Leigh Phillips
{{Short description|British composer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leigh Phillips
| image = Leigh Phillips (2024).jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = August 14, 1973
| birth_place = South Wales
| nationality = British
| alma_mater = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
London College of Music
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| occupation = Composer/ Orchestrator
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}}Leigh Phillips is a composer,{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Alan|title=IFMCA Winners 2013|url=http://reelmusic.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/the-2013-ifmca-award-winners-are/|work=Reel Music|date=20 February 2014 |accessdate=7 March 2014}} orchestrator, and conductor of music for film, media,{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|title=War Made Easy - Film Review|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/war-made-easy-how-presidents-and-pundits-keep-spinning-us-to-death-1200557191/|work=Variety|date=13 August 2007 |accessdate=15 July 2013}} and theatre. In addition to this, he is responsible for developing unique orchestrations, and arrangements, of film-music for live concert performance and recording.
Career
Previous collaborations have included the, BAFTA Award-winning, composer John Ottman, Grammy Award-winning television composer Joe Harnell, The Halle Orchestra, The Golden State Pops Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, soundtrack producers Silva Screen Records and Tadlow Music; his orchestrations and arrangements featuring in productions by companies such as Decca Records, SKY, IMAX, ITV, Channel 4, Prometheus Records, Classic FM, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Fimucite Film Music Festival, Movie Score Malaga, Film Music Prague Festival, World Soundtrack Awards, the BBC,{{cite web|last=E|first=RJ|title=Biographical Detail|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2006392/bio|work=IMDB|accessdate=15 July 2013}} and Marvel Studios.
=Film score reconstructions=
One particularly prominent feature of Phillips' career has been his involvement in the reconstruction of classic (and previously unreleased) film scores (based on available information, he has reconstructed more Jerry Goldsmith and Miklos Rozsa film scores than any other individual). Some notable examples of reconstruction projects (both complete scores and compilation albums) that have utilised his orchestrations, include:
- Pursuit/ Crawlspace/ The People next Door (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Black Patch/ The Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
- World Soundtrack Awards - Laurence Rosenthal (Laurence Rosenthal)
- [https://quartetrecords.com/product/seance-on-a-wet-afternoon-lp/ Séance on a Wet Afternoon] (John Barry)Quartet Records
- [https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.13020/.f Goldsmith at the General Electric Theater] vol. 1-7 (Jerry Goldsmith)Intrada
- King of Kings (Miklos Rozsa)
- Damnation Alley - vintage synth programming (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Sodom & Gomorrah (Miklos Rozsa)
- The Curse of Frankenstein (James Bernard)
- Dracula (James Bernard)
- Thriller - vol. 2 (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Ben Hur (Miklos Rozsa){{cite web|last=Raynes|first=Doug|title=Ben Hur session report|url=http://www.miklosrozsa.org/|accessdate=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604190317/http://www.miklosrozsa.org/|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=dead}}
- Thriller - vol.1 (Jerry Goldsmith)
- The Thief of Bagdad (Miklos Rozsa)
- Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
- The Blue Max (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris)
- Taras Bulba (traditional folk-song arrangements)
- Quo Vadis' (Miklos Rozsa){{cite web|last=Lysy|first=Craig|title='Quo Vadis' - CD Review|url=http://moviemusicuk.us/2013/01/02/quo-vadis-miklos-rozsa/|work=Movie Music UK|date=3 January 2013 |accessdate=15 July 2013}}
- The Salamander (Jerry Goldsmith){{cite web|last=Hadley|first=Chris|title=Reconstructing the Salamander (Interview)|url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline/main.cfm?issueID=101|work=Film Score Monthly|accessdate=15 July 2013}}{{cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Danny|title=Rebuilding the Salamander (Interview)|url=http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3726889|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131227141010/http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3726889|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2013|accessdate=27 December 2013}}{{cite web|last=Southall|first=James|title='The Salamander' - CD Review|url=http://www.movie-wave.net/?p=3719|work=Movie Wave|date=21 June 2013 |accessdate=15 July 2013}}
- Public Access (John Ottman)
=Other musical projects=
Other orchestration & composition projects have included:
- Superklaus - [additional music] (Feature Film)
- Cowboy Bebop - Live (Concert)
- Reagan (Feature Film)
- Bau - Artist at War (Feature Film)
- Yooka Replaylee (Video Game)
- Homeworld 3 (Video Game)
- Mario & Rabbids (Video Game)
- Dustborn (Video Game)
- Moon Knight (Limited TV Series)
- Kira & El Gin (Feature Film)
- The Serengeti Rules (Documentary)
- [http://mentzelos.zenfolio.com/p80640564 West End Stars in Concert] (Tour)
- The Bachelor King 3D (Film)
- Ice Age Giants'' (BBC Documentary)
- War Made Easy (Documentary)
=Music education=
Leigh was educated at the Welsh College of Music and Drama where he gained a BA (Wales) Degree specialising in composition, and also holds a Masters Degree in Film Music Composition from the London College of Music.
With a long-standing interest in music-education, he returned to The London College of Music as course leader for film-music composition (2014 - 2020), where he was responsible for developing the UK's first, film-music specific, Bachelor of Music Degree.{{cite web|last=LCM|first=UWL|title=BMus in Film Composition course page|url=http://www.uwl.ac.uk/course/film-music-composition-1/34786|accessdate=9 September 2014}}
=Other activities=
When not orchestrating, or composing, Leigh can usually be found at Smecky Music Studios, fulfilling his other role as a freelance producer for film, TV, video game, and album recording sessions featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
=Awards=
In 2014, Leigh was presented with the IFMCA Special Award for his work on the reconstruction of Jerry Goldsmith's score, 'The Salamander'; previous recipients of this award included Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, Haiti - The Symphony of Hope project, and James Horner.
*Denotes 2006 Jerry Goldsmith Award for Best Achievement in Audio Visual Music
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Category:Welsh film score composers
Category:British male film score composers
Category:21st-century British composers
Category:21st-century British male musicians
Category:Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama