Douglas Wayne Ricketts composes orchestral, electronic, rock, jazz, and hybrid music. He produced original music for the total video game conversion "Army of Darkness: DOOM" in 1996 under his former radio name, Rick Sparks. He started producing stock music in 2007 and has enjoyed some sales through the AudioMicro & Pond5 websites.
Douglas was part of the music department for the Discovery Channel series "Heartland Thunder" and contributed instrumental jazz tracks to the short features "Upper West Side Story" directed by Leon Chase and "No Peas for the Weary" directed by Aaron Franke. He also has experience producing original scores for short features including "Take Care" (2015) and "The Decaying World" (2017) directed by Danielle Dunnigan.
Douglas is an active member of the TAXI A&R sync service.
Seven albums of his original instrumental works released between 2005 and 2024 are streaming worldwide. They range between orchestral, electronic, rock, jazz, and hybrid styles. Most of the albums can be downloaded and used in commercial & personal projects on a non-exclusive basis (ASCAP registration required for commercial use). His current collection of Royalty-Free Stock Music is also linked above.
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