The story
Philip’s score for David Sington’s film about the men who flew to the Moon on Apollo, recorded with a 60-piece orchestra at AIR Studios in London in 2006.
A few months later the film premiered at Sundance and won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary. The score was nominated for Best Original Score for a Documentary by the International Film Music Critics Association.
From the session · AIR Studios, London · 2006
Recording the Moon
Footage from the score sessions, months before Sundance.
The graphic score
X-15
Philip drew cue MM03, for solo violin, marimba, celeste and orchestra, in the shape of the X-15 rocket plane.
Press
“Noble, patriotic, emotional, heroic, and filled with a sense of wonder and discovery.”Movie Music UK
“His music evokes ideas of exploration, expressing optimism and exultation.”Tufts Daily
“Never-before-seen footage accompanied by Philip Sheppard’s wondrously uplifting score.”Guardian Unlimited
Credits
- MusicPhilip Sheppard
- DirectorDavid Sington
- ProducersDuncan Copp, Chris Riley, Steve Milne
- RecordedAIR Studios, London, 2006
- AwardsSundance Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary, 2007 · IFMCA nomination, Best Original Score for a Documentary
