Bio - Richard W. Gilks 

Richard was born and raised in New York and began playing in bands while at college alongside other local acts such as Billy Joel. His first original song was published in 1968 by Aaron Schroeder. In 1969 he formed his own band, Merlin, which included Jimmy Haslip (Yellow Jackets) and Jan Uvena (Alice Cooper). In 1974 Richard moved to L.A., working for various song publishers and getting his first television work in 1976 with ABC. He continued to work in television, often collaborating with his friend and sometime co-producer Ron Fair (RCA). He has since branched out into commercials and independent films and in 1989 made his first trip to Britain to record original theme music for Channel 4's Road Dreams, by Elliott Bristow.  He has been writing successfully for the KPM library since 1977.