Stu Phillips (composer)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Stu Phillips

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Genre = Film scores
Television scores
Classical
Contemporary
Occupation = Arranger
Record producer
Conductor
Songwriter
Years_active = 1958 – present
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URL = [http://www.stuwho.com/ Official website]
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Stu Phillips (born September 9, 1929 [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/462/000113123/ Stu Phillips at nndb.com] ] ) is an American television and film music composer, conductor, and record producer.

Biography

Career

Phillips studied music at The High School of Music & Art in New York City, and at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. While at Eastman, he began arranging music for the Rochester Civic Orchestra. [http://www.stuwho.com/bio.html Stu Phillips official biography] ]

In 1958, Phillips began composing television and film scores. He also founded Colpix Records and produced hits for Shelley Fabares, Nina Simone, and The Skyliners. In the mid 1960s, he worked for Capitol Records and created, produced and arranged for the The Hollyridge Strings.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Phillips continued scoring films and television series including music for the Russ Meyer film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", "The Monkees", "The Seven Minutes", and "Get Christie Love!". In 1974, he began working at Universal Studios and began scoring television series. During this time, he scored music for "The Six Million Dollar Man", "McCloud", and "Battlestar Galactica". He also composed music for "The Amazing Spider-Man", (which was for Charles Fries/Dan Goodman/Danchuck Productions) during this time.

In the 1980s, Phillips left Universal and began working at 20th Century Fox where he composed music for "The Fall Guy" and "Automan".

Later years

Phillips has been semi retired since the 1990s. Since that time, he has appeared at fan conventions for "Battlestar Galactica" and has attended cult film screenings for the movie "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls".

In 2004, Phillips wrote his autobiography "Stu Who?: Forty Years of Navigating the Minefields of the Music Business".

In 2006, he also participated in a documentary featured on the special edition re-release of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". ["Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". "Look on up at the Bottom: The Music of the Dolls" [DVD] . USA: 20th Century Fox.]

A fan of classical music, Phillips has also orchestrated pieces by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff for symphonic orchestra.

Filmography

Film music

* "Mad Dog Coll" (1961)
* "The Man from the Diner's Club" (1963)
* "Ride the Wild Surf" (1964)
* "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" (1966)
* "Hells Angels on Wheels" (1967)
* "The Name of the Game Is Kill" (1968)
* "Angels from Hell" (1968)
* "Savage Intruder" (1969)
* "2000 Years Later" (1969)
* "Run, Angel, Run" (1969)
* "Follow Me" (1969)
* "The Gay Deceivers" (1969)
* "Paroxismus" (Uncredited, 1969)
* "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (1970)
* "Nam's Angels" (1970)
* "The Curious Female" (1970)
* "The Red, White, and Black" (1970)
* "Revenge Is My Destiny" (1971)
* "Simon, King of the Witches" (1971)
* "The Seven Minutes" (1971)
* "Jud" (1971)
* "Pickup on 101" (1972)
* "Throw Out the Anchor!" (1974)
* "How to Seduce a Woman" (1974)
* "Macon County Line" (1974)
* "The Meal" (1975)
* "Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider" (1979)
* "Hollywood Goes to the Bowl 2004" (2004)

Television music

* "The Donna Reed Show" (Unknown episodes, 1958)
* "Rockabye the Infantry" (1963)
* "The Monkees" (54 episodes, 1966-1968)
* "The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War" (1973)
* "Get Christie Love!" (Unknown episodes, 1974)
* "Switch" (2 episodes, 1975)
* "McCloud" (8 episodes, 1974-1976)
* "Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover" (1977)
* "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (14 episodes, 1977)
* "Quincy, M.E." (17 episodes, 1976-1977)
* "The Amazing Spider-Man" (Unknown episodes, 1978)
* "Evening in Byzantium" (1978)
* "Battlestar Galactica" (Pilot/TV movie, 1978)
* "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979)
* "Battlestar Galactica" (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
* "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" (Unknown episodes, 1980-1981)
* "Conquest of the Earth" (1980)
* "Galactica 1980" (Unknown episodes, 1980)
* "B.J. and the Bear" (1 episode, 1980)
* "Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die" (1980)
* "Waikiki" (1980)
* "Midnight Lace" (1981)
* "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (5 episodes, 1979-1981)
* "The Fall Guy" (Unknown episodes, 1981)
* "Chicago Story" (Unknown episodes, 1982)
* "Terror at Alcatraz" (1982)
* "Rooster" (1982)
* "Automan" (1 episode, 1983)
* "Masquerade" (1 episode, 1983)
* "Knight Rider" (14 episodes, 1982-1984)
* "Half Nelson" (Unknown episodes, 1985)
* "In Like Flynn" (1985)
* "The Highwayman" (Pilot/TV Movie, 1987)
* "The Highwayman" (1 episode, 1988)
* "The Road Raiders" (1989)

Awards and nominations

Grammy Award

*Nominated: Best Instrumental Performance - Non Jazz, "The Beatles Song Book (Hollyridge Strings)" (1964)

*Nominated: Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special, "Battlestar Galactica" (1979)

BMI Film & TV Awards
*Won: Best Ringtone, "Knightrider" (2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.stuwho.com/ Stu Phillips' Official website]
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