Martin Phipps

Martin Phipps
Martin Phipps
Born	1 August 1968 (age 55)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Occupations	Composer; Conductor;
Parent	Jack Phipps
Website	coolmusicltd.com/composers/martin-phipps

Martin Phipps (born 1 August 1968) is a British composer, who has worked on numerous film and television projects.

Early life and education

He is the son of Sue Pears and Jack Phipps, an arts administrator who had previously founded a management agency, which acted for many leading musical figures (including Benjamin Britten, Phipps's godfather).

Phipps read drama at the University of Manchester.

Career

Phipps enjoyed early critical success with

Ivor Novello Award

for Best Original Score.
Phipps scored
Oliver Twist
adaptation, for which he was recognised with the Ivor Novello Award 2008 for Best Television Soundtrack.
Phipps went on to score the
Great Expectations
.

In 2005, Phipps wrote the score to the film

Canterbury Tales, and the contemporary drama Dirty Filthy Love. He also scored the British feature film, The Flying Scotsman, and The Line of Beauty

.

Phipps scored the UK thriller feature Harry Brown for Cutting Edge/Marv Films, starring Michael Caine, as well as Rowan Joffé's feature adaptation of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock. Mike Diver described Phipps' score as "rich and sumptuous of tone and depth".^[1] He co-wrote the score with Emily Barker for the BBC drama The Shadow Line. Authored by Hugo Blick for the BBC, it was described by one critic as "a maddening, stylish experiment in doing something completely, admirably different with television".^[2] More recent credits include the first series of Peaky Blinders on BBC Two for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Craft Award and The Honourable Woman. His documentary work includes scoring the documentary Britain in a Day. More recently he composed the score of the film Woman in Gold in collaboration with Hans Zimmer.

Phipps composed the soundtrack for the 2016 miniseries

Victoria, as well as incidental music of the early episodes. The theme was sung by the Mediæval Bæbes.^[5]

Phipps also composed the soundtrack for season 3, season 4, season 5 and season 6 of The Crown.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2005	Pierrepoint	Adrian Shergold
2006	The Flying Scotsman	Douglas Mackinnon
2007	Grow Your Own	Richard Laxton
2009	Endgame	Pete Travis
2009	Harry Brown	Daniel Barber	Co-composed with Ruth Barrett, Pete Tong, Theo Green and Paul Rogers
2010	Brighton Rock	Rowan Joffé
2014	X+Y	Morgan Matthews
2014	The Keeping Room	Daniel Barber
2015	Woman in Gold	Simon Curtis	Co-composed with Hans Zimmer
2019	The Aftermath	James Kent
2022	The Princess	Ed Perkins	Documentary film
2022	The Railway Children Return	Morgan Matthews	Co-composed with Edward Farmer
2023	Napoleon	Ridley Scott

Television

Year	Title	Studio	Notes
1996	The Adam and Joe Show	Channel 4	Title music composer
1999	Eureka Street	BBC Two	TV miniseries
2000	Shades	ITV	TV miniseries
2001	Bob & Rose	ITV
2001	Nice Guy Eddie	BBC One
2003	The Canterbury Tales
2004	New Tricks		Composed for 6 episodes
2004	North & South
2006	The Virgin Queen	PBS
2006	The Line of Beauty	BBC HD
2007	Masterpiece	PBS	Episode: "The Ruby in the Smoke"
2007	Oliver Twist	BBC One	TV miniseries
2007	Persuasion		TV film
2008	Sense and Sensibility
2008–2012	Wallander	BBC One	Co-composed with Vince Pope
2009	Whitechapel	ITV
2011	The Shadow Line	BBC	Title music composed by Ruth Barrett
2011	Great Expectations	BBC One	Co-composed with Natalie Holt
2011–2016	Black Mirror	Channel 4 Netflix	Episodes: "The National Anthem" "Hated in the Nation"
2013	Peaky Blinders	BBC Two	Composed Series 1
2014	The Honourable Woman	BBC Two
2016	War & Peace	BBC One
2016	Victoria	ITV	Title music composer Main score by Ruth Barrett
2019–2023	The Crown	Netflix	Title music composed by Hans Zimmer Composed main score (succeeding Rupert Gregson-Williams and Lorne Balfe)
2021	Solos	PrimeVideo	Composed for 7 episodes

References

^ "Music – Review of Martin Phipps – Brighton Rock – Original Soundtrack Recording". BBC. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ Nicholson, Rebecca (9 June 2011). "Have you been watching … The Shadow Line?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ Niles, Jon (2 August 2016). "Martin Phipps, 'War & Peace' BBC Miniseries Score Composer, on Music for TV, Film & More [Q&A]". Music Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
^ MARTIN PHIPPS – COMPOSER PROFILE, retrieved 18 May 2016
^ Dowell, Ben (25 September 2016). "What is the Victoria title music? Who wrote the theme? Who sings it? Was it played at her wedding to Albert?". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

External links

Martin Phipps at COOL Music Ltd
Martin Phipps at
IMDb

[1] "Music – Review of Martin Phipps – Brighton Rock – Original Soundtrack Recording". BBC. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

[2] Nicholson, Rebecca (9 June 2011). "Have you been watching … The Shadow Line?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

[3] Niles, Jon (2 August 2016). "Martin Phipps, 'War & Peace' BBC Miniseries Score Composer, on Music for TV, Film & More [Q&A]". Music Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[4] MARTIN PHIPPS – COMPOSER PROFILE, retrieved 18 May 2016

[Dowell-5] Dowell, Ben (25 September 2016). "What is the Victoria title music? Who wrote the theme? Who sings it? Was it played at her wedding to Albert?". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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