Winifred Phillips
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Video game |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
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Ubisoft Music Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Sumthing Else WaterTower Music E.A.R.S. EA Recordings |
| Website | www.winifredphillips.com |
Winifred Phillips is an American music composer and author. Her music composition credits include God of War, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, and the Little Big Planet series. Phillips works with music producer Winnie Waldron.
Phillips' love of music began in childhood, supported by her experiences in the public school system. “I had so many wonderful music teachers. I definitely looked up to them," Phillips shared in an interview on GameSpot, "and I'd count the minutes until my next music class would begin. In middle school, my band teacher found out that I was a quick learner and got into the habit of giving me a new instrument to learn whenever there was a gap in one of his ensembles. I got to play all sorts of music and all different kinds of instruments.”
Phillips had been an avid gamer in her childhood. "I’ve always loved video games, ever since I was a kid. I’d played everything from shooters and side-scrollers to sprawling RPGs," Phillips said in an interview with NZGamer. "It didn’t occur to me right away that I could compose music for games – that happened after I’d been working in radio for a while."
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, and then later as Generations Radio Theater Presents: Radio Tales. This anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature, and was a recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. 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". The programs aired regularly as the Radio Tales series on the Sirius XM Book Radio channel of Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
In 2004, Phillips contributed music to her first video game project, God of War. The music of God of War received five Game Audio Network Guild Awards, including Music of the Year. She quickly followed this debut with musical scores for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Da Vinci Code games, published by 2K Games. After this, Phillips composed the music for the Shrek the Third video game for Activision.
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