Philip Sheppard is a composer specializing in film and television soundtracks. He is also a solo cellist and a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
Recent films include In the Shadow of the Moon (which won numerous awards including the World Documentary Prize at Sundance), Henry Mind of a Tyrant for David Starkey’s landmark C4 series and the forthcoming feature Sergio.
His stageworks include Sacred Monsters for Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan and In-I starring Khan and Juliette Binoche.
He regularly writes and plays with UNKLE and has featured as a guest artist with numerous rock musicians including Scott Walker, David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker.
He was was commissioned to compose and produce the music for the London 2012 Handover sequence at the Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony (featuring Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis), where he also directed the National Youth Theatre in a new version of the UK National Anthem.
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