Education
He holds a Master of Music Studies from Griffith University—Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
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Art Phillips
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Phillips has been working in film and television for over 30 years. Phillips"s career began in the early 1970s in Los Angeles, where he was a session guitarist, composer, and orchestrator working and recording for popular artists Barry Manilow, Minnie Riperton, Demis Roussos, The Carpenters, Smokey Robinson, Dory Previn, Burl Ives, The Lettermen. He did work on television series and feature films before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1987.
He was musical director, conductor, and orchestrator on live concert tours for Demis Roussos, Dory Previn, and John Rowles, and toured as guitarist for Barry Manilow for over three years.
Phillips"s earlier composition credits include background music for The Love Boat. He wrote the R & B single "Here We Go" for Minnie Riperton and co-wrote the Motown Records release "Now That I Have You" for artist Teena Marie.
Achievements
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Phillips has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition in a Drama Series for the United States. television drama Santa Barbara. In 1995, Phillips was awarded the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Award by the Australian Guild of Screen Composers for Best Soundtrack Album for his score to the American Broadcasting Company television series The Flying Veterinary In 2005 he was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack Album for Outback House and was nominated in the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration/AGSC Screen Music Awards for Best Music in a Television Series or Serial for Outback House the series. He received nominations for Best Original Music in a Children"s Television Series for The Lost Treasure Of Fiji in 2007 and 2008 at the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration/AGSC Screen Music Awards. In 2006 Phillips"s composition "Floating", from United States. recording artist Megan Rochell, achieved Billboard"s Top 40 R & B chart position. Phillips served as vice president of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers from 1992 until 2000 and as president from 2001–2008. He is now a special projects consultant for the Guild. He has written on numerous subjects and delivered lectures in Screen Music Composition for universities. He is a councillor for the Music Council of Australia, representing the film and television sector.
