At
Sega Europe, Jacques began by composing soundtracks for a number of
Sega Saturn,
Dreamcast, and
Xbox games such as
Daytona CCE,
Sonic R,
Sonic 3D Blast,
Jet Set Radio,
Metropolis Street Racer and
Jet Set Radio Future. Jacques's most accomplished work at
Sega, 2001's
Headhunter, was the first video game soundtrack to be recorded with A-list musicians at
Abbey Road Studios' Studio One. The soundtrack was well received, and won multiple awards including Game Audio Network Guild 'Recognition Award', and was performed at the first
Symphonic Game Music Concert at The
Gewandhaus in
Leipzig and
Video Games Live events including the inaugural concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005. and
Ivor Novello nominated original music for
James Bond 007: Blood Stone. The score received top honours for "Best Original Composition" from the Music and Sound Awards 2012. After this, Jacques composed the music for the
Alice in Wonderland game, for
Disney in 2010, and
LittleBigPlanet 2 for
Sony in 2011. Soon after, Richard opened a new studio in central London called AUDISSI, where he writes original music for new advertising, television, video games, and other visual media projects. This included music for TV game-shows such as ''
Don't Scare the Hare, Prize Island, Fifteen to One, Catchphrase, The Getaway Car, Go for It, Don't Ask Me Ask Britain and Y Siambr''. In 2018, Jacques was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award from the Game Audio Network Guild. In 2022, his score to
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy won him the Best Original Video Game Score
Ivor Novello Award. ==Works==