Philip Sheppard is a composer, producer, virtuoso cellist, inventor, public speaker, philanthropist and a creative innovator who has worked with some of the biggest names in music, tech, sport and film. He is CEO of LifeScore, reputed to be the world’s leading adaptive music company, incubated at Abbey Road Studios.

Philip has composed more than 65 film, gaming, television and theatrical scores including Sony PS4’s highly acclaimed video game, DETROIT: Become Human, and the Star Wars Force Awakens behind-the-scenes Comic Con trailer which has over 11 million YouTube plays.

Philip regularly writes and plays with Odesza, Pretty Lights and UNKLE and has been featured as a guest artist with rock and roll legends, including Scott Walker, Grace Jones, Jimmy Page, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Sia, Suzanne Vega and Jarvis Cocker.

Philip has produced many large scale and complex live events. He was the music director for the London 2012 Handover sequence at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony. For the 2012 London Olympics, Philip conducted, rearranged, and edited all 205 national anthems for the winners’ ceremonies.

Philip is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, and a member of the Emmys Academy. He was honoured with BBC’s Music Production of the Year for The Manchester Passion and was recently named as one of Origin Magazine’s “Top 100 Creatives in the U.S.” He is also the recipient of an RAM Fellowship, a lifetime achievement award from the Royal Academy of Music for his services to music and education.