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'In the shadow of the moon' - orchestral score composed by Philip Sheppard - premieres to rave reviews at the Sundance film festival where it has been nominated for best world documentary. See the trailer and read more at Philip's website:
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'Manchester passion' arranged and directed by Philip Sheppard wins two Royal Television Society awards.
RECENT PROJECTS
Scott Walker - The Drift - String arrangements and solo electric cello
Alexander McQueen at Paris fashion week - premiere of 'Sarabande' by Philip Sheppard performed by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
'Sacred Monsters' - for Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan - Philip Sheppard composer and performer.
James Morrison album goes multiple Platinum - string arrangements by Philip Sheppard
Jarvis Cocker album - 'Jarvis' gets rave reviews. String and vocal arrangements by Philip Sheppard
The Hours - Forthcoming album 'Narcissus Road' - String arrangements and solo performance.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire - solo electric cello
Hotel Rwanda - solo cello
Philip Sheppard is a composer, virtuoso cellist and a pioneer of the electric cello. He is a professor at The Royal Academy of Music and has composed extensively for film, television and theatre and is a prolific recording artist. Philip has recently composed the Soundtrack to ‘In the shadow of the moon’ which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. He devised the music for BBC Television's Easter production The Manchester Passion which won two Royal Television Awards as well as compositions for Horizon, Simon Schama's History of Britain and Theatre de Complicite's The Elephant Vanishes. He has recently written and recorded with Scott Walker, David Bowie, Damien Hirst, Oasis and Unkle, and appears as improvising soloist on the soundtracks of The Business, The Virgin Queen, Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire and Hotel Rwanda..
'...an extraordinary cellist who really does create architectural spaces through music and sensational instrumental technique...'
Classical Music Magazine
'...this prolific young composer puts his custom built cello through its paces, from birdsong to the groaning of ships' timbers, from detuned harmonics to weird melodic whistles... this is utterly beguiling music...'
The Independent
