Freddie Phillips Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Freddie Phillips (died 4 October 2003) was a British musician and composer, best known for his work on television theme music, particularly the children's programmes, Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley.Mainly a classical guitarist, Phillips worked and performed in the fields of opera and ballet, including with The Royal Ballet, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. His television career began with providing musical scores for a pair of short films by Lotte Reiniger, and composing short pieces for use in television continuity. Around this time he began his involvement with the animator Gordon Murray, firstly with A Rubovian Legend, and later the Trumptonshire trilogy of children's TV programmes. Phillips wrote individual songs for the characters in the latter programmes, as well as the theme music. The songs were sung by Brian Cant.Phillips also provided many of the sound effects for the programmes, and was noted for his experimental attitude towards creating the sounds he wanted, including use of an early multitrack recording system, reverb, and adjustment of tape speed to create different effects.Many of Phillips' recordings were made available as vinyl records, particularly the Trumptonshire and Rubovia series. Phillips died in Ewell, Surrey, in October 2003.In 2003, Antony Harding of the folk group July Skies and Ben Holton of Epic 45 recorded "For Freddie Phillips", an acoustic guitar instrumental inspired by Phillips' work, under the group title of Play Hours and Half Holidays. Harding is also a member of Avrocar.
Freddie is well known to UK audiences as the composer of the theme songs & incidental music for children's TV series Trumpton (1967) and Camberwick Green (1966)
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Camberwick Green
1966
TV Series 13 episodes
ITV Play of the Week
1960-1964
TV Series 2 episodes
Report on British Hovercraft
1964
Documentary short
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1962
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
The Dancing Princess
1962
TV Movie
Barbara Hepworth
1961
TV Movie documentary as Frederick Phillips
Bad Business
1960
TV Short
The Artist Speaks
1960
TV Series documentary
Armchair Theatre
1958
TV Series 1 episode
Hänsel and Gretel
1955
Short
Jack and the Beanstalk
1955
Short
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1954
Short
Däumlienchen
1954
Short
Snow White and Rose Red
1954
Short
The Frog Prince
1954
Short
The Gallant Little Tailor
1954
Short
The Grasshopper and the Ant
1954
Short
The Little Chimney Sweep
1954
Short
The Sleeping Beauty
1954
Short
The Three Wishes
1954
Short
Cinderella
1954
Short music by
The Magic Horse
1953
Short
Arrows
1977
Documentary short as Freddie B. Phillips
The Lost Son
1974
Short
What's Yours?
1974
Short
Chigley
1969
TV Series
Trumpton
1967
TV Series 10 episodes
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Man in a Suitcase
TV Series composer - 1 episode, 1967 musician - 1 episode, 1967