In the style of Jerry Goldsmith's music from the film 'Legend' and James Horner's celtic-influenced scores, composer Leigh Phillips takes the listener on a magical journey in his short piece, inspired by the 1992 animation, 'Reign'.

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THE MUSIC

Inspired by the 1992 stop-motion animation 'Reign', this celtic and impressionist-influenced work tells the story of a woodland spirit and his adventures in an enhanted landscape; from the creatures' birth, to progressively more exciting explorations, his self-proclamation as 'king of the forest', through to his demise via the 'forces of nature' and eventual 'return to the earth'; composer Leigh Phillips takes the listener on a magical and memorable journey in this colourful and emotive short piece for virtual-orchestra (with live elements recorded in London) and electronic ensemble.



BIOGRAPHY

Leigh Phillips is an experienced theatre and film composer/ orchestrator/ conductor with numerous credits.
His previous clients have incuded the BAFTA Award--winning composer John Ottman (Superman Returns/ Valkyrie) and the legendary Grammy Award-winning television composer Joe Harnell, with whom he collaborated on an adaption of the composer's music from the TV series 'V', transforming the score into a lavish three-movement suite for orchestra & chorus. He has also enjoyed working relationships with several renowned orchestral ensembles such as The Halle Orchestra, The Golden State Pops Orchestra and the Santa Rosa Pops.

In July 2006, Leigh was presented with the Goldsmith Award for Best Achievement in European Audio Visual Music (free creation) at the International Film Music Conference in Ubeda, Spain, for his score from The Jungle Book. These were the first awards to be given in honour of the legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith.

Leigh continues to work in both fim and the live dramatic arts; included in his list of stage projects are several collaborations with acclaimed theatre director Nick Evans (Billy Elliot: The Musical), providing original music for the plays Coriolanus, Our Country's Good and the previously mentioned Jungle Book.

In addition to these projects, Leigh is actively involved in the reconstruction of classic film scores - resurrecting lost film-music greats for concert performance. His credits in this field include Omen III: The Final Conflict, Damien: Omen II, Medicine Man, Hollowman, Gremlins (all Jerry Goldsmith), Raise the Titanic (John Barry), Santa Claus the Movie (Henry Mancini) and Exodus (Ernest Gold). Leigh's reconstructions have been heard on an international platform in venues such as Bridgewater Hall, The Wells Fargo Centre for the Arts and The Warner Grand Theatre.

Since 2007, Leigh has completed a significant number of projects for Silva Screen Records and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, including new arrangements of Alice in Wonderland, Star Trek XI, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Goonies and complete score reconstructions of Lawrence of Arabia and Conan The Barbarian for Tadlow Music's archival CD releases.