Philip Sheppard

Tag: entertainment

  • Love Marilyn Premieres on HBO

    mm23Monday June 17th at 9pm on HBO sees the network premiere broadcast of Love, Marilyn. I wrote the soundtrack for this lovely film, and have compiled a playlist of some of the tracks:

    [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/6612291″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

    More about the broadcast here.

    Featuring F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Hope Davis, Viola Davis, Jennifer Ehle, Ben Foster, Paul Giamatti, Jack Huston, Stephen Lang, Lindsay Lohan, Janet McTeer, Jeremy Piven, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. Written and directed by Liz Garbus; produced by Stanley Buchthal, Liz Garbus and Amy Hobby; executive producer, Anne Carey; executive producers, Olivier Courson, Harold Van Lier and Enrique Steiger; edited by Azin Samari; cinematography by Maryse Alberti; music by Philip Sheppard; co-producer, Julie Gaither.[wpvideo RcSINxwA]

  • Bending Light for Trey Ratcliff

    Another stunning photo from Trey Ratcliff

    A piece of music dedicated to Trey Ratcliff whose work I’ve loved for years.[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/87240788″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

    He is a master of HDR Photography and I met him for the first time last year in Monterey.
    This piece is recorded using tuned glass instruments and is an attempt to play with refraction, colour and shade in music.

    I’ve no idea if it’s successful but it’s a new direction for me…

  • Not So Silent Movies… with Talvin Singh

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    Talvin, Evelyn Glennie & Philip Sheppard – photo Julian Macedo

    I’m very happy to announce that Talvin Singh has invited my group, Not So Silent Movies… to perform with him at the Royal Festival Hall on April 14th at 7pm, as part of the Alchemy Festival at the SouthBank Centre.

    Not so Silent Movies… is my project which accompanies classic silent film comedies at monthly events at Kings Place. The musicians are extraordinary, as they improvise with no rehearsal, no sheet music, and no previewing of the films.

    The Festival Hall group will include, Elspeth Hanson – violin, Pete Furniss – reeds, Mark Neary – bass, Hami – drums, Julia Thornton – harp and me – cello, all performing with Talvin Singh.

    We’ll be accompanying a classic of silent Indian Cinema, which none of us will see until the performance itself…

    If you’d like to join us, then tickets are available here.

  • Across the Milky way

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    Here’s a track I wrote formerly for a programme called ‘Inside the Milky Way’. I’m gradually reworking the soundtrack for this series into fully developed pieces and releasing them on Bandcamp. Click here for more!

    The image above is taken from a photo I took of a bowl my dear friend Josh Simpson made for me. He’s a total genius, and by coincidence has a strong space connection as his wife is Cmdr Cady Coleman, the astronaut!

  • Express Tracks

    [youtube=http://youtu.be/O3Zldg4j88A]I’ve just launched a new project with my friends The Milk and dubstep pioneer Benga. It’s a soundtrack to your journey if you’re travelling from Victoria to Gatwick. It’s called Espressivo.

    It’s a free download with a ticket for the train (if you book online). There’s rather a clever site for it here. Benga and The Milk took my 35 minute track and re-imagined it in a totally new fashion…

    I’ve always wanted to do something like this, ever since I first heard Night Mail, the early experimental film featuring Benjamin Britten and W.H.Auden. If you haven’t heard it recently, take a look here. [youtube=http://youtu.be/FkLoDg7e_ns]

    I’ve always loved John Betjeman’s love letter to the Metropolitan Line, Metroland[youtube=http://youtu.be/LhIZlJgFgWk]

    This film, Let’s go to Birmingham makes me laugh too… especially as I can glimpse my village at 960mph at one point! [youtube=http://youtu.be/NmPzB0qTy4M]

    Hope you like it…!