Art Phillips (born 1955,

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) is a composer of film, television, and popular music. Phillips has been working in film and television for over 30 years.

Early career

Phillips's career began in the early 1970s in

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, where he was a session guitarist, composer, and orchestrator working and recording for popular artists

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, Minnie Riperton,

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. He did work on television series and feature films before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1987. He was musical director, conductor, and orchestrator on live concert tours for Demis Roussos, Dory Previn, and

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, and toured as guitarist for Barry Manilow for over three years. He produced recordings for Demis Roussos, Barry Manilow,

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, and John Rowles, achieving a Gold Record Award for his production work on the album ''Another Chapter'' for John Rowles. Phillips's earlier composition credits include background music for ''

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''. He wrote the R & B single "Here We Go" for Minnie Riperton and co-wrote the

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release "Now That I Have You" for artist

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. He holds a Master of Music Studies from

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Recent work

A highlight of his most recent scoring credits include the television series '' Missing Persons Unit'' (series 1–5), ''

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), ''Dead Tired'' (two-part series), ''

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'', ''The Secret Lives Of Sleepwalkers'', ''

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''Reprisal'', '' Neighbours'', ''The Flying Vet'', ''

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'', ''Secrets'', ''The Fatal Bond'', ''Signal One—Bullet Down Under'', and ''Sher Mountain Mystery''. Phillips has a long list of credits with writing and producing original music for production music companies out of the U.S and U.K. Over the past 12 years he has released 51 CD albums in various styles. His music is used in television shows, including ''

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'', '' NYPD Blue'', ''

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'', ''The Great Outdoors'', ''Extra—The Entertainment Magazine Show'', and ''The USA Today Show''. In 2004 U.S. recording artists

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and

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recorded his song "Here We Go" on their platinum album ''

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Awards and honours

Phillips has won two

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s for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition in a Drama Series for the U.S.

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'' Santa Barbara''. In 1995, Phillips was awarded the

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by the Australian Guild of Screen Composers for Best Soundtrack Album for his score to the ABC television series ''The Flying Vet''. In 2005 he was nominated for an

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for Best Original Soundtrack Album for ''Outback House'' and was nominated in the APRA/AGSC Screen Music Awards for Best Music in a Television Series or Serial for ''Outback House'' the series. He received nominations for Best Original Music in a Children's Television Series for ''The Lost Treasure Of Fiji'' in 2007 and 2008 at the APRA/AGSC Screen Music Awards. In 2006 Phillips's composition "Floating", from U.S. recording artist

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, achieved Billboard's Top 40 R & B chart position. Phillips served as vice president of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers from 1992 until 2000 and as president from 2001 to 2008. He is now a special projects consultant for the Guild. He has written on numerous subjects and delivered lectures in Screen Music Composition for universities. He is a councillor for the Music Council of Australia, representing the film and television sector.

ARIA Music Awards

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References

Australian Music Centre

Queensland Conservatorium of Music

Music Council of Australia

External links

Website

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