955) is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include Dr. Dolittle, Big Momma's House, Queen of the Damned, the television series Battlestar Galactica and the first season of The Simpsons.

Known for

  • Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival2011
  • Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet — Himself1989

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Richard "Ribbs" 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 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 mov

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Richard
Family name
Gibbs
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Bay Village
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
film score
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date of birth
1955-12-05
member of
Oingo Boingo
influenced by
Elmer Bernstein
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