Interview Martin Phipps

Coming from a musical background (he is Benjamin Britten’s godson), Martin scored his first TV drama, Eureka Street in 2002. He has won 2 BAFTAs, 5 Ivor Novello Awards and received multiple Emmy nominations for writing music to many of the most interesting television series of recent years. These include the BBC’s War and Peace, Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Amazon Studios series Solos starring Morgan Freeman and seasons 3 – 6 of the The Crown. In 2023 he wrote the music to Ridley’s Scott’s epic Napoleon. Martin Phipps is nominated this year for the Television Composer of the Year award for his music for season 6 of The Crown. In this Composer Talk composer Martin Phipps talks about his work for the television series The Crown. He also talks in-depth about the score he wrote for Napoleon. Enjoy listening!