# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-joseph
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:48.934Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-joseph"
name: "Richard Joseph"
slug: "richard-joseph"
description: "Richard Joseph was an English computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He had a career spanning 20 years starting in the early days of gaming on the C64 and the Amiga and onto succeeding formats. He is best known for games like Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, Sensible Soccer, The Chaos Engine, and Cannon Fodder."
tagline: "British composer, musician and sound specialist (1953-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Joseph_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-04-23"
deathDate: "2007-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.682974666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430681/"
    handle:    "nm0430681"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/667386"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ريتشارد جوزيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ريتشارد چوزيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Joseph"
    title: "Richard Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Joseph"
    title: "Richard Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Joseph"
    title: "Richard Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Joseph"
    title: "Richard Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Joseph"
    title: "Richard Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/01abd66c-23ea-4e16-95e6-bebe8e2888c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump