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Winifred Phillips, Composer, Generations Productions LLC
Winifred Phillips is a Grammy Award-winning game composer whose credits include titles in eight of the biggest and best franchises in gaming: Assassin's Creed, God of War, Jurassic World, Lineage, LittleBigPlanet, The Sims, Total War, and Wizardry. Her game music has also been nominated by the BAFTA Awards and Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. Phillips’ other games include Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Spore Hero, Speed Racer, and projects in blockbuster IPs such as DC Comics, Shrek, and The DaVinci Code (among others). In addition to her Grammy Award, Phillips’ scores have received numerous other awards, including the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Award / D.I.C.E. Awards for Outstanding Music Composition, six Game Audio Network Guild Awards (including Music of the Year), and four Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Phillips has given lectures at the Library of Congress, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the Audio Engineering Society, the Game Developers Conference, and the Montreal International Game Summit, among many others. Phillips’ bestselling book, A Composer's Guide to Game Music, is published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.