Phillip Sawyer

Professional

Composer/Lyricist:	Composer
Genre:	Media
Email:	brigittesawyer@hotmail.com

Biography

Phil Sawyer started his musical career as lead guitarist and lead singer in various bands (Fleur de Lys, Shotgun Express which became Fleetwood Mac). He joined the Spencer Davis Group when he was 18 to replace Stevie Winwood, toured with them and wrote numerous songs.

In 1970 he left the band to concentrate on classical music. He studied composition, harmony and orchestration at the Guildhall with James Stobbard.

After this Phil worked as a songwriter and producer with various artists (Florie Palmer, Sandie Shaw). He started to write music for TV and radio commericials, corporate films and documentaries ("The Other Bomb", "Chain of Tears", "The Fuhrer", "The Oil Fires"...). He also wrote the music for a number of feature films ("The Sleepwalker", "The Enchanted", incidental music for "Twenty One", end title song for "Tarzan and Jane").

He created the band Beautiful World, which was signed by WEA following the success of two songs written for Timotei commercials. His album "In Existence" was sold internationally.

Phil received the "best original music award" at the British Television Craft Awards in 95 and 96.

Contact:
Brigitte Sawyer +44 (0)1494 757 265
+44(0)7956 902 846

 

Important Works		Performances
Commercials: Timotei (92, 93) Singapore Airlines Mercedes "Beauty within" Johnny Walker Warner Village Royal Carribean Stella Artois Dove Body Lexus "Windgod" BBC1 idents (flying balloon, Xtmas) ITV/Powergen weather idents (rain, sun ladies...) Sunsilk "Horror" Discovery Indents (Reality/Nature) Recent Corporate: British Airways Disney (dreamchaser ride - Florida) BMW Marks and Spencer Deutsche Bank Air Liberte Concorde Kerzner Hotels HSH Nordbank Recent Documentaries: Music Behind the Scenes (Channel 4) Music Genre (Channel 4) Pmpei: Killer in our midst (BBC/Discovery) Recent Films: The Wooden Camera Harold The Pig		None added