Richard Robbins (composer)

Robbins began playing the piano at the age of five. He graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston, and later received a fellowship through a fund established by the philanthropist Frank Huntington Beebe to continue his studies in Vienna.[2]

Robbins was gay and lived his later years with his long-term partner, artist Michael Schell.[2]

Robbins was nominated for an Oscar in 1992 for his score for the film Howards End (performed by Martin Jones) and in 1993 for The Remains of the Day.[3] Also, he was named for a Sammy Film Music Award in 1992 for Howards End [4]

Robbins wrote the score for the following films unless otherwise noted:

• Sweet Sounds (1976); short film; director only
• Roseland (1977); assistant to producer Ismail Merchant
• The Europeans (1979)
• Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
• Quartet (1981)
• Heat and Dust (1983)
• The Bostonians (1984)
• A Room with a View (1985)
• Sweet Lorraine (1987)
• My Little Girl (1987)
• Maurice (1987)
• The Perfect Murder (1988)
• Slaves of New York (1989)
• Love and Other Sorrows (1989, TV)
• Bail Jumper (1990)
• Mr & Mrs Bridge (1990)
• The Ballad of the Sad Café (1991); directed by Simon Callow
• Howards End (1992)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Street Musicians of Bombay (1994); also director
• Jefferson in Paris (1995)
• Surviving Picasso (1996)
• The Proprietor (1996)
• Lumière and Company: segment "Merchant Ivory" (1996)
• The Hidden Dimension (1997)
• A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
• Place Vendôme (1998); directed by Nicole Garcia
• Cotton Mary (1999); directed by Ismail Merchant
• The Golden Bowl (2000)
• The Girl (2000)
• The Mystic Masseur (2001)
• Le Divorce (2003)
• The White Countess (2005); directed by James Ivory

• Richard Robbins at IMDb
• Richard Robbins at Epdlp (Spanish)
• Richard Robbins obituary