Tim Phillips is co-creator of the musical The Grinning Man which began life at the Bristol Old Vic and then became a hit in the West End in 2018, to widespread critical acclaim and a full run of standing ovations (“crowned by an extraordinary score” – Whatsonstage). The show is now being licensed globally by Concord Theatricals including a major upcoming production in Shanghai. Tim is now developing another new musical Candlewood Lake under commission to producers in New York and Chicago. He is also Co-Artistic Director of Filter Theatre, one of Britain’s’s most innovative and critically acclaimed theatre companies. Filter shows have toured extensively worldwide.
Tim is a multi-award winning media composer, and most recently scored the smash hit Bad Sisters with PJ Harvey for AppleTV+. Tim and PJ’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s Who By Fire was created as the show’s theme tune and the release on Hollywood Records has already exceeded 1M streams worldwide.
Other projects in 2022 included major period drama Becoming Elizabeth for STARZ and hit comedy/horror series Shining Vale, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino. The series is produced by Warner Brothers Television for STARZ and is now in its second season. Both series soundtracks were released on Lakeshore Records and Watertower Records respectively.
Tim composed the score for Channel 4 in the UK’s multi award-winning hit teen drama series Ackley Bridge for 5 seasons. He also scored the popular BBC film Roald Dahl‘s Esio Trot starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench, as well as nine series of the original Shameless series that aired on Channel 4 in the UK, railroad drama Jericho on ITV and Agatha Christie sleuthing drama Partners In Crime and The Innocence Project for the BBC.
Tim also sang the cult hit Song for Ten on the BBC’s Doctor Who and has been a featured performer at international forums from the Royal Albert Hall to Brooklyn Academy of Music to the Sydney Theatre Company to the main stage at the Isle of Wight Festival.
In 2013 Tim composed and conducted the orchestral score to the acclaimed hit Dragon for Vox Motus/The National Theatre of Scotland and Tianjin People’s Art Theatre of China. Tim’s music from the soundtrack has been released as an album and licensed regularly including to major Hollywood films, such as Alice Through The Looking Glass.
Tim is active in the environmental movement and formerly sat on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Los Angeles (Central Group). He is a graduate of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Tim is currently working on a new album entitled Norman’s Brain And The Stars and has just completed the score for Season 1 of Devil’s Peak, a new investigative thriller for Lookout Point/BBC Worldwide based on the best-selling novel series by Deon Meyer.
Tim grew up in British Columbia, then spent 15 years in London, UK and almost 7 years in the United States (New York and Los Angeles). He works out of London, LA and Vancouver. Tim has Canadian and UK citizenship as well as an O1 visa to work in the USA.
Tim est un compositeur Canadien/Britannique qui habite à Londres et Los Angeles. Sa musique reconnaissable a alimenté plus de 150 heures de drames haut profil, tels que 9 saisons de la série hit de Channel 4 Shameless, l’épique drame d’époque Jericho pour ITV, l’adaptation cinématographique à succès de Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot avec Dustin Hoffman et Judi Dench de BBC/Endor, et en 2017 le drame Channel 4 Auckley Bridge. Aux Etats-Unis, ses génériques comprennent Delete pour SyFy et Entourage de HBO.
La première comédie musicale de Tim The Grinning Man, écrit en collaboration avec Marc Teitler, Carl Grose et Tim Morris, est sorti en October 2016 et a reçu un succès critique répandu et une longue série d’ovations (“couronné d’une composition musicale extraordinaire” – Whatsonstage). Il fut transféré à Londres en septembre 2017. La comédie musicale suivante de Tim et Marc, une œuvre traitant de l’internet, sera présentée en 2019. Il s’agit d’une co-production entre The Royal National Theatre à Londres et The Public Theatre à New York, réalisée par Sir Michael Boyd. Tim développe également d’autres projets musicaux.
Le CV théâtral impressionnant de Tim comprend la musique pour A Doll’s House, mettant en vedette Gillian Anderson et Christopher Eccleston (Donmar Warehouse), Rabbit Hole (Hampstead Theatre), Juliet And Her Romeo (Bristol Old Vic – avec Marc Teitler), The Secret Rapture de David Hare, et Playing The Victim (Royal Court). En 2013, Tim a achevé la bande originale orchestrale pour l’acclamé Dragon, pour The National Theatre of Scotland/Vox Motus et Tianjin People’s Art Theatre of China, qui est actuellement en tournée.
Tim est également co-directeur artistique pour Filter Theatre, une des compagnies de théâtre les plus innovatrices et appréciées en Grande Bretagne. Les productions de Filter ont fait des tournées partout dans le monde et été jouées devant des publics jusqu’à 10,000 personnes. En ce moment, Filter est en train de développer Broken Pine avec le scénariste David Greig et le réalisateur Sir Michael Boyd.
En décembre 2017, The Grinning Man a débuté dans le West End (à Trafalgar Studios), une nouvelle comédie musicale basée sur The Man Who Laughs de Victor Hugo. Tim a composé la musique pour un spectacle en collaboration avec Marc Teitler.
Tim a récemment composé la musique pour la deuxième saison de Ackley Bridge, et travaille actuellement sur de nombreux de spectacles sur scène.
Travaillant à Londres & LA, Tim a la nationalité canadienne et britannique, et d’autre part une visa 01 pour travailler aux Etats Unis.