Winifred Phillips

Winifred Phillips is an American music composer for video games and radio, a published fantasy author, and a radio producer and actress.

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Video games

Working with music producer Winnie Waldron, Phillips has written music for the video games LittleBigPlanet 2,[1] Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,[2] Spore Hero,[3] God of War,[4] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,[5] The Da Vinci Code,[6] Shrek the Third,[7] Speed Racer,[8] SimAnimals,[9] and The Maw.[10]

Kotaku named the score of LittleBigPlanet 2 as one of the best video game soundtracks of the year. In the article "The Best Game Music of 2011: LittleBigPlanet 2", Features Editor Kirk Hamilton praised both the collection of licensed tracks and the original score, singling out the music of composer Winifred Phillips (and particularly her track "Victoria's Lab") as his favorite original music of the game.[11]

On October 26, 2010, the Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole video game soundtrack album was released by WaterTower Music, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment.[2] The second track on the album, "With Hearts Sublime", is a winner of a 2010 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the category "Best Original Song - Video Game".[12]

On January 13, 2009, the SimAnimals soundtrack album was released in digital download form by E.A.R.S. EA Recordings.

The soundtrack album of the videogame Spore Hero was released by E.A.R.S. EA Recordings on October 6, 2009.[13]

In the credits of the videogame Borderlands, Phillips is credited along with her music producer Winnie Waldron under the Audio Special Thanks section.[14] Also credited in the same section is the Generations Productions Choir, with which Phillips has worked for several other videogame soundtracks, including Speed Racer[15] and The Maw.[16]

In 2007, Phillips worked with her music producer Winnie Waldron to create a cover version of the theme song from the Super Mario Bros. video game for the compilation CD entitled Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music, Volume I, released by GameMusicCentral.[17]

Literature

As a fantasy author, Phillips has written short stories that have been published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine,[18] and in the Sword and Sorceress XX anthology.[19]

Radio

See also: Radio Tales

From 1992 to 2003, Phillips was the composer, producer and actress in a series of radio dramas, first presented on National Public Radio Playhouse under the title Generations Radio Theater Presents,[20] and then later as Generations Radio Theater Presents: Radio Tales.[21] This anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature, and was a recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.[22] The series was described by National Public Radio as "featuring a top-to-bottom music score that is completely original and fully integrated to the text".[23] The programs air regularly as the Radio Tales series on the Sirius XM Book Radio channel of Sirius XM Satellite Radio.[24]

Awards and nominations

Works

Video game soundtracks

The Radio Tales series

References

  1. ^ "The Music of LittleBigPlanet 2". Media Molecule. 8 December 2010. http://www.mediamolecule.com/blog/article/the_music_of_littlebigplanet_2//. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Original Videogame Soundtrack) by Winifred Phillips" iTunes. Accessed October 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "Video Game News - Winifred Phillips Discusses Her Score for Spore Hero" Gamezone.com. Accessed December 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "Game Credits for God of War" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  5. ^ "Game Credits for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  6. ^ "Game Credits for The Da Vinci Code" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  7. ^ "Game Credits for Shrek the Third" MobyGames.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  8. ^ "Speed Racer: The Videogame>Credits" Allgame.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  9. ^ "The Sims Label Announces Winifred Phillips as the Composer of the Original Score for SimAnimals" EA.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  10. ^ "EL33TONLINE: News - Exclusive: The Maw Q and A with Twisted Pixel" EL33TONLINE.com. Accessed January 31, 2009.
  11. ^ "The Best Game Music of 2011: LittleBigPlanet 2". kotaku.com. 2011-12-16. http://kotaku.com/5868920/the-best-game-music-of-2011-littlebigplanet-2. Retrieved 2011-12-17. 
  12. ^ a b "2010 HMMA Winners" Hmmawards.com. Accessed Nov. 20, 2010.
  13. ^ "Spore Hero - EA Games Soundtrack - Listen free and discover music at Last.fm" Last.fm. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  14. ^ "Game Credits for Borderlands" Mobygames.com. Accessed December 21, 2009.
  15. ^ "Game Credits for Speed Racer: The Videogame" Mobygames.com. Accessed December 21, 2009.
  16. ^ "Game Credits for The Maw" Mobygames.com. Accessed December 21, 2009.
  17. ^ "SoundtrackNet: Best of the Best: A Tribute to Game Music, Volume I Soundtrack" Soundtrack.net. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  18. ^ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction" Locusmag.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  19. ^ "Author Wars: Speculative Fiction Authors & Books Database" Authors.wizards.pro. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  20. ^ "NPR Playhouse - January - March, 2001" MNinter.net. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  21. ^ National Public Radio: "NPR Quarterly Program Guide, Spring 2001". NPR Marketing, Vol. VII, No. II
  22. ^ National Public Radio: "NPR Quarterly Edition, Fall 1998". NPR Marketing, Vol. IV, No. III
  23. ^ "NPR Playhouse Catalog Information Supplied by NPR Cultural Programming Producer Andy Trudeau" MNinter.net. Accessed March 21, 2008.
  24. ^ "Program List for Channel SIRIUS XM BOOK RADIO" XMRadio.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  25. ^ "IFMCA: the International Film Music Critics Association >> IFMCA announces its 2009 nominees for scoring excellence" Filmmusiccritics.org. Accessed January 29, 2010.
  26. ^ "Visual Media Nominees" Hmmawards.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  27. ^ "Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 2009" Webcache.googleusercontent.com. Accessed Oct. 24, 2010.
  28. ^ "WarCry Network: NEws: Age of Conan Composer Nominated for Prestigious Award" Warcry.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  29. ^ "Video Game News - 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Winners Announced by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences" GameZone.com. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  30. ^ a b c d "4th Annual G.A.N.G. Award Winners Announced" Gamasutra.com. Accessed March 22, 2008.
  31. ^ "GameSpot's Best of 2005 - Special Achievement Awards" GameSpot.com, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  32. ^ "PAX Gamers - GOTY Awards - 2005 Feaures :: All" PAXgamers.com, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  33. ^ "IGN.com presents The Best of 2005" IGN.com. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  34. ^ "2005 Game of the Year - Best Games of 2005" GameZone.com. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  35. ^ "AWRT Press Release" Web.Archive.org. Accessed March 9, 2010.
  36. ^ "NPR Productions Win Gracie Allen Awards" NPR.org. Accessed March 22, 2008.
  37. ^ "2001 Gracie Allen Award Winners" AWRT.org, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed March 22, 2008.
  38. ^ Robin F. Whitten (Editor/Publisher): "AudioFile Magazine Vol. 7 No. 5, Feb / March 1999". AudioFile pg. 8, 1999
  39. ^ "2004 Winners, Radio Programming and Promotion, New York Festivals" NewYorkFestivals.com, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed March 22, 2008.
  40. ^ "NFCB Announces 2001 Golden Reel Award Winners" NFCB.org, as indexed by the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Accessed March 22, 2008.
  41. ^ "Largo Library Virtual Reference Desk" TBLC.org. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  42. ^ "Gamasutra - G-Phoria 2005 Award Nominees Announced" Gamasutra.com. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  43. ^ "Samuel L. Jackson to Host; The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg & Ozzy Osbourne to Appear at Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005" PRnewswire.com. Accessed September 16, 2008.

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