- Ronald Corp was born on January 4, 1951 in Wells, Somerset, England. He is known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Chocolat (2000) and The Heart of Me (2002). He died on May 7, 2025 in Bath, UK.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Music. He was the Founder and Artistic Director of the New London Orchestra (NLO) and the New London Children's Choir.
- An interest in Buddhist literature is reflected in his setting of parts of the Dhammapada (2010) for eight solo singers (or SATB choir) interspersed with recordings of bells at temples sacred to the Buddha; and the cycle Songs of the Elder Sisters (from the Therigatha) for mezzo-soprano, baritone, alto flute, clarinet and viola. The latter was recorded in February 2012 with Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano) and Sam Evans (baritone) while Dhammapada had been recorded and released by Stone Records in 2011.
- Ronald Corp attended the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme to prepare for the priesthood.
- Corp began writing music at a very early age. Learning the piano gave him a means of hearing and notating the pieces. He wrote throughout his teens and his undergraduate days at Oxford.
- His interest in literature is evident in the many song-sets devoted to settings of a single poet, e.g. The Music of Francis Thompson which received its première at Benslow Music Trust in January 2010.
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