Martin Phipps

Martin Phipps born 1 August 1968 is a British composer who has worked on numerous film and television projects He is the son of Sue Pears and Jack Phipps an arts administrator who had previously founded a management agency which acted for many leading musical figures including Benjamin Britten Phippss godfather Coming from a musical background Martin read drama at Manchester University Fortunately for the acting profession he decided to concentrate his energies on writing music Since scoring his first TV drama Eureka Street in 2002 he has gone on to write music for many of the most interesting series of recent years winning 2 BAFTAs and 3 Ivor Novello Awards