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Richard Gibbs

Richard Gibbs

Composer · Born December 5, 1955 (70) · 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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 5, 1955 (70)
From
Bay Village, Ohio, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
56 on MovieCove · 65 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 21% in 30 days

What are Richard Gibbs' films like?

Across their 54 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy29 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
42%
Self
26%
Morality
14%
Society
6%
Survival
5%
Power
5%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds19 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship15 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 53 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 41 · Serious 6 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 32 · Stylized 19 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 26 · Charged 18 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 28 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 26

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 36 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 43 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 50 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
23
Tense
20
Absurd
18
Warm
21
Hopeful
18
Other
48

How their films linger

Feel-good36 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy39
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous3
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Richard Gibbs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 56 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Richard Gibbs' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

65 credits, 56 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Love Beats Rhymes(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Adventures in Babysitting(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Pump(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Let It Shine(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Face to Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Teen Spirit(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Christmas Cupid(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Fired Up!(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 19 episodes · Composer

  • Cleaner(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Korn: MTV Unplugged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Music Editor

  • John Tucker Must Die(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Valley of the Heart's Delight(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Honeymooners(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Fat Albert(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Johnson Family Vacation(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Barbershop 2: Back in Business(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • My Baby's Daddy(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Love Don't Cost a Thing(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Battlestar Galactica(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • When Zachary Beaver Came to Town(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Step Into Liquid(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • I Spy(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Like Mike(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Dawg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Main Title Theme Composer · Music Producer

  • Queen of the Damned(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Big Momma's House(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • 28 Days(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Book of Stars(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Jesse Ventura Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • 10 Things I Hate About You(1999)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Dolittle(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Dirty Work(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Music from Another Room(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • That Darn Cat(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • First Kid(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Christmas Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Dangerous Indiscretion(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Two Guys Talkin' About Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Blind Justice(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Clifford(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Chase(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Fatal Instinct(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Son in Law(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Barbarians at the Gate(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Amos & Andrew(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Passed Away(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Ladybugs(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Crime...(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Bingo(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Gnome Named Gnorm(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Wedlock(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Sins of the Mother(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • How to Murder a Millionaire(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Killing in a Small Town(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sweet 15(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • A Deadly Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Say Anything(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Sweet Hearts Dance(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 65 titles from 1988 to 2017.

Biggest box office

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

$294M worldwide

Highest rated

Battlestar Galactica (2003)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 65: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic63 of 65: 62 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score34thOther crew2 of 65: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s4 · crew1990s29 · crew2000s23 · crew2010s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Richard Gibbs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 54; across their 53 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Midcredits score across 56 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th27
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

32 of their 56 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed32

Most divisive · composer

Sweet 15 (1990)

91st percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Battlestar Galactica (2003)

Midcredits 97th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 54/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Richard Gibbs' work okay for kids?

Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles18–62 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity25 titles23–49 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity17 titles32–58 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles22–42 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense12 titles10–59 · median 29 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Richard Gibbs work with?

People who share at least 2 of Richard Gibbs' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Schultz shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles