Richard Marriott

Composer Richard Marriott is the founder and artistic director of the Club Foot Orchestra, an ensemble best known for their live music performance with silent films at venues such as Lincoln Center, SF Silent Film Festival, Smithsonian Institution and SF JAZZ. He has written music for dance, television, opera, film, and video games. He studied composition with Dominick Argento and Pauline Oliveros, Indian music with Ali Akbar Khan, shakuhachi with Masayuki Koga, synthesizer design with Serge Tcherepnin and Balinese music with Nyoman Windha and Made Subandi. During his employment at Serge Modular he developed an innovative way to control digital instruments with control voltage. He worked with Atari Games as a composer and sound designer 1992-1997, providing the music and effects for the hit arcade game MACE. His operas include DIVIDE LIGHT, PASSION OF LEYLA, VOYAGE, and BAHAYA. Oakland Symphony’s late music director Michael Morgan commissioned and premiered his Ghost Ship Cello Concerto in November 2018. His Klezmorim Contrabass Concerto  was premiered by the legendary Gary Karr. His Metropolis Violin Concerto premiered in October 2025 and is championed by Venezuelan virtuoso Samuel Vargas.