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Music
Albums, soundtracks and singles, with around 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
What the critics say
“Gripping music, much more than a soundtrack for an imaginary movie.”
Out 27 November 2026
Regency Redux
The new album. Its cover and ink-drawn animation grow out of Philip’s graphic score of School Farm Studios, a drawing of the room made from music.
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Discography
- Regency ReduxAlbum · out 27 November 2026
Go On EasySingle · 2026 · with Sleeping At Last
- The Sense of ThingsAlbum · 2026
- Go Go Go!Album · 2026
Tell Me the Truth and I’ll Believe ItSingle · 2025 · with Sleeping At Last
Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 StorySoundtrack · 2024
EchoesAlbum · 2023 · conducted by Philip
Buffalo JumpComposed by Philip · from Echoes · 2023
The Shape of Things to ComeAlbum · 2023
The Story of Your LifeAlbum · 2023
Shut Your EyesAlbum · 2023
- The Secret History of WritingSoundtrack · 2020
UtopiaAlbum · 2019
DystopiaAlbum · 2019
Fall From EarthAlbum · 2018
Moon Machines Vol. 1Soundtrack · 2018
Detroit: Become HumanSoundtrack · 2018
Moon Machines Vol. 2Soundtrack · 2017
ChosenScore · 2017
Legion of BrothersScore · 2017
Somewhere Along the EdgeAlbum · 2016
The Fear of 13Score · 2015
Strange News From Another StarEP · 2015
Keep Quiet: The Abbey Road SessionsAlbum · 2015
Love, MarilynScore · 2013
Manhunt: The Story of the Hunt for Bin LadenScore · 2013
The Enigma RoomAlbum · 2013
Across the Milky WaySingle · 2013
Bobby Fischer Against the WorldScore · 2011
Cloud SongsScore · 2011
Winter WonderlandAlbum · 2011 · with Evelyn Glennie
- God in AmericaSoundtrack · 2010
The Tillman StoryScore · 2010
SergioScore · 2010
- Henry VIII: Mind of a TyrantSoundtrack · 2009
In the Shadow of the MoonSoundtrack · 2007
The Diver in the CryptAlbum · 2000 · electric cello
- The Glass CathedralAlbum · 1999 · first solo album
Philip’s collaborations with other artists
Philip’s writing and recording with other artists.
Everyone Says ‘Hi’David Bowie
…Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone Age
HurricaneGrace Jones
Just a MemoryODESZA, Regina Spektor
Cossacks AreScott Walker
Disney TimeJarvis Cocker
RoadkillPulp
The Other SideUNKLE, Tom Smith
SundaySia
Zephyr & ISuzanne Vega
Lost and FoundPretty Lights
MaybeGRiZ, Yoshi Flower
Higher GroundODESZA, Naomi Wild
Line of SightODESZA, WYNNE, Mansionair
The First Time Ever I Saw Your FaceUNKLE, Keaton Henson
Days and NightsUNKLE, Dhani Harrison, Andrew Innes
Against the GrainUNKLE, Gavin Clark
Eye for an EyeUNKLE
GlowUNKLE
Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)UNKLE
Williams’ BloodGrace Jones
Corporate CannibalGrace Jones
Big JulieJarvis Cocker
Edith Wharton’s FigurinesSuzanne Vega
Color of My SoulPretty Lights
The Pieces Don’t Fit AnymoreJames Morrison
You Give Me SomethingJames Morrison
UnbelievableCraig David
JulieTake That
Ali in the Jungle (Orchestral Mix)The Hours
When Will I See Your Face AgainJamie Scott & The Town
Bang on the PianoJack McManus
Looking BackPaperwhite
Never, Never, LandUNKLE · 2003
War StoriesUNKLE · 2007
End Titles… Stories for FilmUNKLE · 2008
The Road: Part IUNKLE · 2017
The Road: Part II / Lost HighwayUNKLE · 2019
Rōnin IUNKLE · 2021
Theme for VelodromeThe Chemical Brothers · 2012
The Blue NotebooksMax Richter · 2004
MemoryhouseMax Richter · 2002Waltz with BashirMax Richter · 2008
And Who Shall Go to the Ball?Scott Walker · 2007
Field of ReedsThese New Puritans · 2013
RegenerationThe Divine Comedy · 2001
The CoolLupe Fiasco · 2007
The X-Files: I Want to BelieveMark Snow · 2008
The Dying SwanJoby Talbot · 2002
String QuartetsMichael Tippett, Kreutzer Quartet · 1997Stay Under the StarsTeitur · 2006
Vivaldi SleepOrchestra of the Swan · 2021
The full list
Records Philip has played on, arranged or recorded strings for.
- Adiemus (Karl Jenkins)The Eternal Knot (2000)
- Steve BeresfordCue Sheets II (2002)
- David BowieHeathen (2002), I Can’t Give Everything Away 2002–2016 (2025)
- Andrew Britton and David GoldsmithThe String Project (2006)
- The Chemical BrothersTheme for Velodrome, London 2012 (2012)
- The Divine ComedyRegeneration (2001)
- Cristina DonàLa quinta stagione (2007)
- Ex CathedraChristmas Music by Candlelight (2008)
- Brigitte FontaineL’un n’empêche pas l’autre
- Hafliði HallgrímssonSolitaire for solo cello, with the Kreutzer Quartet (1996)
- The HoursAli in the Jungle (2006), See the Light (2009)
- Jarvis CockerThe Jarvis Cocker Record (2006)
- Grace JonesHurricane (2008)
- Lupe FiascoThe Cool (2007)
- Masters of RealityPine / Cross Dover (2009)
- (móa)Universal (1998)
- ODESZAA Moment Apart (2017)
- Orchestra of the SwanVivaldi Sleep (2021), Echoes (2023)
- Pedro Abrunhosa and BandemónioSilêncio (1999)
- PulpWe Love Life (2001)
- Queens of the Stone Age…Like Clockwork (2013)
- Max RichterThe Blue Notebooks (2004), Waltz with Bashir (2008), Memoryhouse (2009)
- Colin Riley and Claron McFaddenClose (2005)
- SiaDon’t Bring Me Down EP (2004)
- The Smith QuartetGood Medicine (2000)
- Mark SnowThe X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
- Joby TalbotThe Dying Swan (2002)
- TeiturStay Under the Stars (2006)
- These New PuritansField of Reeds (2013)
- Keith TippettLinückea (2000)
- Michael TippettString Quartets, with the Kreutzer Quartet (1997)
- UNKLENever, Never, Land (2003), War Stories (2007), End Titles… Stories for Film (2008), The Road: Part I (2017), The Road: Part II (2019), Rōnin I (2021)
- Suzanne VegaBeauty & Crime (2007)
- Scott WalkerThe Drift (2006), And Who Shall Go to the Ball? (2007)
- John WallFractuur (1997)
- We Fell to EarthWe Fell to Earth (2009)
- The WildheartsFishing for More Luckies (1995)
Reviews
What the critics say
“Gripping music, much more than a soundtrack for an imaginary movie”
“Feels cinematic in a way that’s unlike anything I’ve seen or felt before”
“Imaginative soundscapes inspired by diverse subject matter”
“Noble, patriotic, emotional, heroic, and filled with a sense of wonder and discovery”
“A masterful string-based score”
“Wondrously uplifting score”
“The urgent energy of Buffalo Jump”
“His finest and most self-contained creation”
“Covers Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir like you’ve never heard”
“Inhumanly great music scores”
“Captivating lyrical compositions for strings with the leading motif in cello”
“A whole chamber of cellos swimming off in a new direction”
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