Philip Sheppard

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  • Henry Mind Of A Tyrant is out

    Fountains Abbey – CD Cover by Lucy Martin

    Finally… the HENRY MIND OF A TYRANT soundtrack to David Starkey’s Henry VIII series is out!

    It’s on UK iTunes now, and US iTunes here.
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    It’ll get onto Spotify a little while later, followed by all the other major retailers. ‘O Dolce Nocte’, ‘Without Discord’ and ‘Adieu Madame’ are getting some nice attention. Thanks everyone for getting behind this.

    If you don’t want to buy it you can click below and stream the tracks from SoundCloud.[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/sets/henry-mind-of-a-tyrant” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”225″ ]
    I’ve teamed up with an extraordinary photographer for the artwork, Lucy Martin, and am working on a physical copy of the CD for release in the New Year.

    Thanks to everyone for spreading the word and getting RadioMovies CD label off the ground!

    Recording details:

    HENRY MIND OF A TYRANT

    ISRC CODE: GBLFP0921202

    Label: Radiomovies

    Composer: Philip Sheppard

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  • Henry VIII album

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    I’m delighted to tell you that Henry Mind of a Tyrant is shortly to be released on a label I’ve just set up…
    I have great designers, animators, editors on board and think it may just work..
    There are Three CDs coming out before the Autumn and this is definitely one of them!

    NB, Other releases are to be a piano album (including Crystallised Beauty) and a CD of my odd cello/orchestra soundscapes (including Close Your Eyes).

    [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/sets/henry-mind-of-a-tyrant”]

    Click the play button to hear tracks including O Dolce Nocte featuring Alamire and Fretwork.

    The reason I’m writing though is that I’m going to need help (hopefully yours!) getting the word out there about the Henry CD as this is a small-label release, but I’d love it to reach a wide audience. There’s no financial drive behind this, as I’m just as happy to distribute tracks free when I can. Your suggestions matter very much, as it’s only because of the comments on this page here – that the companies have agreed to let me make the CD!

    So all ideas as to how & if you’d like to own it, which radio stations I should approach, what kind of packaging you’d like used, which tracks you’d want on there (I will put the credits music on!), even how much it should cost… will be very gratefully received. I’d also like to put suggested artwork online, so you can help me choose what it should look like.

    So, at the moment I’m considering all of these types of release;

    • Free download
    • Spotify Release
    • iTunes
    • CD release with artwork from the TV series
    • Coffee table style copy (don’t know how else to put it..!) – ie a book with a CD/ specially commissioned artwork/ calligraphy/ limited edition print

    I’ll send you a Henry mp3 right away by way of thanks if you drop me an idea!

    Many thanks as ever

    Philip

    PS. Spread the word through this link if there are others who’d be interested (if you want to..):

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  • Henry VIII CD?

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    I’ve had a lot of emails asking about the possible CD release of the Henry Mind of a Tyrant score on CD (and other media). It features Alamire, Fretwork, Dot Allison and Charles Mutter.

    We’re working on it fast… The more messages that come through, the more likely it is to happen so it’s looking good.

    Thanks everyone!

    PS. check back regularly in the Free Bits section as limited edition tracks will appear there often!

  • Dr David Starkey series on Henry VIII announced with score devised by Philip Sheppard

    Dr David Starkey photographed by Phil Coomes

    David Starkey is to produce a four-part “psychological profile” of Henry VIII for Channel 4. The as-yet-untitled series will go beyond the facts of Henry’s six wives and his split with the Catholic church to piece together a sense of his character and motivations. Soundtrack available here.

    The series will be broadcast in April, to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne and a major British Library exhibition on the monarch.

    The soundtrack has been composed by Philip Sheppard and is based on music written by Henry himself, as well as themes drawn from Tudor contemporary composers such as Philippe Verdelot and Robert Fayrfax. The score is being performed by Philip Sheppard, together with the superb vocal consort Alamire (directed by Dr David Skinner) and viol consort Fretwork.

    Click the play button below to hear a preview of one of the tracks to be featured in the programme – ‘O Dolce Nocte’ by Philip Sheppard after Philippe Verdelot, featuring Alamire:

    The first 60-minute episode will show Henry as a highly intelligent child, while subsequent episodes will paint him as a brilliant “A-list celebrity” character with an over-developed ego and “solipsistic sense of self”.Henry

    David Sington, who will direct the series for Red House Dox Productions, said:

    “[David Starkey] will ask which events changed Henry, and in changing him, changed the British character. He was convinced of his own destiny and shaped us as an island nation, cut off from the continent…. He’s not a Bluebeard character, however. He emerges as a sympathetic character even though he does terrible things.”

    Indeed, the Daily Mail has just run a story, resulting from one of Starkey’s more surprising discoveries; Henry’s possible use of a stairlift towards the end of his life.